Falsettos

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: StageQ is excited to announce the first show of our 2017-2018 season! Falsettos book by James Lapine & William Finn music & lyrics by William Finn directed by Michael Bruno musical direction by Dr. J. Adam Shelton executive producer Donnovan Moen The Broadway smash hit comes to Madison! Falsettos is the tale of Marvin, who leaves his wife and young son to live with another man. His ex-wife marries his psychiatrist, and Marvin ends up alone. Two years later, Marvin is reunited with his lover on the eve of his son’s bar mitzvah, just as AIDS is beginning its insidious spread. This musical, about the coming together of the original modern family, premiered on Broadway in 1992 and was nominated for seven Tony Awards, of which it won Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score. It was revived briefly on Broadway in 2016, and the revival performance was nominated for five Tony Awards. Performances: Friday 7:30 PM 9/29/17 Saturday 7:30 PM 9/30/17 Wednesday 7:30 PM 10/4/17 Thursday 7:30 PM 10/5/17 Friday 7:30 PM 10/6/17 Saturday 7:30 PM 10/7/17 Sunday 2:00 PM 10/8/17 Wednesday 7:30 PM 10/11/17 Thursday 7:30 PM 10/12/17 Friday 7:30 PM 10/13/17 Saturday 2:00 PM 10/14/17 Tickets on sale now. $25.00 per performance. www.bartelltheatre.org 608-661-9696 About StageQ: StageQ is a Madison-based, not-for-profit community theatre whose mission is to celebrate queer diversity through quality theatre written by and about LGBTQ people, building an inclusive community and affecting positive social change. StageQ’s main performance venue is the Bartell Theatre in downtown Madison and on whose website, you can find tickets to this and other StageQ shows.