Monday, October 28, 2013

Theater: Fun Home



From the review by Joe Dziemianowicz in the New York Daily News: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/fun-home-theater-review-article-1.1492941
The dearly departed were well cared for at the Bechdel funeral home in small-town Pennsylvania. 
“We remove all signs of trauma,” promises family-man proprietor Bruce Bechdel.
But the same can’t be said about the Bechdels themselves. 
The family shows several signs of trauma, especially the haunted Alison, who struggles with her past and the man who raised her.

So it goes in “Fun Home,” the achingly beautiful musical at the Public Theater. It speaks to one family and all families torn by secrets and lies.