“Theatrical magic is on display at the Pearl M. McManus Theater at the Palm Springs Woman’s Club: Falsettos, Dezert Performs’ final production of the season—and the company’s final offering at their longtime home before moving to their very own building in the fall—is not to be missed.
Falsettos, which premiered on Broadway in 1992, is a Tony Award-winning musical with book by William Finn and James Lapine, and music and lyrics by Finn. (A sad note: Finn passed away at the age of 73 earlier this month.) It is the moving story, set in 1979 to start, about a group of people whose lives are turned upside down when Marvin leaves his wife, Trina, and his son, Jason, for his new lover, a man named Whizzer. Marvin is seeing a psychiatrist, Mendel; complications are added when Trina also begins to see Mendel professionally, and Mendel develops feelings for Trina…”
[Read the full review at cvindependent.com]