Falsettoland

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Falsettoland is a musical by William Finn and James Lapine that explores family, love, and identity in the shadow of the early AIDS crisis.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Falsettoland canonical 10
A Day in Falsettoland 1
Falsettoland (1990) 1

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical
stage work
bookWriter James Lapine
William Finn
composer William Finn
countryOfOrigin United States
creator James Lapine
William Finn
follows In Trousers
March of the Falsettos
linked to: Falsettos
genre musical theatre
sung-through musical
hasCharacter Cordelia
Dr. Charlotte
Jason
Marvin
Mendel
Trina
Whizzer Brown
hasTheme Jewish identity
illness and mortality
non-traditional families
same-sex relationships
language English
lyricist William Finn
mergedInto Falsettos
notableSong “Falsettoland / About Time”
“The Baseball Game”
linked to: The Baseball Game

“Unlikely Lovers”
linked to: Unlikely Lovers

“What More Can I Say?”
“Year of the Child”
“You Gotta Die Sometime”
originalProductionType Off-Broadway
partOf Marvin Trilogy
linked to: The Marvin Trilogy
periodDepicted early AIDS epidemic in the United States
premiereLocation Off-Broadway
premiereYear 1990
settingPlace New York City
settingTime early 1980s
subject AIDS crisis
family
identity
love

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James Lapine notableWork Falsettoland
William Finn notableWork Falsettoland
Falsettos basedOn Falsettoland
Whizzer Brown appearsIn Falsettoland
subject linked to: Whizzer Brown in Falsettos
In Trousers relatedWork Falsettoland
The Marvin Trilogy hasPart Falsettoland
Marvin appearsIn Falsettoland
Trina appearsIn Falsettoland
Trina laterAppearance Falsettoland (1990)
linked to: Falsettoland
Whizzer Brown appearsIn Falsettoland
Whizzer Brown majorSong A Day in Falsettoland
linked to: Falsettoland
Michael Rupert notableWork Falsettoland