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Broadway's Falsettos Revival to Air on PBS' Live From Lincoln Center

The musical stars Christian Borle, Andrew Rannells, and Stephanie J. Block.

Christian Borle and Andrew Rannells star in the new Broadway revival of Falsettos.
Christian Borle and Andrew Rannells star in the new Broadway revival of Falsettos.
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The new Broadway revival of William Finn and James Lapine's musical Falsettos will be presented as part of PBS' Live From Lincoln Center, publicists for Lincoln Center Theater have confirmed. The air date is still be announced.

Falsettos premiered on Broadway in 1992 and won Tony Awards for Best Score for William Finn and Best Book of a Musical for James Lapine and Finn. The show consists of two separate musicals, March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland, the last two in a trilogy of one-act off-Broadway plays, which premiered at Playwrights Horizons, then led by current Lincoln Center Theater artistic director André Bishop. It follows the lives of five people: Marvin, his ex-wife Trina, his psychiatrist Mendel, his son Jason, and his lover Whizzer.

The company is led by Tony nominee Stephanie J. Block (Trina), two-time Tony winner Christian Borle (Marvin), and Tony nominee Andrew Rannells (Whizzer), alongside Anthony Rosenthal (A Christmas Story) as Jason, Tracie Thoms (Rent) as Dr. Charlotte, Tony nominee Brandon Uranowitz (An American in Paris) as Mendel, and Betsy Wolfe (Bullets Over Broadway) as Cordelia. James Lapine directs the revival.

The production will have choreography by Spencer Liff, sets by David Rockwell, costumes by Jennifer Caprio, lighting by Jeff Croiter, sound by Dan Moses Schreier, and musical direction by Vadim Feichtner, conducting Michael Starobin’s original orchestrations. It is presented by Lincoln Center Theater in association with Jujamcyn Theatres.

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