These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of Fun Home by Alison Bechdel. Alisons creative imagination becomes real as. Broadway: The musical ‘Fun Home’ adapted from this graphic memoir won the Tony Award for best musical in 2015. Fun Home essays are academic essays for citation. Fun Home is based on the real-life story of cartoonist Alison Bechdel. “ Fun Home bursts with love & feeling.Director Hodgson’s emotion-packed production is a beauty. An achingly beautiful portrait of family. ' Fun Home is a musical you need to see a second and third time.don’t miss this perfect production.' Looking for when a specific young actor will be performing in the show? Need help deciding whether this show is suitable for your group? Moving between past and present, Alison relives her unique childhood at the family’s Bechdel Funeral Home and through tender, poignant and hilarious vignettes, she grapples with the undercurrent of secrets that exist within families. When her father dies unexpectedly, graphic novelist Alison dives deep into her past to tell the story of the volatile, brilliant, one-of-a-kind man whose temperament and secrets defined her family and her life. ' Fun Home doesn’t just find a way to worm itself into your heart, but with its wholesome love and ambiguous imperfections, it also manages to stay there.'Īdapted from Alison Bechdel's groundbreaking graphic novel, Fun Home is a refreshingly honest, wholly original musical about seeing your parents through grown-up eyes. 'An emotionally-packed piece of theatre, full of joy, heart, sorrow and uncomfortable reality.' Winner of the 2015 Tony Award for Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, and Best Original Score!īased on the Graphic Novel by Alison Bechdel

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