It was nominated for twelve tony awards, winning five, including best musical, and its cast album received. Watch ring of keys from 2015 tonywinning musical fun home. Six years after its 2011 debut, the book of mormon, by south park creators trey. Michael ceveris and sydney lucas perform ring of keys tony awards. The cast of the hit broadway musical matilda, perform a medley with songs from the show live at the 20 tony awards. A powerhouse fun home at speakeasy the boston globe. Fun home is a musical adapted by lisa kron and jeanine tesori from alison bechdel s 2006. The show won best musical along with best director for sam gold, best original score. She wrote the book and lyrics for the musical fun home with music by composer jeanine tesori, winner of five 2015 tony awards including. Celebrates pride with compilation of fans singing ring of keys. Fun homes composer jeanine tesori and lyricistbook writer lisa kron. Fun home cast performs at the tony awards 2015 watch now. Family and tragicomic are used in the subtitle of alison bechdels 2006 graphic memoir fun home, words that perfectly apply to the tony awardwinning musical inspired by the bestseller. Sydney lucas sings ring of keys from fun home lucas jackson.
Lucas do ring of keys from fun home at the 2015 tony awards. Step into this fun home for a poignant, superbly performed. Cda playhouse cast brings heart to thoughtprovoking fun home updated. Watch alison bechdels animation about seeing fun home. Young alison bechdel lives in pennsylvania with helen, bruce. Sydney lucas stunning performance captured everyone sitting in radio city and everyone sitting at home. Behind the scenes of the tonynominated musical fun home. Based on alison bechdels bestselling graphic memoir. Carole shorenstein hays reopened the 1,600 seat venue january 2017. The story concerns bechdels discovery of her own sexuality, her relat. Big box office, big attendance, big flops and big statements. In the tony awardwinning musical fun home, cartoonist alison bechdel starts every scene by saying caption, followed by a description of what is about to happen.
So to prep for sundays 71st annual tony awards, here are the eight best tonys. Fun home is a musical adapted by lisa kron and jeanine tesori from alison bechdels 2006. It focuses specifically on her parents, helen and bruce, and their role in her life. Fun home is a musical about initiations and discoveries, orbiting around the sorrow that adheres to the adult alison a terrific kate shindle as she reflects on the secret life and ghastly. Norwell during a visit to a rehearsal for the company theatres next production of. Why ring of keys was the one song fun homes creator didnt. Sydney lucas sings ring of keys from the tesorikron musical fun home, based on the graphic novel by allison bechdel at the 2014 drama desk awards. Fun home cast performs at the tony awards 2015 watch. Fun home, the musical based on alison bechdels graphic memoir, was the big winner at the 69th annual tony awards on sunday, taking home five awards. From left, michael cerveris, judy kuhn, sydney lucas and oscar williams in fun home, a musical portrait of a girl and her father at the circle in the square theater. Fun home original broadway playbill musicjeanine tesori lyricslisa kron booklisa kron basisfun home by alison bechdel productions20 offbroadway 2015 broadway 2016 us national tour 2018 offwest end awardstony award for best musical tony award for best book of a musical tony award for best original score fun home is a musical adapted by lisa kron and jeanine tesori from alison bechdels 2006 graphic memoir of the same name. Book official tickets for fun home at the young vic theatre. Fun home was the 2015 seasons runaway hit, and as you watch.
Fun homes success defines the 2015 tony awards the atlantic. Fun home, the tonyawardwinning musical with music by jeanine tesori, book and lyrics by lisa kron, and based on alison bechdels iconic graphic novel is baltimore center stages first. Fun home is pure musical satisfaction the washington post. The song, titled ring of keys, is one of fun homes emotional highpoints. Lucas, a tony nominee for best featured actress, sings ring of keys from the musical fun home, accompanied by the shows composer, jeanine tesori, on piano, at 54 below. Its a line from ring of keys, in which little alison sees an old. Book of a musical, best score, best performance by a leading actor. Having been blown away by fun home on broadway and again when the touring version came to boston last october, i halfexpected speakeasy stage companys production to be a letdown.
Well, speaking of things being perfectly rendered, we will show something that did appear at the tonys, and this was the performance of ring of keys. Fun home ring of keys broadway painting gift musical theater lyrics fun home musical, musical. In honor of lgbt pride month, fun home took to twitter to post a. We are the only firm providing truly comprehensive services to the creators and producers of plays and musicals, including theatrical licensing, music publishing, script publishing, cast recording and first. Sydney lucas is a star and i cant believe she was only 11 on the 2015 tony awards but was age 10 at the time of this recording the offbroadway fun home cd. Fun home is bringing butch lesbians into the mainstream. From its roots as a celebrated graphic novel memoir to its second life as a tony awardwinning broadway musical, fun home is an unusual, thoughtprovoking, touching work of art. Broadway musical fun home takes centerstage in norwell. Where to watch the show and red carpet on tv and online. The american theatre wings tony awards salute excellence in broadway theatre.
Six performance at the olivier awards 2019 with mastercard. Michael cerveris and beth malone sing ring of keys. The 8 best tonys performances of the past 15 years, from sweeney. From top, ruby krajic, olivia davis and ann benson, who star as small alison, medium. So one of the many wonders of the haunting musical fun home is the unique perspective it. Young starlet sydney lucas takes the stage in character to perform a song from fun home at. Watch alison bechdels animation about seeing fun home turned into a musical. Direction of a musical, lisa kron took the best book crown, and kron and.
Lisa kron is a writer and performer whose work has been widely produced in new york, regionally, and internationally. Fun home raises resonant and painful questions about. A family tragicomic is a graphic memoir by alison bechdel. Fun homes ring of keys is a quiet, searching song for a protolesbian girl who has seen her first butch woman and is trying to make sense of what the encounter might mean. The curran will be home to a handpicked selection of the most exciting stage works being conceived and created today. Fun home, based on lesbian cartoonist alison bechdels graphic novel memoir, cleaned up at the tony awards. After the big win and sydney lucass powerhouse televised performance of ring of keys. The books homepage helps you explore earths biggest bookstore without ever leaving the comfort of your couch.
San franciscos curran is back with a new vision, nearly 100 years after it welcomed its first audiences. With music by fourtime tony awardnominee jeanine tesori and book and. Brooke haynes, and zubin varla in fun home at the young vic. Here youll find current best sellers in books, new releases in books, deals in books, kindle ebooks, audible audiobooks, and so much more. Norwell during a visit to a rehearsal for the company theatres next production of the tony awardwinning musical fun home, two impressions are. Tony award for best book of a musical tony award for best original score. The musical fun home runs march 29 at the company theatre in norwell.