Falsettos Calls Off Spring Broadway Return, Now Aiming for 2016-17 Season

Falsettos, which had previously announced it would return to Broadway in spring 2016, has been postponed. The new production of the much-loved musical by William Finn and James Lapine gave no reason for the delay and is now eyeing the 2016-17 season. Lapine, who directed the original incarnation, had been tapped to direct the revival and he remains on board with the project.

The tuner follows Marvin who struggles to create a “tight knit family” out of his eclectic array of core relationships (including his ex-wife, his new boyfriend, his adolescent son, his psychiatrist, and his neighbors). Amidst a series of monumental life changes, he is forced to reckon with his own views on love, responsibility, and what it means to be a man.

Finn took home the 1993 Tony Award for Best Score and shared Best Book with Lapine for the 1992 production. The cast included Michael Rupert as Marvin, as well as Chip Zien, Carolee Carmello, Barbara Walsh, Heather MacRae, Jonathan Kaplan and Stephen Bogardus.