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THE CURRAN • 450 Geary Street, Suite 201 • San Francisco, CA 94102 • T +1 (415) 358 6450 • SFCURRAN.COM
Contact: Jaron Caldwell [email protected] 415-‐358-‐6456
FOR RELEASE ON MONDAY, MARCH 14, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO’S CURRAN
TO RE-‐OPEN IN JANUARY 2017 WITH TONY AWARD-‐WINNING MUSICAL
“FUN HOME”
ANNOUNCEMENT MADE BY CAROLE SHORENSTEIN HAYS
WITH LT. GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM AND THE TONY AWARD-‐WINNING CREATIVE TEAM OF
“FUN HOME” San Francisco, CA – Carole Shorenstein Hays has announced that San Francisco’s Curran will re-‐open in January of 2017 with the groundbreaking Tony Award-‐winning musical Fun Home. The news was shared this evening by Shorenstein Hays, live from the stage at the Curran, where the Fun Home creative team appeared for an in-‐depth conversation with Gavin Newsom, Lieutenant Governor of California. “I first came to the Curran with my family. I was 10 years old and I remember feeling welcomed with open arms.” Shorenstein Hays said. “Fun Home is just that kind of musical. It reflects the open-‐hearted spirit I experienced that first time I ever walked into the Curran. This is the perfect show to welcome everyone, one and all, to our new home, and how fitting that we will be sharing this show with Bay Area audiences right on the heels of the inauguration of the next President of the United States.” Tony Award-‐winning director Sam Gold, who staged both the Off Broadway and Broadway productions of Fun Home, will be restaging this production for proscenium theaters like the Curran, as was done in its sold-‐out run at the Public Theater’s Newman and Shiva Theaters.. The Broadway production of of Fun Home opened on April 19, 2015 and is currently playing to sold-‐out houses in-‐the-‐round at Broadway’s Circle in the Square Theatre. Fun Home will be the first event at the Curran in 2017, a year that will feature a surprisingly eclectic array of programming. Based on Alison Bechdel's best-‐selling graphic memoir, Fun Home features music by Jeanine Tesori, book and lyrics by Lisa Kron and direction by Sam Gold, whose work on this production earned them Tony Awards for Best Score, Best Book and Best Direction.
Ticket on-‐sale date, casting and more will be announced at a later date. For advance access to tickets, and to be the first to hear about exciting happenings at the Curran, sign-‐up at SFCURRAN.COM. For more information on updated tour cities, please visit www.funhomebroadway.com. Fun Home introduces us to Alison at three different ages, revealing memories of her uniquely dysfunctional family – her mother, brothers and volatile, brilliant, enigmatic father – that connect with her in surprising new ways. A
finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Fun Home is a refreshingly honest, wholly original musical about seeing your parents through grown-‐up eyes.
Fun Home was also nominated for 2015 Tony Awards for Best Scenic Design of Musical (David Zinn), Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Ben Stanton) and Best Orchestrations (John Clancy). The creative team also includes Danny Mefford (Choreography), Kai Harada (Sound Design), and Chris Fenwick (Music Direction).
Built in 1922, the Curran has housed some of the most important productions in history and has maintained a reputation over the course of its life as one of the greatest venues in North America. Now, nearly 100 years after it welcomed its first Bay Area audiences, the Curran is in the midst of a major restoration and renovation. Under the curation of eight-‐time Tony Award winner Carole Shorenstein Hays, the Curran will reopen as a 1,600 seat venue in early 2017 with a new mission, being a home for the most exciting stage works being conceived and created anywhere in the world. For information, visit SFCURRAN.COM. For photos of Fun Home on Broadway: http://www.oandmco.com/clients/fun-‐home Username: press Password: openingnight
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