This ultimately explains a lot about the finished product, which does not feel entirely cohesive. Photo Credit: Joan Marcusįalsettos originated as a trilogy of one acts, and the latter two, March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland were combined into this one musical for the original Broadway production in 1992. Act one begins in 1979 and act two picks up two years later, at the beginning of the AIDS epidemic that ultimately changes all of the characters’ stories irreversibly. Charlotte (Bryonha Marie Parham) and it’s quite the cast of characters, especially for the time period during which the story takes place. Add in the “lesbians who live next door,” Cordelia (Audrey Cardwell) and Dr. But, Marvin falls in love with Whizzer (Nick Adams) and divorces Trina, who then falls in love with Mendel (Nick Blaemire), the psychiatrist shared by her and Marvin. Marvin (Max Von Essen) and Trina (Eden Espinosa) have a son, Jason (Thatcher Jacobs). Sung-through with music and lyrics by William Finn and a book by Finn and James Lapine, who also directed this production that was nominated for five Tony Awards for its Broadway run, the story follows a “tight knit family” with relationships unlike most.
It is not very obvious why the musical Falsettos, which opened last night at Center Theatre Group’s Ahmanson Theatre as part of a national tour, has the title it does, but it is about an untraditional family. Most people hear the term “falsetto” and think of the vocal technique used by male singers to sing notes above their natural range, often resulting in a sound that is strikingly high and, in a sense, untraditional.
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