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Broadway First Ever Lesbian Musical ‘Fun House’ Gets Nominated For Twelve Tonys

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The Tony’s have been announced this week and leading the pack for nominations is the excellent new musical Fun Home, which has a fantastic twelve nominations.

Fun Home is based on the heartrending graphic memoir Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by cartoonist Alison Bechdel.

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The coming-of-age musical revolves around Bechdel’s dysfunctional family and relationship with her late father, who as a closeted gay man who ran a funeral home and taught English in rural Pennsylvania.

My Dad and I both grew up in the same small Pennsylvania town. And he was gay. And I was gay And he killed himself and I… became a lesbian cartoonist.”

The musical, a finalist for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for drama, started previewing at the Circle in the Square Theatre on April 19 after a sold-out, extended run Off Broadway.

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The full list of nominees is here.

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