A film adaptation of Fun Home is reportedly in development with Amazon MGM Studios, featuring Jake Gyllenhaal as a producer.
International Productions
The first international production of Fun Home was staged in Makati, Manila, Philippines, in November 2016, featuring Cris Villonco as Alison and Lea Salonga as Helen.
Musical Composition
Fun Home is one of the first mainstream musicals centered on a lesbian protagonist.
A updated Broadway cast recording of Fun Home was released in May 2015 to reflect changes made to the Broadway production.
The original cast recording of Fun Home, released in 2014 after the off-Broadway production, debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top Cast Album Chart.
Production Facts
Fun Home closed on Broadway on September 10, 2016, after 26 previews and 582 regular performances.
Fun Home is a musical adaptation of Alison Bechdel's 2006 graphic memoir and explores themes like sexual identity and complex family dynamics.
The musical Fun Home is notable for having three different actors portray Alison Bechdel at different ages: child, college student, and adult.
The musical's original off-Broadway cast reunited for a special concert in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2014, in response to a controversy over the graphic novel being selected as required reading at the College of Charleston.
Within eight months of its Broadway opening, Fun Home recouped its initial capitalization and started to turn a profit.
Fun Home began its Broadway run with previews starting on March 27, 2015, and officially opened on April 19, 2015, at Circle in the Square Theatre.
The original off-Broadway production of Fun Home was extended multiple times due to its popularity, finally closing on January 12, 2014.
Fun Home premiered off-Broadway at The Public Theater in New York City on September 30, 2013, and had its official opening on October 22, 2013.
The musical's poignant exploration of identity and family won it several awards, including the 2014 Pulitzer Prize finalist for Drama.
The Broadway production of Fun Home was nominated for twelve Tony Awards in 2015, winning five, including Best Musical.
Fun Home had a successful run Off-Broadway at The Public Theater, where it was extended multiple times due to positive reviews and audience reception.
The story is delivered through a series of non-linear vignettes, artistically reflecting the layered and complex narrative of the original graphic memoir.
