Jeanine Tesori
“Fun Home”‘s relevance not only lies in how it flawlessly interweaves three storylines that revolve around the same character, but how it dramatizes, with grace, humor, and pathos, a familiar human struggle — looking at our parents through adult eyes.
Two exquisite sopranos bring us refreshing songs, arias, and cantatas; and a noted Broadway composer and a remarkable Black librettist offer a searing opera about police brutality.
The new musical by Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire is a show that everyone who believes in the artistic future and emotional power of the American musical will want to see.
The first Broadway revival of this challenging 2004 musical makes a sincere but ultimately unpersuasive case.
This evening is a revelatory experience on race relations, with grief, rage, and the whole business of hope and change.
The SpeakEasy Stage production is intimate and emotionally satisfying, highlighting the musical’s strengths — its sharply witty book, memorable songs, and heartbreaking characters.
In the theater, sentiment must be earned – Violet is moving and likable, but its pathos is only skin deep.
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