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Adapted by Jeanine Tesori (music) and Lisa Kron (book and lyrics) from Bechdelâs eponymous 2008 graphic memoir,
the show opened on Broadway as the first mainstream musical to feature a young lesbian protagonist, collecting five Tony awards, including best musical. That watershed moment merely touched upon the showâs innovative approach to its subject material, and this gorgeous Australian premiere, under the direction Dean Bryant, is a production infused with the sweeping emotion of its source material.
Maggie McKenna, Lucy Maunder and Marina Prior in Fun Home. Photograph: Prudence Upton
The scene is set in the family home in small-town Pennsylvania, where Alison spent her childhood but also where her parents ran the family business, the Bechdel Funeral Home. In one of the first musical numbers, Welcome to Our House on Maple Avenue, the family â consisting of Small Alison (played by Karelina Clarke, a role also shared with Katerina Kotsopoulos and Mia Honeysett), he
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When I was 14 I fell madly in love. Now, many would argue that 14 year olds lack the emotional maturity to experience true love and they would be correct, but at the time I would not listen to reason, and I pursued the object of my affection a school prefect 3 years my senior with a wild and embarrassing fervour.
Dark family story makes an unlikely hit musical
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Cartoonist and writer Alison Bechdel has had a relatively pleasant pandemic experience.
âI actually donât mind being trapped at home,â she says. âIâm just naturally an introvert, I work at home, so itâs been pretty okay for me, and I especially love not having to travel.â
Plus, she had a book deadline to keep her busy.
The Secret to Superhuman Strength (Penguin) is published on May 4. Like much of Bechdelâs work, it excavates her personal experience â this time, her relationship to exercise â and offers it up to the world. Itâs something fans of her work adore; they often see themselves reflected in Bechdelâs truths, comforted by her humour and connected to her vulnerabilities.