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Fun Home has its best week yet on Broadway

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fun home coverThe Tony Awards was good for Fun Home. The best new musical had its best week to date. The musical earned $716,631 which is less than some of the other award winners, but the musical also is playing in a smaller theater than most, the Circle in the Square theater.

The theater was filled at capacity, filling up with 103 percent of the seats. So every seat was occupied, and there were people watching from standing-room areas.

Fun Home won for:

  • Best Musical
  • Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical – Michael Cerveris
  • Best Direction of a Musical – Sam Gold
  • Best Book of a Musical
  • Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Fun Home has a Fun Time at the 2015 Tony Awards, Walking Away with Numerous Wins

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fun home coverIt was a great night for graphic novel turned musical Fun Home at the 2015 Tony Awards. The musical was the bell of the ball winning 5 times out of its 12 nominations (3 of which were in one category!). It led the night for wins that saw The King and I, and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time also come out big winners.

Fun Home the musical is based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel and her relationship with her father. In college Alison came out as a lesbian, and discovered her father was also gay. He died a few weeks after the revelation leaving a legacy of mystery for Bechdel to resolve.

Fun Home won for:

  • Best Musical
  • Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical – Michael Cerveris
  • Best Direction of a Musical – Sam Gold
  • Best Book of a Musical
  • Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

The musical didn’t win for “Best Orchestrations,” “Best Lighting Design of a Musical,” “Best Design of a Musical,” “Best Performance of an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical” where it had three nominations, and “Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical.”

Expect the demand for tickets to skyrocket with this many wins, and I can’t wait to see it when it begins touring and comes to DC.

Fun Home Gets a Boost from Tony Nominations

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fun home coverFun Home, the musical based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel, received a boost and had its biggest week at the Broadway box office. The musical was nominated for 12 Tony Awards, receiving the most along with An American in Paris which received the same amound

The show earned $531,985, a massive increase from the previous week, by more than $95,000.

Congrats to all, and I can’t wait to see it myself.

(via ArtsBeat)

Fun Home Ties for Most Tony Nominations

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fun home coverToday the Tony Awards announced their nominees for this year, and Fun Home tied for the most nominations. The musical received 12 total. An American in Paris also received 12. The musical is based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel.

The full list of the nominations are for Best Musical, Best Score, Best Book, Best Director, Best Actor in a Musical (Michael Cerveris), Best Actress in a Musical (Beth Malone), three in the Best Featured Actress category ( Judy Kuhn, Sydney Lucas and Emily Skeggs,), Best Scenic Design, Best Lighting Design, and Best Orchestration.

The musical has been in development since 2009 and opened off-Broadway in 2013. It has won numerous awards since it began. It opened on Broadway with previews in March 27, 2015 and the official opening on April 19, 2015. By my count it has been nominated for numerous awards 33 times so far (not including the Tony Awards) and has won 8 times, five of which were versions of “Best Musical.”

The Tony Awards celebrate the best of Broadway, and will air June 7 on CBS.