'Fun Home' Musical to Receive a Film Adaptation (Maybe?)

[scriptedending]

The Tony Award-winning director of the Broadway production, Sam Gold, is set to direct the big screen adaptation of Fun Home!
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- BroadwayWorld (@BroadwayWorld) January 2, 2020

Sam Gold, the director of the Tony winning musical Fun Home, is reportedly set to direct the adaptation of the musical for the big screen. The musical,

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[elderpricely]

I hope it's true! I won the lottery to this my first day of my first trip in NYC and got to see it front row. It was stunning and I sobbed. They did a pretty great version with Karen Olivo in my city, too.

[dinkerd]

I would like to see it. I saw a production of this last year and it's just a stunning piece of musical theatre. It could also work really well on screen I think.

Not sure how I feel about Jake in that role though. At least he can sing.

[kawaiiasfuq]

Love Fun Home but IDK if Sam Gold is the best person to direct the film when he’s never made a movie before.

Theater directors shifting to film can be... dicey.

[lonesomes]

get sydney lucas back to play medium allison

jake seems waaaay too young for that role

[wowthatisminty]

He's old enough to play the dad when the kids are young but I don't buy him as the dad of a kid in college.

[scriptedending]

yeah, mte, but I do think it's easier to age up than age down.

[caitiecait]

Yes to both of these things

[beaucadeau]

i'm perched. i took my mum to see the toronto production and we both sobbed so loudly lmao