Fun Home (musical)

Fun Home
Original Broadway Poster
Music	Jeanine Tesori
Lyrics	Lisa Kron
Book	Lisa Kron
Basis	Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Productions	2013 Off-Broadway 2015 Broadway 2016 US National Tour 2018 Off-West End
Awards	Tony Award for Best Musical Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical Tony Award for Best Original Score

Fun Home is a musical theatre adaptation of Alison Bechdel's 2006 graphic memoir of the same name, with music by Jeanine Tesori, and book and lyrics by Lisa Kron. The story concerns Bechdel's discovery of her own lesbian sexuality, her relationship with her closeted gay father, and her attempts to unlock the mysteries surrounding his life. It is told in a series of non-linear vignettes connected by narration provided by the adult Alison character.

The musical was developed through several readings and performances, including at the Ojai Playwrights Conference in 2009 and at the Sundance Theatre Lab and The Public Theater's Public Lab in 2012. It opened Off-Broadway at the Public Theater in September 2013 to positive reviews. Its run was extended several times, until January 2014. The Public Theater production of Fun Home was nominated for nine Lucille Lortel Awards (winning three, including Outstanding Musical), two Obie Awards and eight Drama Desk Awards, among others. The musical was a finalist for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.^[1]

The original Broadway production began previews at the Circle in the Square Theatre in March 2015 and opened in April 2015.^[2] It was nominated for twelve Tony Awards, winning five, including Best Musical, and its cast album received a nomination for the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. The production closed on September 10, 2016. A US national tour and foreign productions followed.

A film adaptation is reportedly in the works at Amazon MGM Studios, with Jake Gyllenhaal as a producer.^[3]