#dont you dare come in here with newsies average self and trample on this gorgeous queer jewish love story

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vote falsettos! it’s an incredible story about gay jews and aids in nyc in the 70s/80s and it manages to blend comedy and serious topics really well! it tells the story of Marvin, a well off jewish businessman with a son and wife… that he leaves for his boyfriend. shenanigans and tragedy ensue. start of act 1, Marvin’s therapist is into (and ends up with) his ex-wife Trina and their sessions are basically “im gay and depressed” “ok how’s your wife is she still hot” and Marvin's boyfriend Whizzer lives with him and his wife and son for a while. everyone is confused all the time. Marvin and Whizzer break up end of act 1, as well as Marvin generally losing all the people around him. Act 2 son is growing up, and preparing for his bar mitzvah, Marvin’s neighbors are super cool lesbians, therapist and ex wife are very much together, aaaand Whizzer has aids. act 2 ends up being about the rebuilding of everyone’s relationships with each other, and how they all deal with grief together. Jason (the son) has an incredible character arc and is forced to grow up really fast, he really loves Whizzer and looks up to him a lot and they end up having his bar mitzvah is his hospital room because Jason desperately wants him to be there. Trina spends a substantial length of the show being mad about how the men around her look down on her and has a lot of pain around that that is explored throughout the show. Whizzer feels like he’s not allowed to be masculine and is generally objectified and has to deal with that. there’s an adorable scene where Whizzer and Marvin are cuddling in his hospital bed. the lesbians are a caterer and doctor and so sweet together and I love them so so much I cannot explain. Marvin manages to actually rebuild his relationships with his family! with communication!! the songs are absolutely magnificent, especially (not exclusively) such gems as “I’m Breaking Down”, “My Father’s A Homo”, and “You Gotta Die Sometime”. you will cry these poor men fall in love all over again after working through all their problems with each other and their families AND THEN WHIZZER FUCKING DIES. don’t let this absolute gem die here it deserved so much more.