Falsettos -

Two years later, Marvin and Whizzer reunite just as the AIDS crisis begins to spread, causing the eclectic family—including neighbors "the lesbians next door" Charlotte and Cordelia—to come together and face the future with dignity. 2. Key Themes and Impact

Marvin leaves his wife, Trina, and their young son, Jason, to live with his male lover, Whizzer. Meanwhile, Trina marries Mendel, Marvin’s psychiatrist. Falsettos

Falsettos is actually a seamless pairing of two Off-Broadway musicals written a decade apart by William Finn and James Lapine: March of the Falsettos (1981) and Falsettoland (1990). Two years later, Marvin and Whizzer reunite just

Falsettoland deals directly with the fear and devastation of the early 1980s AIDS epidemic, using art to process rage and hope. Two years later