Duke Anderson, left, plays father to Alison Bechdel’s adult and small versions played by Leslie Marie Collins and Summer Stern. (Photo courtesy Uptown Players.) Uptown Players’ ‘Fun Home’ is heartbreakingly exquisite Rich Lopez | Staff Writerrich@dallasvoice.com Fun Home opens with, of all things, a spoiler alert.
In the first song, the audience learns that the father dies, but it’s what that piece of information does for the whole show.
With the musical’s emotional ups and downs, that knowledge adds a troublesome cloud in Uptown Players’ latest production that waits throughout the show to spring at the right moment.