#Bill Finn

[eddiediazismyhusband]

going on my falsettos/buddie shit for a second, but the song “What Would I Do” is soooooo buddie after one of them is in an accident and they don’t know if they’re gonna make it, like—

like im imagining eddie singing this to buck after the lightning strike when he was sobbing in that hospital room while Buck was in a coma

for any of my fellow musical theater stans that happen to also be in the 911 fandom i HIGHLY recommend the falsettos 2016 revival cast recording… it will rip your heart out, stomp on it, put it back in, rip it out again, and tear it to pieces (it also has tracie thoms playing a badass lesbian doctor so what other convincing do you need??)

#911 abc #buddie #eddie diaz #911 spoilers #evan buckley #911 #buddie 911 #buck and eddie #911 season 7 #evan buck buckely #falsettos 2016 #falsettos revival #falsettos #what would i do falsettos #bill finn and james lapine #bill finn #james lapine #musical theatre #broadway

[fourmenmarching]

Passion Dies !!!! somethings telling me they would kill for the thrill of first love idk guys

#falsettos #andrew rannells #christian borle #whizzer brown #marvin falsettos #william finn #bill finn #stephanie j block #brandon uranowitz #tracie thoms #betsy wolfe #anthony rosenthal #broadway #falsettos revival #falsettos 2016 #theatre kid #broadway musicals #musical theatre #musicals #falsettos fanart #falsettos fandom #falsettoland #march of the falsettos #in trousers #procreate #digital art #artistsupport #artists on tumblr

[notar1ana]

Words cannot describe how much I love this little hop and leg cross during Whizzer’s Going Down in the 1985 production of In Trousers

#falsettos #in trousers #Marvin #March of the falsettos #falsettoland #marvin x whizzer #whizvin #gay #william finn #bill finn #whizzer brown #Whizzer going down #whizzers going down #isn’t it delightful playing easy?

[pointplumz]

i wonder how much of falsettos could have been fixed/avoided by mendel not being marvins psychiatrist

#falsettos #marvin trilogy #marvin falsettos #mendel weisenbachfeld #mendel falsettos #marvin gardens #falsettos mention #bill finn

[fruity-pontmerspam]

A collection of Marvin Trilogy doodles I’d post on my Instagram if my followers weren’t already sick of me

These r all disorganised but I do hope they land w the right crowd teehee

#listen these are all the unhinged doodles I’ve produced in the past three days I have literally not been able to think about anything else #it’s starting to become a problem actually #also oh my god JASON is such a realistic child of divorce I wanna hug him so bad he is so me #falsettos #marvin trilogy #marvin falsettos #whizzer falsettos #whizzer brown #jason falsettos #trina falsettos #mendel falsettos #musical theater fandom #musical theater #broadway #falsettos 2016 #march of the falsettos #falsettoland #in trousers #bill finn

[whizzvin-welcome-here]

Iconic falsettos lyrics that didn’t make it into the revival (pt1):

- ‘It’s queer Mr Marvin - sorry’ ‘Jesus’ ‘It’s weird Mr Marvin’

- ‘Did she ever drive you wild?’ ‘No’ ‘Never?’ ‘No’ ‘Never?’ ‘No’ ‘Never, never, never, never?’ ‘No’ ‘Never?’ ‘No’ ‘Never’ ‘No no no!’

- ‘And your last caress was—’ ‘Careless’ ‘You mean careful?’ ‘Careful not to show she cared’

- ‘Reason will win the day, trust me! Mother never lies’

- ‘This has better be a goodbye, Whizzer / this has better end in a wink of an eye’

- ‘Don’t get angry / you don’t improve things yelling / tell him he’s a lousy, stinking fool / and then forget that / that blood was let / he probably regrets it / anyhow / it doesn’t matter now’

- ‘Have you learned to forget?’ ‘It’s not easy to forget’ ‘I forget why the hell I’m here’

- ‘I’m sick to try / I’m too prepared / I’m duly warned / and newly scared / my life is now on trial: / I smile’

- ‘Maybe sometimes I’m afraid / The maid is more your style’ ‘He isn’t very bright’ ‘He goes to school at night’ ‘He’s learning—’ ‘English lit’ ‘He’s learning how to speak the language’

- ‘Nothing is everything to me / Except sex’ ‘Watch the queen’ ‘And money’ ‘And money’ ‘And money’ ‘And money’ ‘And money’ ‘And money’ ‘And money’ ‘And money’ ‘And money’

#falsettos #falsettos obc #falsettos 2016 #bill finn #broadway #falsettos revival #william finn #musicals

[have-you-seen-this-musical]

Have you seen this Musical?

#a new brain #a new brain musical #william finn #bill finn #polls #theatre poll #musical theater #musical theatre #musicals #broadway

[penicillinsteve]

Rpf ship of Bill Finn and Shel Silverstein but only these particular photos of them

#sorry Arthur 😔 #falsettos #William Finn #Shel Silverstein #Bill Finn #a new brain

[fuckyeahwilliamfinn]

1993 interview with William Finn (by Ruth Simon for the American Jewish Committee)

(this is very good I highly recommend reading, it's so charmingly and purely Finn)

#William Finn #Bill Finn #Falsettos #In Trousers #Falsettoland #March of the Falsettos #musical theatre

[stelliferous2]

so we all know that in trousers and falsettos have a ton of musical links, but 2 of my favourites are falsettoland + the dream and everyone hates his parents + my high school sweetheart. its so cool seeing Bill Finn adding in these details to reinforce the themes of the Marvin Trilogy!!

Falsettoland (reprise) and In Trousers (The Dream) have an incredibly similar piano part, especially in the introduction for Falsettoland. In The Dream, Marvin talks about the women “lost their love”, and in Falsettoland, Marvin has just lost his love.

I think Everyone Hates His Parents and My High School Sweetheart are linked in a far more interesting way though. the bit with marvin telling hadon “you are gonna kill your mother” in the former and miss goldberg singing “go ahead, play columbus. stop begging, stop making me crazy, marvin” have the same underlying chord progression and are also similar melodically. The ideas explored here further parallel each other, with Jason and Marvin acting as character foils for each other.

Miss Goldberg is a key adult figure in Marvin’s life — it’s implied he’s not close to his parents, so the attention he receives from Miss Goldberg may be construed as parental in this early stage of the musical (before he convinces himself that he’s attracted to her). Marvin is obviously a key parental figure in Jason’s life.

Jason and Marvin are, in these scenes, both on the precipice of an event that will shape their young adult lives, with this moment serving as the start of a massive motif about growing up (or struggling to) and adulthood. Jason’s struggle with his bar mitzvah is a massive part of Falsettoland, and reaches its peak when Trina and Mendel shove the responsibility of canceling it following Whizzer’s hospitalisation onto him. The bar mitzvah is a motif for Jason coming to maturity, leaving the ‘falsettos’ and joining the real world, where people die and life isn’t always fun and games. In this moment, he is forced to decide whether he should fall into the trap of never growing up the same way Marvin and Mendel did, or whether he should metaphorically “kill his mother”, thereby preventing himself from making his parents’ mistakes and growing up into a functioning adult.

Meanwhile, Marvin is given the role of Columbus by nagging Miss Goldberg in a very childish manner, showing him that he can have whatever he wants from the women in his life if he is enough of an asshole and never grows up. He decides to pursue Miss Goldberg because she is clearly willing to give him power, such as the lead in the play, if he bullies her enough. This is the moment where we see Marvin really grow into the misogynistic, entitled “baby who’s been denied” portrayed in the later musicals. He never grows up afterward, because he’s just been shown here that he can have whatever he wants if he acts childish and entitled enough.

In this moment, Marvin and Jason are faced with the same decision — whether to grow up or not. Marvin, by annoying Miss Goldberg into giving him Columbus, has chosen the latter option. Meanwhile, Jason decides to do the adult thing — acknowledge that the bar mitzvah is stressful, talk to Mendel, and face the challenge. He kills his mother. Marvin doesn’t.

#in trousers #falsettos #marvin trilogy #miss goldberg #bill finn #william finn #falsettoland #mendel weisenbachfeld #i wrote this at 11pm so idk if any of this is coherent #bill finn is a genius and this fucks me up

[spaceagetoon]

My sister was greatly disappointed by the lack of Spikey Lesbians in my last Falsettos drawing so I had to provide 💘

#my art #falsettos #falsettos 2016 #cordelia falsettos #dr charlotte #falsettoland #the marvin trilogy #William Finn #bill finn #falsettos revival #broadway #broadway musicals #broadway fanart #musicals #musical theatre #art #fan art #digital art #procreate

[notar1ana]

Random Marvin Trilogy headcanons I have:

Marvin and Whizzer met at a gay bar after Marvin got into a fight with Trina and Marvin was oblivious to the fact gay bars exist.

Trina and Whizzer never knew about the r-pe of Ms. Goldberg

The first month of Whizzer and Marvin’s relationship was when they were saying “9 months” “10 months” in Thrill of First Love

Whizzer is a professional baseball player and part time prostitute “The pitchers handsome” - Marvin, “We charge ahead to show we’re good in bed” - Whizzer, “I love baseball, I love Jason, that’s what I’m doing here” - Whizzer.

Cordelia is Jewish she was just never taught how to make traditionally Jewish foods.

Whizzer and Trina are good friends.

Whizzer sucks at cooking but every day Marvin would demand he made something for him then get pissed when it wasn’t good.

Sis from In Trousers (The Dream) is a lesbian.

Marvin and Whizzer weren’t buried next to each other cause Whizzer is only half Jewish… :(

#falsettos 2016 #falsettos revival #march of the falsettos #falsettoland #falsettos #in trousers #chip zien #andrew rannells #christian borle #william finn #bill finn #trina weisenbachfeld #marvin trilogy #lgbtq #headcanon #mendel weisenbachfeld #Jason gardens #marvin gardens #whizzer brown #whizzer falsettos #marvin x whizzer #musicals #broadway

[catboyrichardkarinsky]

Everytime i think maybe In trousers isn't as weird as we act it is i remember there's actually gay columbus x vespucci fanfiction in it and it's actually one of the most important parts of the entire musical. Also none of those are actual characters in the show.

#in trousers #bill finn #this man is crazy

[helenaredamancy]

muddled happiness

1: falsettos || 2: intro: 화양연화 (intro: the most beautiful moment in life) || 3,4: oklahoma! || 5: borges and i || 6, 7: the lesson of the moth by archy || 8,9: 표류 (adrift) || 10: wild geese

#quotes #web weaving #musical theatre #literature #broadway #aesthetic #falsettos #falsettoland #hyyh #bts #the most beautiful moment in life #oklahoma 2019 #oklahoma! #borges and i #jorges luis borges #william finn #bill finn #min yoongi #suga #rodgers and hammerstein #poetry #poems #songs #lyrics #song lyrics #archy and mehitabel #the lesson of the moth #adrift #kim namjoon #wild geese

[whizzvin-welcome-here]

#if this gets notes I have more in storage #falsettos #falsettos 2016 #falsettos revival #Broadway #William Finn #Bill Finn #yes I included Nancy Reagan #and Caroline #time to tag everyone #cos why not #christian borle #stephanie j block #andrew rannells #anthony rosenthal #brandon uranowitz #tracie thoms #betsy wolfe #ok im done now

[gaydebord]

society if we didnt have bill finn

#bill finn #william finn #falsettos #25th annual putnam county spelling bee #a new brain #screaming into the void