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History of Falsettos
In Trousers was written, book, lyrics, and music, by William Finn and was orchestrated by Michael Starobin. "March of the Falsettos" and "Falsettoland" were written by William Finn with book by James Lapine and orchestrations by Michael Starobin.
In Trousers opened at Playwrights Horizons in 1979. Marchof the Falsettos openedat Playwrights Horizons in 1981. Falsettoland opened at PlaywrightsHorizons on June 28, 1990.
Falsettos, the Broadway production, opened at the John GoldenTheatre on April 29, 1992. It was directed by James Lapine and produced by Barry and Fran Weissler.Alecia Parker was the associate producer. The set design was by DouglasStein, the costumes by Ann Hould-Ward, lighting by Frances Aronson, andsound design by Peter Fitzgerald. Michael Starobin again was orchestrator,but Scott Frankel was musical director. By the time Falsettos closedon Broadway, it was the end of June 27, 1993, after 487 performances.
| Character | Originally Played By | Replaced By |
| Marvin | Michael Rupert | Mandy Patinkin, Adrian Zmed, Gregg Edelman |
| Trina | Barbara Walsh | Randy Graff |
| Jason | Jonathan Kaplan Andrew Harrison Leeds |
Sivan Cotel Jeffrey Landman |
| Whizzer | Stephen Bogardus | Sean McDermott |
| Mendel | Chip Zien | Jason Graae |
| Dr. Charlotte | Heather MacRae | |
| Cordelia | Carolee Carmello | Maureen Moore |
Some pictures can be found here from The Mandy Patinkin Showcase.
More pictures can be found here and here from the Carolee Carmello website.
