Falsettos
John Golden Theatre
Previews Began: April 8, 1992
Opening Night: April 29, 1992
Closing Night: June 27, 1993
Music: William Finn
Lyrics: William Finn
Lyrics: William Finn
James Lapine
The story of Marvin, who leaves his wife and child for a male lover, and the extended family’s comic and dramatic attempts to co-exist as the lover contracts the AIDS virus.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Four Jews in a Room Bitching……….Whizzer, Marvin,
Jason, Mendel, Trina
A Tight-Knit Family……………………………………..Marvin
Love Is Blind………………………Marvin, Jason, Whizzer,
Mendel, Trina
Thrill of First Love…………………………Marvin, Whizzer
Marvin at the Psychiatrist (A Three-Part
Mini-Opera)…………..Mendel, Marvin, Jason, Whizzer
Everyone Tells Jason to See a Psychiatrist………Jason,
Trina,
Marvin,
Whizzer
This Had Better Come to a Stop………..Marvin, Trina,
Jason, Mendel,
Whizzer
I’m Breaking Down…………………………………………Trina
Jason’s Therapy………………….Mendel, Trina, Whizzer,
Marvin, Jason
A Marriage Proposal………………..Mendel, Trina, Jason
A Tight-Knit Family (Reprise)…………Mendel, Marvin
Trina’s Song…………………………………………………..Trina
March of the Falsettos………….Mendel, Marvin, Jason,
Whizzer
Trina’s Song (Reprise)…………………………………….Trina
The Chess Game…………………………..Marvin, Whizzer
Making a Home………..Mendel, Jason, Trina, Whizzer
The Games I Play………………………………………Whizzer
Marvin Goes Crazy………………Marvin, Mendel, Jason,
Trina, Whizzer
I Never Wanted to Love You…Marvin, Mendel, Trina,
Jason, Whizzer
Father to Son…………………………………….Marvin, Jason
ACT TWO
Welcome to Falsettoland…………………………..Company
The Year of the Child……………………………….Company
Miracle of Judaism…………………………………………Jason
Sitting Watching Jason (Play Baseball)………Company
A Day in Falsettoland………………………………..Company
Everyone Hates His Parents……………..Mendel, Jason,
Marvin, Trina
What More Can I Say…………………………………..Marvin
Something Bad Is Happening…….Charlotte, Cordelia,
Marvin, Whizzer
Holding to the Ground……………………………………Trina
Days Like This I Almost Believe in God……..Company
Cancelling the Bar Mitzvah……..Jason, Mendel, Trina
Unlikely Lovers…………….Marvin, Whizzer, Charlotte,
Cordelia
Another Miracle of Judaism…………………………….Jason
Something Bad is Happening (Reprise)……..Charlotte
You Gotta Die Sometime……………………………Whizzer
Jason’s Bar Mitzvah………………………………….Company
What Would I Do?…………………………Marvin, Whizzer
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Stephen Bogardus Whizzer
Michael Rupert Marvin
Chip Zien Mendel
Barbara Walsh Trina
Carolee Carmello Cordelia
Jonathan Kaplan Jason
Andrew Harrison Leeds Jason
(Alternate)
Heather MacRae Charlotte
Understudies: Philip Hoffman (Marvin, Mendel), Maureen Moore (Trina), John Ruess (Whizzer)
REPLACEMENTS
Gregg Edelman Marvin
6/1/93 – 6/27/93
Jason Graae Mendel
6/1/93 – 6/27/93
Sean McDermott Whizzer
4/6/93 – 6/27/93
Mandy Patinkin Marvin
1/19/93 – 5/30/93
Adrian Zmed Marvin
11/5/92 – 11/21/92
Randy Graff Trina
04/13/93 – 06/27/93
Sivan Cotel Jason
Jeffrey Landman Jason
(Alternate)
Maureen Moore Cordelia
Sal Viviano Whizzer
Standby: Susan Goodman (Trina), Jordan Leeds (Mendel), Jay Montgomery (Whizzer, Marvin)
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