Falsettos

Broadway:

Previews: 8 avril 1992

Opening date: 29 aril 1992

Closing date: 27 juin 1993

Nombre de représentations consécutives : 486 (23 previews)

West End:

Opening date: 30 aout 2019 (The Other Palace)

Closing date: 23 novembre 2019

Nombre de représentations consécutives : ?


Livret: James Lapine

Lyrics: William Finn

Musique: William Finn

Mise en scène: James Lapine

Chorégraphie: 

Direction musicale: Scott Frankel

Orchestrations: 

Décors: Douglas Stein

Costumes: Ann Hould-Ward

Lumières: Frances Aronson


L'histoire

1979, Marvin quitte sa femme et son fils Jason, pour aller vivre avec son amant Whizzer. 8 mois après, la relation entre les deux hommes devient compliquée. Trina, l’épouse a du mal à gérer la situation. Son fils aussi. Mendel, le psy de Marvin tombe amoureux de Trina...

 

Adaptation Cinématographique

Non


Distribution Originale

Marvin: Michael Rupert

Whizzer: Stephen Bogardus

Trina: Barbara Walsh

Mendel: Chip Zien

Cordelia: Carolee Carmello

Charlotte: Heather MacRae

Jason: Jonathan C. Kaplan / Andrew Harrison Leeds

Falsettos (Cast Original) 1992
Falsettos (Cast Original) 1992
Falsettos (Menier Chocolate Factory) 2019
Falsettos (Menier Chocolate Factory) 2019

Numéros Musicaux

Act I

Four Jews in a Room Bitching" – Whizzer, Marvin, Jason, and Mendel

"A Tight-Knit Family" – Marvin

"Love is Blind" – Marvin, Jason, Whizzer, Mendel, and Trina

"Thrill of First Love" – Marvin and Whizzer

"Marvin at the Psychiatrist (A Three-Part Mini-Opera)" – Jason, Mendel, Whizzer, and Marvin

"My Father's a Homo - Jason

"Everyone Tells Jason to See a Psychiatrist" – Jason, Marvin, Trina, and Whizzer

"This Had Better Come to a Stop" – Marvin, Whizzer, Jason, Trina, and Mendel

"I'm Breaking Down" – Trina

"Please Come to Our House" – Mendel, Trina, and Jason.

"Jason's Therapy" – Mendel, Trina, Whizzer, Marvin, and Jason

"A Marriage Proposal" – Mendel, Trina, and Jason

"A Tight-Knit Family (Reprise)" - Mendel and Marvin

"Trina's Song" – Trina

"March of the Falsettos" – Mendel, Marvin, Jason, and Whizzer

"Trina's Song" (Reprise) – Trina

"The Chess Game" – Marvin and Whizzer

"Making a Home" – Mendel, Jason, Trina, and Whizzer

"The Games I Play" – Whizzer

"Marvin Goes Crazy" or "Marvin Hits Trina" – Marvin, Mendel, Jason, Trina, and Whizzer

"I Never Wanted to Love You" – Marvin, Mendel, Jason, Trina, and Whizzer

"Father to Son" – Marvin and Jason

Act II

"Welcome to Falsettoland" – Company

"The Year of the Child" – Company minus Whizzer

"Miracle of Judaism" – Jason

"The Baseball Game" – The Company

"A Day in Falsettoland" – The Company

"The Fight" / "Everyone Hates His Parents" – Mendel, Jason, Marvin, and Trina

"What More Can I Say" – Marvin

"Something Bad Is Happening/More Racquetball " – Charlotte, Cordelia, Marvin, and Whizzer

"Holding to the Ground" – Trina

"Days Like This" – The Company

"Cancelling the Bar Mitzvah" – Jason, Mendel, and Trina

"Unlikely Lovers" – Marvin, Whizzer, Charlotte, and Cordelia

"Another Miracle of Judaism" – Jason

"Something Bad is Happening (Reprise)" - Charlotte

"You Gotta Die Sometime" – Whizzer

"Jason's Bar Mitzvah" – The Company

"What Would I Do?" – Marvin and Whizzer

"Falsettoland (Reprise)" - Mendel