This review was contributed by former Seven Days associate editor Ruth Horowitz, who now lives in Providence, R.I. She and her husband, David Christensen, recently headed to Manhattan to see Fun Home ...

This past weekend, Ensemble Theatre at Brown transformed the Fishman Studio in the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts into ...

“Fun Home” is a story about the ripple events of suicide, as one woman grapples with survivor’s guilt for living a free and open life. “Fun Home,” the musical based on Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel ...

2015 Tony Awards Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Lisa Kron 2015 Tony Awards Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Jeanine Tesori 2015 Tony ...

Alison Bechdel has been named one of the winners of the 2014 MacArthur Genius Grant. The 54-year-old Fun Home creator is among one of 21 recipients of this year's MacArthur Fellowship prize. The grant ...

The amazing run Vermont has enjoyed on Broadway of late can trace its roots back 10 years ago this month. The musical “Fun Home” opened April 19, 2015 at Circle in the Square Theatre in Manhattan.

In “Spent,” the protagonist looks like Alison Bechdel and quacks (well, bleats) like Alison Bechdel but the subtitle “A Comic Novel” is a clue that she’s not Alison Bechdel. The writer/cartoonist has ...

Alison Bechdel's "Spent" arrives with little fanfare but considerable weight. Not because it demands to be called a masterpiece, but because it doesn't. It steps lightly, tentatively, into questions ...

This week, among the city’s other offerings are those being conducted as a part of the “Fall for the Book Festival.” For more information, hit up their website. MONDAY That famous opening line of Anna ...

Alison Bechdel has raised the bar rather significantly. She's expanded her craft well beyond simple cartooning to become a graphic memoirist. She's also a gay pioneer, having created the ...