Calendar Listings: PACE presents "Falsettos"

P.A.C.E./Pioneer Arts Center of Easthampton
presents the musical
FALSETTOS
Music and lyrics by William Finn
Book by William Finn and James Lapine

Friday, May 1, 2009 at 8PM
Saturday, May 2, 2009 at 8PM
Sunday, May 3, 2009 at 2PM
Friday, May 8, 2009 at 8PM
Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 8PM
Sunday, May 10, 2009 at 2PM
Academy of Music
274 Main Street
Northampton, Massachusetts

The P.A.C.E. production of "Falsettos" is directed by David Fried Oppenheim. Musical Director is Marnen Laibow-Koser and musical staging is by Joseph Rich. Vocal coaching is by Dan Inglis.

Performance sponsors to date include: The Valley Advocate, The Daily Hampshire Gazette, WGBY, 88.5FM/WFCR, NPR News and Music for Western New England and 640AM/WNNZ, WFCR's AM Broadcast Station.

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Amherst and Northampton Cultural Councils, local agencies which are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

P.A.C.E.'s production of "Falsettos" follows on the heels of their critically acclaimed and hip-hop restaging of "West Side Story" in 2008.

"Falsettos" is two one-act musicals from "The Marvin Trilogy" by William Finn with James Lapine. The first one-act, "March of The Falsettos", opened Off-Broadway in the 1980-81 season. The second, "Falsettoland" (where Lapine collaborated), opened Off-Broadway a decade later. They were combined into one evening at Hartford Stage; that revision moved to Broadway in 1992, where the musical won two Tony Awards. It ran on Broadway for over 480 performances and toured nationally.

Both musicals in "Falsettos" deal with the same characters: Marvin, a gay Jewish man, his ex-wife, their son, the family shrink, Marvin's male lover, and the lesbians next door. There are multiple themes, but the major one deals with HIV/AIDS (which is never mentioned by name in the musical).

Ticket Prices:
General Admission by Section
Patron Seating $40.00 (first two rows of loge)
Orchestra: $30.00
Balcony and Loge: $20.00
Students, Seniors, and PACE members: $2.00 OFF above prices
Groups of 10+ are $5.00 OFF above prices with advance reservation
Telephone Orders: 800-595-4TIX
Ticket information: www.pacetheater.com
Tickets also on sale at Pride & Joy, Crafts Avenue, Northampton, MA and PACE, 41 Union Street, Easthampton, MA

About P.A.C.E.:

The Pioneer Arts Center of Easthampton (P.A.C.E.) educates and engages the public in the full life cycle of the creative process in the performing arts from concept through completion. Its mission is to make this process and product accessible to the entire community both as audience and participants; to inspire and encourage artistic expression through education, performance, and craftsmanship; and to broaden the cultural horizon of the individuals and the community. PACE is now in its seventh year of operations and has produced 6 musicals, more than a dozen non-musical theatrical productions as well as hundreds of concerts. PACE runs classes in theater performance and production. It has produced two professional CDs that are used as fundraisers including a limited edition recording of Godspell to which writer/composer Stephen Schwartz granted the rights from PACE's acclaimed 2007 production at the Academy of Music. Recently PACE was the higher bidder at auction for the purchase of a 125,000 mill building in the middle of downtown Easthampton. The facility has the opportunity to serve as a functional endowment through rental income while providing arts facilities currently not available in the Valley. For information: www.pacetheater.com

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