This review was contributed by former Seven Days associate editor Ruth Horowitz, who now lives in Providence, R.I. She and her husband, David Christensen, recently headed to Manhattan to see Fun Home ...

Fun Home resonated with readers as a work of nuance, honesty and intelligence. Within just a few years, playwright Lisa Kron and composer Jeanine Tesori set about adapting it to the stage, which was ...

2015 Tony Awards Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Lisa Kron 2015 Tony Awards Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Jeanine Tesori 2015 Tony ...

The amazing run Vermont has enjoyed on Broadway of late can trace its roots back 10 years ago this month. The musical “Fun Home” opened April 19, 2015 at Circle in the Square Theatre in Manhattan.

Adapted from Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel/memoir of the same name, Fun Home chronicles Bechdel’s attempt to navigate her sexuality and her father’s untimely death while also grappling with the ...

In “Spent,” the protagonist looks like Alison Bechdel and quacks (well, bleats) like Alison Bechdel but the subtitle “A Comic Novel” is a clue that she’s not Alison Bechdel. The writer/cartoonist has ...

Mid-sentence, Alison Bechdel stops herself, laughing. “I’m sorry,” she says, “I keep speaking so effusively, but it’s really exciting. I never dreamed this level of talent would get brought to this ...

Alison Bechdel has been named one of the winners of the 2014 MacArthur Genius Grant. The 54-year-old Fun Home creator is among one of 21 recipients of this year's MacArthur Fellowship prize. The grant ...