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William Finn

WILLIAM FINN

  (1952 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Abrams Artists Agency  

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below is a list of William Finn's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The         Elegies         Falsettoland         Falsettos         In Trousers         Little Miss Sunshine         Make Me A Song         March Of the Falsettos         Muscle         New Brain, A         Romance In Hard Times         Royal Family Of Broadway, The         Scrambled Egg         Sizzle

25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The

25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The
six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn't everything and that losing doesn't necessarily make you a loser.
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Notes:
conceived by Rebecca Feldman; music And lyrics by William Finn; book by Rachel Sheinkin

1st Produced:
Second Stage Theatre, Off Broadway    2004

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
Original cast recording: Ghostlight (7915584407-2) 2005

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Genre:
105 min Musical. - - Gay/Lesbian, of interest

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  9 actors

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Elegies

Elegies
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Notes:
Music, lyrics And book by William Finn

1st Produced:
Mitzi E Newhouse Theatre, New York    24 Mar 2003

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
Original cast recording: Fynsworth alley (302 062 189 2)

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Genre:
song cycle

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Falsettoland

Falsettoland
a plump Jewish matron sits in the stands watching her son play baseball, then looks over in consternation at a new arrival in the crowd and croons to herself, ''Just what I wanted at a Little League game -- my ex-husband's ex- lover. Isn't that what every mother dreams of?'' In that moment, actually among the funniest and happiest of an off-Broadway musical set in the early months of the aIDS epidemic, Falsettoland expresses its edgy wit, cockeyed charm and matter-of-fact acceptance of a world Norman Rockwell never painted. Handsome men in sports clothes and sweatbands play racquetball, snorting like stags in battle, then sing love songs to each other. a female doctor and her lover, a would-be inventor of nouvelle kosher cuisine, cheerily introduce themselves as ''the lesbians from next door.'' the matron's husband, and surrogate Father to her son, is the ex-husband's ex-psychiatrist. the shrink and the boy do a vaudeville-inspired soft-shoe number called everyone Hates His Parents. the mother probably speaks for a whole generation or two when she describes her occupation in life as ''holding to the ground as the ground keeps shifting.''

Notes:
music and lyrics by William Finn; book by James Lapine And William Finn. Originally produced off-Broadway As two separate shows. "March of the Falsettos" And "Falsettoland".

1st Produced:
Playwrights Horrizons, New York    08 Jun 1990

Organisations:
the National Asian American Theatre Company (NaaTCO)

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
Original cast recording: DRG (CDSBL 12601) 1990

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Genre:
Musical. - - Gay/Lesbian, musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Falsettos

Synopsis:
the play is a study in contradictions: a laugh-a-minute musical -- about families dealing with aIDS; a tragedy filled with hope. ''When the play first started, it was referred to as an aIDS play,'' says Finn, 40, who worried that the label would limit its audience appeal. Since opening night, though, Falsettos has filled seats, thanks to word of mouth and unbeatable reviews. (''more powerful than any other American musical of its day,'' raved the New York Times's finicky Frank Rich.) Says Finn: ''It's really about life, not death.''

Notes:
Music And Lyrics by William Finn; Book by William Finn And James Lapine

1st Produced:
-    1992

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical. - - Gay/Lesbian, musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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In Trousers

In Trousers
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Notes:
Music And Lyrics by William Finn.

1st Produced:
Playwrights Horizons, New York    21 Feb 1971

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
Original cast recording: Original Cast Records (9614) 1979

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Genre:
Musical. - - Gay/Lesbian, musical

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Little Miss Sunshine

Synopsis:
On life's twisty road, sometimes you need to pull over and change direction. When the coveted title of Little Miss Sunshine is unexpectedly within her reach, young Olive Hoover convinces her family to make the 800-mile trek to the pre-teen pageant of her dreams. Along the way, a series of mishaps threatens to derail the group's quest for the crown, until they realize a young girl's far-fetched goal may actually hold the key to the family's happiness. From the Tony Award-winning team of James Lapine and William Finn comes Little Miss Sunshine, a new musical comedy about one modern family's unexpected route to brighter days.

Notes:
book by James Lapine, music and lyrics by William Finn. based on the film Little Miss Sunshine by Michael Arndt

1st Produced:
Mandell Weiss Theater    15 Feb 2011

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
musical

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  8            Other:  -

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Make Me A Song

Synopsis:
celebrates the songs of William Finn.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Off Broadway    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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March Of the Falsettos

March Of the Falsettos
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Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Playwrights Horrizons, New York    01 Apr 1981

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in Plays from Playwrights Horizons, Broadway Play Pub (May 1987)   978-0881450477

Music:
Original cast recording: DRG (12581) 1981

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Genre:
Musical. - - Gay/Lesbian, musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Muscle

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music by William Finn, Lyrics by Ellen Fitzhugh, Book by James Lapine

1st Produced:
Pegasus Players    26 Jun 2001

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
musical

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  8            Other:  -

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New Brain, A

New Brain, A
the story, which is loosely autobiographical, begins with composer Gordon Schwinn working at his piano, irritable because he's up against a deadline. He's supposed to write a song about spring for his boss, a dictatorial children's TV star named Mr. Bungee (he's a frog). Gordon goes to meet his friend Rhoda for lunch, passing a tart homeless woman on the way. at the restaurant, Gordon suddenly clutches his head in pain, falls face-forward into his pasta, and then collapses. at the hospital, Gordon learns that he has a rare condition called arteriovenous malformation, which causes fluid to build up on his brain. an operation is needed, but it's potentially dangerous; there's a significant chance that Gordon could die, or never recover his faculties. Surrounded by his tiny but supportive family--Rhoda, his mother, and his lover Roger--Gordon nonetheless must face this crisis alone. and what haunts him the most are the songs that he fears he will never write if he doesn't survive. and so--from his hospital bed, from his wheelchair, from the depths of an MRI, and even while comatose--Gordon writes them. they flow out of his imagination and his subconscious breathlessly and uncontrollably. Little remembered snatches of reality crop up surreally in these weirdly magical musical numbers: the homeless lady, for example, keeps appearing, and when Gordon's doctor mentions just before surgery that he has tickets to see Chicago that night, the spirit of that dark, brittle show pervades a long nightmarish sequence that Gordon hallucinates (dreams?) while in a coma.
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Notes:
book by William Finn And James Lapine; music And lyrics by William Finn

1st Produced:
Mitzi E Newhouse Theatre, New York    18 Jun 1998

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
Original cast recording: RCa (09026 63298 2) 1998

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Genre:
Musical. - - Gay/Lesbian, musical

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Romance In Hard Times

Synopsis:
The Depression New York. One of the workers at a soup kitchen is pregnant. She decides not to have the baby until the World is safe for children

Notes:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Royal Family Of Broadway, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
Musical

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Scrambled Egg

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Sizzle

Synopsis:
the Julius and ethel Rosenberg story

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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