Musical· 2013· Drama

Fun Home

by Jeanine Tesori, Lisa Kron

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  • Loss of a loved one

The musical retells Alison Bechdel's memoir of her closeted father, who died soon after she came out.

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Fun Home

Alison is 9, begging her father to play with her. She is 19, overcome by the aching and joyous pain of first love. She is 43,  an out lesbian  hunting for  the truth  of her  brilliant, volatile, and closeted father’s  life and death. She is all three at once,  trying to untangle the central  mystery  of her childhood: How did she survive their shared hometown, when her father could not?  Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron's musical, from Alison Bechdel's graphic memoir, has Bechdel at three ages recalling her discovery of her own sexuality and her relationship with her closeted gay father. It won the Tony Award for Best Musical.

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