you remember life…

• n • they/them • theatre, literature and queer life

[wilhelminyard]

jean moreau :

[evyltalks]

exy, trauma, repeat.

[thee-radio-host-is-a-kookaburra]

“what’s posted on the internet stays there forever” is true for everything except that one piece of fanart you saw when you were 10 that changed the trajectory of your life forever. you will never find that again it is gone forever

[laughriot]

or the one fanfic you read at 15 that made you believe in healing again which is gone and you can never find comfort from again

[fourmenmarching]

heeeeeeyyyyyyyy

[stoner-butch-blues]

I know this might hurt to hear for some but the ending of Falsettos is the necessary climax and conclusion to all of the men's character arcs.

Bill Finn didn't write it just to be a downer ending. He wrote it so Marvin would have to overcome his misogyny and take on a caregiving role and so he could learn to rely on his family for support.

He wrote it so Whizzer would have to overcome his pride and allow himself to be cared for and loved. To bring him and his family together.

He wrote it to knock Mendel down from his g-d complex. To show him he doesn't have the answers, that he has to help his family process their feelings instead of just pretending everything is fine.

He wrote it to teach Jason to give up his king, to concede, to learn from his mistakes. To teach him about being a man.

Whizzer's death happens at the end of Jason's bar mitzvah because it symbolizes all four men finally growing up. Becoming men. It is their final step out of falsettoland. Ignoring the ending robs them of their growth.

[grahamswrath]

final scene of prior talking to the audience “and i bless you. more life. the great work begins.” irreversibly changed me forever (positive)

[laughriot]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

falsettos fandom i am so sorry to give you something so so sad but if you want angst i’ve posted a new fic

[jlaudio]

In the most loving way well you guys dont actually get it You look at these pictures and theyre nothing. theyre nothing special theyre simple and theyre wearing normalest clothes ever and the way they look and their attitudes for them Well theyre of 2 men theyre 2 guys and that is all they are . and theres no other cast who has portrayed their relationship in this way. theyre so so unapologetically real and human and well the characters were built on them and they literally lived this they literally were there they had to live it too. and these pictures look so true and normal And really i dont think you guys get it

[rompirvat]

“i’m too good for my sorry little life.”

Gotten really into Falsettos recently. Little piece of Jason (heals the soul).

[tryworks]

what they dont tell you about growing up as a very lonely little girl is that you grow up and still a part of you remains that very lonely little girl

[laughriot]

i’m writing a falsettos fic that’s going to be SO heartbreaking

[mclennonyaoi]

everyday i wake up and i go “god i’m so tired. i can’t do this anymore.” and then i get up and i continue to do it

[midnightinjapan]

[havanasroses]

in praise of subtle acting. exhibit b: brandon uranowitz, stephanie j. block, and andrew rannells as mendel, trina, and whizzer, falsettos

[ninacarstairss]

excuse me i’ll just be sobbing in a corner

[freesiadotcom]

having friends notably older than you is fantastic actually, cause you can drop in a little mention of how old you would have been at the time of a story they tell and watch the existential crisis set in

[autism-gay-deactivated20231203]

One of the saddest things about falsettos i think is that that after they went through this absolutely horrible thing once with whizzer, you know that they had to go through it all again

[jlaudio]

''How often, in musical theater, do you get a chance to deal with material like this that has so many levels, and how often do you get wonderful music like this?'' Mr. Rupert responded. ''I think it's a show that needs to be seen. And I don't think I ever felt that about a show before. ''Of course, it does give you an incongruous feeling. After all that's happened through the years, here I am, still in the same corduroy coat and same khaki pants. You think, 'What have I really done with my life that I'm doing this again?' But of course, there is an answer to that. I think we all got involved with this because we loved the idea of doing it.'' Mr. Zien added: ''It does sound really corny. But that's what it is: a labor of love.''

—Michael Rupert and Chip Zien about Falsettoland, 1990