Alessandra Baldacchino News

FUN HOME is a great title for a musical. It conjures lightness, joy, whimsy … fun. There is some of that in the Tony Award-winning show, now enjoying its first national tour that includes a two-week stint at Chicago's Oriental Theatre. But for the most part, FUN HOME is dark.

The National Tour of Fun Home, the groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning Best Musical, opens its Chicago engagement at the Oriental Theatre (24 W. Randolph) tonight, Thursday, November 3, for a limited two-week run through November 13, 2016.

Based on the 2006 graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel, Fun Home tells the true story of Bechdel discovering her own sexuality, her relationship with her gay father, and her attempts to unlock the mysteries surrounding his life.

The first National Tour of FUN HOME, the groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning Best Musical, just launched in Cleveland, OH at Playhouse Square and will then travel North America playing multi-week and week-long engagements. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the touring cast in action below!

The first National Tour of FUN HOME, the groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning Best Musical, just launched in Cleveland, OH at Playhouse Square and will then travel North America playing multi-week and week-long engagements.

Hennepin Theatre Trust announced that FUN HOME, the groundbreaking and Tony Award-winning Best Musical, will make its Minneapolis premiere as part of the 2016-2017 Bank of America Broadway on Hennepin Season Dec. 13-18 at the historic Orpheum Theatre.

Producers Fox Theatricals and Barbara Whitman have announced casting for the first National Tour of FUN HOME, the groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning Best Musical. The tour will premiere in St. Louis at the Fabulous Fox Theatre, November 15 - 27, 2016.

The first National Tour of FUN HOME, the groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning Best Musical, will launch in Cleveland, OH at Playhouse Square and will then travel North America playing multi-week and week-long engagements. 

The National Tour of FUN HOME, the groundbreaking and Tony Award-winning Best Musical, will officially launch this fall at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, October 2-22, 2016. This week, the company met the press, and BroadwayWorld has a peek at designer David Zinn's touring set model below!

The National Tour of FUN HOME, the groundbreaking and Tony Award-winning Best Musical, will officially launch this fall at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, running October 2-22, 2016.

Broadway In Chicago and Producers Fox Theatricals (Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson) and Barbara Whitman have announced that individual tickets go on sale to the general public on Sunday, August 28 for the first National Tour of Fun Home, the groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning Best Musical.

Producers Fox Theatricals and Barbara Whitman just announced casting for the first National Tour of FUN HOME, the groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning Best Musical. The tour will premiere in Cleveland at Playhouse Square October 2 - 22, 2016, as part of the Key Bank Broadway Series.

As BroadwayWorld reported last night, the first National Tour of FUN HOME will star Robert Petkoff (Broadway's Ragtime, All The Way, Anything Goes) as Bruce, Susan Moniz (Broadway's Grease, Chicago's Marriott Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater) as Helen and Kate Shindle (Broadway's Legally Blonde, Cabaret, and Miss America 1998) as Alison. Joining them will be ABBY CORRIGAN as Medium Alison, Alessandra Baldacchino (Broadway's Fun Home) as Small Alison, Karen Eilbacher as Joan, Robert Hager as Roy, LENNON NATE HAMMOND as John, PIERSON SALAVDOR as Christian, Anthony Fortino, Amanda Naughton, SOFIA TRIMARCHI and Michael Winther. At certain performances, CARLY GOLD will play the role of Small Alison.

Producers Fox Theatricals (Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson) and Barbara Whitman just announced casting for the first National Tour of FUN HOME, the groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning Best Musical. The tour will launch in Cleveland, OH at Playhouse Square and will then travel North America playing multi-week and week-long engagements. For more information on the production, please visit FunHomeBroadway.com.

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KOTA presented LOVE IS LOVE on Tues, June 28th at The Triad. A celebration of Pride with Broadway's youngest stars, proceeds from the event support The Trevor Project, a national 24-hour confidential suicide hotline for gay and questioning youth. BroadwayWorld has photos from the concert below!

The writer of the musical's source graphic memoir talks about seeing her life onstage.

Celebrate Pride with Broadway's youngest stars at Love is Love on Tues, June 28th at 7:30 pm at The Triad. Proceeds support The Trevor Project, a national 24-hour confidential suicide hotline for gay and questioning youth.