Falsettoland

Falsettoland
Original Cast Recording
Music	William Finn
Lyrics	William Finn
Book	James Lapine
Productions	1990 Off-Broadway

Falsettoland is a musical with a book by James Lapine and music and lyrics by William Finn.

Following In Trousers and March of the Falsettos, it is the third in a trio of one-act musicals centering on Marvin, his wife Trina, his psychiatrist Mendel, his son Jason, and his gay lover Whizzer Brown. In this chapter of Marvin's life, Jason is preparing for his bar mitzvah and Whizzer is suffering from a mysterious, life-threatening, as yet undefined illness, which the audience recognizes is AIDS.

Falsettoland opened Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons on June 28, 1990 and closed on August 12, 1990.

The musical transferred to the Lucille Lortel Theatre on September 25, 1990 and closed on January 27, 1991 after 176 performances. Directed by Lapine, the cast included Michael Rupert (Marvin), Faith Prince (Trina), Stephen Bogardus (Whizzer), Chip Zien (later replaced by Lonny Price) (Mendel), Heather MacRae (Dr. Charlotte) and Janet Metz (Cordelia).

A cast recording was released by DRG Records.

March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland were merged into the 1992 Broadway production Falsettos, as Acts I and II.

Mendel the psychiatrist shines a flashlight into the audience on a dark stage, welcoming us to "Falsettoland", the conclusion to March of the Falsettos. The cast has been enlarged by two, Marvin's lesbian neighbors Dr. Charlotte, an Internist, and Cordelia, a kosher Caterer. Marvin has realized that it's "About Time" that he grows up and get over himself. He has called a truce with Trina and he has managed to maintain his relationship with Jason, who is now preparing for his Bar Mitzvah. He has not seen Whizzer for two years and has still not gotten over him.

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