Opening its National Tour at Walton Arts Center, Falsettos is a beautiful reminder that love can tell a million stories.
Revolving around the life of a charming, intelligent, neurotic gay man named Marvin, his wife, lover, about-to-be-Bar-Mitzvahed son, their psychiatrist and the lesbians next door, Falsettos is a hilarious and achingly poignant look at the infinite possibilities that make up a modern family.
Bringing the story to the stage is an all-star and multi-award winning cast and creative team!
Cast for the National Tour
Nick Adams - WHIZZER
Nick most notably originated and starred as Adam/Felicia in the Tony®-winning Broadway musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert that earned him two Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards, honors from the American Theater Hall of Fame and a nomination for the 2011 Astaire Award.
Eden Espinosa - TRINA
Eden is most recognized for her critically acclaimed portrayal of Elphaba in Wicked on Broadway, in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Her TV appearances include “Law and Order,” “Ugly Betty” and “Elementary.” Voiceover credits include Cassandra in “Tangled the Series,” “Robot Chicken,” “MAD TV,” “Elana of Avalor” and “Titan Maximum.”
Max von Essen - MARVIN
Max is currently starring in the Broadway production of Anastasia as Gleb Vaganov. He is perhaps best known to audiences as Henri Baurel in the award-winning production of An American in Paris, a role which earned him nominations for the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Grammy® awards.
Creative Team for the National Tour
James Lapine - AUTHOR/DIRECTOR
James Lapine wrote and directed the Tony Award-nominated play Act One based on the autobiography by Moss Hart and directed his play Twelve Dreams. In addition to directing the recent HBO documentary “Six by Sondheim”, Lapine collaborated with Stephen Sondheim as author and director on the musicals Sunday in the Park with George (Pulitzer Prize), Into the Woods, Passion (Tony Award), and the multi-media revue Sondheim on Sondheim. On Broadway, he directed the 2013 revival of the musical Annie, Golden Child, The Diary of Anne Frank and Amour. His other plays include Luck, Pluck and Virtue, The Moment When, Fran’s Bed and Mrs. Miller Does Her Thing.
William Finn - BOOK/MUSIC/LYRICS
Finn’s Elegies: A Song Cycle premiered at Lincoln Center Theater in 2003. He wrote and composed In Trousers (L.A. Drama Critics Award), America Kicks Up Its Heels (Playwrights Horizons), and Make Me A Song (New York Stages) as well as Romance in Hard Times, Love’s Fire: Fresh Numbers by Seven American Playwrights, and scores for Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale and As You Like It, all for The Public Theater. He graduated from Williams College, where he was awarded the Hutchinson Fellowship in Musical Composition.
Spencer Liff - CHOREOGRAHER
In addition on Falsettos, Liff is known for his work on Spring Awakening (Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle nominations) and Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Liff earned two Emmy nominations for his work as a choreographer for eight seasons on FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance.” Other TV credits include “Dancing With the Stars,” “Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris,” “Parks and Recreation,” “2 Broke Girls,” “Mike & Molly,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “One Day at a Time” (Netflix), “The Emmy Awards” and “The Latin Grammy Awards.”
