🏠 Finding My Way To Fun Home

2025 marks the 10-year anniversary of when “Fun Home” opened on “Broadway” in Circle In the Square Theatre after a wildly successful run off-Broadway.

It defied all expectations, wowing audiences, navigating new ground in terms of story, its lead character and what musical theater in general can be. It has touched so many audiences of different ages and different backgrounds, and it has allowed under-represented theater-goers to feel like they have been seen on stage for the first time.

I did not find “Fun Home” when it ran off-Broadway or on Broadway. Two years later, I saw “Fun Home” for the first time in a Chicago production by Victory Gardens Theatre and it was a profound and deeply moving experience. In total, I have seen five different productions of “Fun Home” and eight performances. I expect to visit Alison many times more.

This video is an overall appreciation of “Fun Home” and the five stagings I have been fortunate enough to see.


INDEX

0:38 Fun Home Comes To Broadway

2:20 Fun Home 1: Victory Gardens Theatre — Chicago, IL

14:02 Fun Home 2: Forward Theater — Madison, WI

15:29 Fun Home 3: Northwestern University — Evanston, IL

16:48 Fun Home 4: Paramount Theatre (Copley) — Aurora, IL

18:14 Fun Home 5: Porchlight Music Theatre: Chicago, IL

19:18 Building Fun Home To Last