This landmark musical tells the story of Marvin, who’s left his wife and 12-year old son to live with his lover, Whizzer, next door to a couple of “spiky lesbians.” It’s a love story and a family story, beginning at the tail end of the sexual revolution and arriving at the dawn of “something so bad words have lost their meaning.”

Through his achingly articulate, Tony Award-winning songs, one enigmatic man shares his personal vision of three exhilarating and heartbreaking years in the gay life of America.

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Meet the Falsettos: Nick Lingnofski as Mendel

08.09.2011

Kim Garrison Hopcraft as Trina Christopher Storer as Whizzer Adam Crawford as Jason Danielle Mann as Charlotte Kate Gersing as Cordelia Scott Wilson as Marvin

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The original “Falsettos” review

07.28.2011

Here’s a little piece of history. It’s Frank Rich’s original review of the Broadway debut of Falsettos. Mr. Rich is now well-known as a cultural commentator for the New York Times, but in 1992, he was a passionate advocate of forward-thinking shows like this one.

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Matt & Artie discuss the 2011-12 AVLT season

05.11.2011

AVLT 2011-12 preview by AVLTheatre

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