Updated Broadway Version of the “Fun Home” Cast Recording Now Available for Pre-sale
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Rick Miramontez / Molly Barnett / Chelsea Nachman
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PLEASE
UPDATED BROADWAY VERSION OF THE
“ F U N H O M E ”
CAST RECORDING
NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-SALE
OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE MAY 19
New York, NY (April 14, 2015) – Fun Home, the Award-winning new musical that began previews on Broadway on March 27, announced today that an updated and expanded Broadway version of the cast recording will be released next month on PS Classics. With music by four-time Tony® Award nominee Jeanine Tesori, a book and lyrics by Tony® Award nominee Lisa Kron, the new Fun Home cast recording will now feature Emily Skeggs, who took over the role of Medium Alison during the show’s original Off-Broadway run and is re-creating the role on Broadway. The album will include new material written for the Broadway production, as well as additional material not included on the original recording. Originally released in February 2014, the updated album will again be produced by PS Classics co-founders Tommy Krasker & Philip Chaffin, and will include all-new packaging and photographs from the Broadway production. This new Fun Home Cast Recording is now available for pre-sale on www.psclassics.com; it can be purchased at the PS Classics website and in-person at Circle in the Square Theatre beginning May 5, with in-store and digital release set for May 19.
Now in previews, Fun Home, which is directed by Sam Gold, officially opens on Broadway at the Circle in the Square Theatre (235 West 50th Street), on Sunday, April 19th.
Fun Home introduces us to Alison at three different ages, revealing memories of her uniquely dysfunctional family – her mother, brothers and volatile, brilliant, enigmatic father – that connect with her in surprising new ways. This intimate and emotional theatrical experience is performed entirely in the round, bringing audiences closer to Alison’s story than ever before. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Fun Home is a refreshingly honest, wholly original musical about seeing your parents through grown-up eyes.
The complete Broadway cast of Fun Home includes Tony® Award-winner Michael Cerveris, three-time Tony® Award nominee Judy Kuhn, Beth Malone, Obie Award-winner Sydney Lucas, Emily Skeggs, Roberta Colindrez, Zell Steele Morrow, Joel Perez, Oscar Williams, Lauren Patten, Gabriella Pizzolo, Marrick Smith, Jim Stanek, and Nicole Van Giesen.
Fun Home opened to rave reviews at The Public Theater in October 2013, and was quickly extended four times due to popular demand. It was named Best Musical by the New York Drama Critics Circle, and received the OBIE, Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics Circle and Off Broadway Alliance Awards in the 2013-2014 season.
The creative team of Fun Home also includes Danny Mefford (Choreography), David Zinn (Set and Costume Design), Ben Stanton (Lighting Design), Kai Harada (Sound Design), Chris Fenwick (Music Direction) and John Clancy (Orchestrations).
Ticket prices for Fun Home range from $75 – $150 and are available for purchase via Telecharge.com, by calling 212-239-6200, or in person at the Circle in the Square Theatre box office. Fun Home plays the following schedule until April 27th: Tuesday – Saturday at 8:00 PM, Wednesday and Saturday at 2:00 PM, and Sunday at 3:00 PM. After April 27th, the schedule is as follows: Tuesday at 7:00 PM, Wednesday – Saturday at 8:00 PM, Wednesday and Saturday at 2:00 PM, and Sunday at 3:00 PM.
Fun Home has partnered with TodayTix to allow its members to enter a mobile lottery via the TodayTix app, available in the App Store or Google Play Store. The entry period will begin each day at midnight, and continue until winners are notified via push notification 3-4 hours before the selected performance begins. Winners will be offered the opportunity to purchase either one or two $32 tickets, and can pick up them up from the box office of the Circle in the Square Theatre. Lottery tickets and seat locations are subject to availability.
Fun Home is produced on Broadway by Fox Theatricals (Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson) and Barbara Whitman, along with Carole Shorenstein Hays, Tom Casserly, Paula Marie Black, Latitude Link, Terry Schnuck/Jack Lane, The Forstalls, Nathan Vernon, Mint Theatricals, Elizabeth Armstrong, JAM Theatricals and Delman Whitney.
An eight-time Grammy Award nominee (for its cast albums of Assassins, Nine: The Musical, Grey Gardens, Company, A Little Night Music, Sondheim on Sondheim, Follies and The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess), PS Classics’ catalog includes award-winning cast recordings; solo albums by such artists as Victoria Clark, Maureen McGovern, Kate Baldwin, Steven Pasquale and Liz Callaway; and restorations of long-lost musicals, including Sweet Bye and Bye, Kitty’s Kisses and Sweet Little Devil. Recent releases include the Original Broadway Cast Recordings of Violet and Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill. Upcoming spring releases include the New Broadway Cast Recording of On the Twentieth Century; Misia, a new musical featuring previously-unheard songs of Vernon Duke; the first full-length recording of the Jerome Moross and John Latouche classic The Golden Apple; and Fun Home star Judy Kuhn’s new solo disc, Rodgers, Rodgers & Guettel. Visit psclassics.com.
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