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a huge thank you to @onewordshy for posting this track (as well as something bad is happening!) nearly a decade ago. They've since been removed from Christine Toy Johnson's website and without your blog I never would have heard them!!
more pics + audio from NAATCO's 1998 + 2007 productions of Falsettoland here :)
National Asian American Theatre Company’s Production of Falsettos
Directed by Alan Muraoka
most underrated Marvin Falsettos?
William Finn
Chip Zien
Michael Rupert
Tony Cummings
Stephen Bogardus
Evan Pappas
Mandy Patinkin
Adrian Zmed
Jason Ma
Malcolm Gets
Max von Essen
Someone else (if you say cborle i might block you sorry)
@imsotallsettos reference pictures, you said?
Link
My favorite song from NAATCO Falsettoland-- this rendition brings me to tears each time, especially Ma's unique delivery of the last line.
(photo is from the 1998 NAATCO production, when Ma debuted his role as Marvin. Listen to the whole show here.)
National Asian American Theatre Company's production of Falsettoland (1998 & 2007)
“Finn's musical remains a testament to the power of love and the need to be loved, whether you're gay, straight, Jewish, or Asian.” -Playbill
“Here are seven singing Asian actors who seem to be declaring to audiences and casting directors alike that they would like to be considered for parts in musicals other than “Miss Saigon” and “The King and I.” -NY Times
Directed by: Alan Muraoka // Starring: Ann Harada (Trina), Christine Toy Johnson (Dr. Charlotte), Jason Ma (Marvin), Ben Wu as Jason, Merv Maruyama/Francis Jue (Mendel), Mimosa/MaryAnn Hu (Cordelia) and Welly Yang/Manu Narayan (Whizzer)
Phantom of the Opera’s Ali Ewoldt, Miss Saigon’s Billy Bustamonte, and more stars and collaborators of Jason Ma's new play reveal family stories of emigration.
intro:
On November 8, 2016, writer Jason Ma was finishing a grant proposal for Gold Mountain. The new musical, delving into one Asian immigrant’s experience as a railroad worker laboring on the Central Pacific Railroad, was a way for Ma to reflect on the hardships of immigration and acculturation, but also an acknowledgment of how far the United States had come in a post-Obama (and what he assumed was a pre-Clinton) era. Though the lens through which Gold Mountain may be different for him and his Gold Mountain cohorts, the story and its intention remain the same. “The imperative value of telling the universal stories of our immigrant communities has sadly become more and more self-evident as current events continue to overwhelm us,” says Ma. “Gold Mountain presents an opportunity to bring to light our shared humanity with American immigrants past, present, and future.”
Additionally, as an Asian-American artist Ma specifically wanted to tell the oft-overlooked stories of his ancestors. “It’s also my personal valentine to a traditional Chinese culture that existed for millennia,” he says.
synopsis & audio demos can be found here
Assiniboine Sunrise © Jason Ma
