Based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel, the
Jeanine Tesori (music) and
Lisa Kron (book and lyrics) musical
Fun Home, which received a 2013 world premiere at
the Public Theater, is now bound for a 2015 Broadway run. Tony Award winner
Michael Cerveris and Tony nominee
Judy Kuhn headed the cast in the story of the Bechdel family, whose one-of-a-kind patriarch (Cerveris) leaves lasting influences on his adult daughter (
Beth Malone) even after his death.
Sam Gold has been tapped to helm the show once again. Read the
Playbill story.