Falsettos
Musical by James Lapine and William FinnWikipedia
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Oct 15, 2026
Cory PattakGUEST
I'm holding the CD from the New York Public Library.
Cory PattakGUEST
This is the revival to Falsettos.
Cory PattakGUEST
I'm lighting the Falsettos reunion at Carnegie Hall that's coming up.
Cory PattakGUEST
But the New York Public Library has got to be maybe the best library in the world for And I just think it's like fantastic.
Cory PattakGUEST
I love the library and everyone should love your library.
William SandersGUEST
We got letters about Angels in America.
William SandersGUEST
We got letters about Falsettos.
William SandersGUEST
One time when I was walking up the aisle after Falsettos [laughs] this woman looked at me, glared at me-
VeronicaHOST
[gasps]
William SandersGUEST
... with a Playbill, and just like threw it into-
GavinHOST
Across the Pond in our London category, In Pieces by Joey Contreras is finally having its world premiere production in London next spring.
GavinHOST
The Falsettos reunion concert has added a third date and it will now run in London.
GavinHOST
Exciting.
GavinHOST
Kimberly Akimbo starring Maria Friedman has extended in London as well.
GavinHOST
Yeah, cool.
LiamHOST
I gotta say, I'm super excited about what's going on with Falsettos and that reunion concert.
GavinHOST
Obviously,
LiamHOST
like...
Andrew TomlinsHOST
This is the podcast full of theater news, reviews, and chat.
Andrew TomlinsHOST
I'm your host and West End Frame editor, Andrew Tomlins, and from Rent and My Neighbor Totoro, to Glenn Close in Falsettos, there's lots to talk about today.
Andrew TomlinsHOST
I'm all by myself.
Andrew TomlinsHOST
Happy Musical Con week.
Andrew TomlinsHOST
You know, she's reuniting with Andrew Lloyd Webber and the LW team and reuniting with the West End stage.
Andrew TomlinsHOST
It's gonna be fricking iconic.
Andrew TomlinsHOST
Speaking of iconic news and people and casting, we already knew that the Broadway revival cast of Falsettos were getting back together 10 years on from their Broadway run to play some reunion concerts in New York.
Andrew TomlinsHOST
I was f- Absolutely devastated at the time, I remember, to miss Falsettos, because I'm really lucky.
Rachel SwyerGUEST
To me, it is wild.
Rachel SwyerGUEST
So Falsettos was the first time I ever played an openly queer character.
Rachel SwyerGUEST
And the wildest thing was that my dad came to see it.
Rachel SwyerGUEST
And I had not come out to him then.
Stephanie J. BlockHOST
Hi, gang.
Stephanie J. BlockHOST
So we decided to put together a little, um, compilation of all of the amazing pals and actors and musicians that, um, we've incorporated into Stages who have been affiliated with Falsettos the Musical.
Stephanie J. BlockHOST
That's the writer, at least the librettist, James Lapine.
Stephanie J. BlockHOST
Uh, we had Betsy Wolfe-
Stephanie J. BlockHOST
They didn't quite blend.
Stephanie J. BlockHOST
Everybody had something really special to say, and yet we couldn't find fluidity to it.
Stephanie J. BlockHOST
So we thought, how fun if we were to sit here, look at some of these clips, and Mary Lee and I could kind of thread them together with commentary or memories or, um, just how wonderful these people are to make the Falsettos reunion bubble? What do we wanna call it? Hm?
Mary Lee FairbanksHOST
Compilation.
Jonathon PernisekHOST
We also have Jason Gray in this cast.
Jonathon PernisekHOST
See also for Jason Gray, Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up, Stardust, and he was a replacement in Falsettos.
Jonathon PernisekHOST
Alison Reid, you are also in this cast.
Jonathon PernisekHOST
Reid replaced Karen Ziemba, whose credits included A Chorus Line, 42nd Street, Teddy and Alice, and Crazy For You.
Ilana LevineHOST
I just want to add that not only is she currently starring in Death Becomes Her, but I'm just going to read some of Betsy Wolfe's other theater credits, including the Broadway shows and Juliet, Tony Nam.
Ilana LevineHOST
Falsettos, Waitress, Bullets Over Broadway, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Everyday Rapture, 110 in the Shade, The Last Five Years, Merrily We Roll Along, just a few obscure titles that none of you have ever heard of.
Ilana LevineHOST
Betsy Wolfe is one of my favorite performers on the planet.
Ilana LevineHOST
If you listen to my podcast, 500 episodes in, I rarely have the same person on twice.
Mary Lee FairbanksHOST
[laughs]
Stephanie J. BlockHOST
Uh, luckily, Betsy Wolfe and the cast of Falsettos have been able to conjure this incredible reunion that didn't just turn out to be one night, 'cause that moment sold out in less than two hours.
Stephanie J. BlockHOST
That Carnegie Hall moment sold out in less than two hours.
Stephanie J. BlockHOST
Um, so she got us back together and she was like, "Okay, check your calendars.
Patrick Oliver JonesHOST
Since then, however, sequels have been a rarity on Broadway, and successful ones even rarer.
Patrick Oliver JonesHOST
Sure, there's exceptions to the rule, like William Finn's Falsettos and Neil Simon's Eugene Trilogy, but many more writers and composers have failed trying to recapture their former glory.
Patrick Oliver JonesHOST
As The New York Times puts it, quote, "Any stage sequel is a delicate operation, especially if the original work set the bar high." Take the 1931 political satire from George and Ira Gershwin called Of Thee I Sing, which also starred Victor Moore and had an impressive run of 441 performances and became the first musical to ever win the Pulitzer Prize for drama.
Patrick Oliver JonesHOST
So a couple of years later, the Gershwin brothers teamed up again for round two, called Let 'Em Eat Cake, with the same producer and the same three lead actors.
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