Falsettos is the story of Marvin, amidst a Jewish family in New York. Initially, Marvin seems blessed with the perfect family. He has a caring wife, Trina and a young son, Jason. Nevertheless, the family is soon broken apart when Marvin leaves Trina for a man, Whizzer. Trina, meanwhile, ends up with the family psychiatrist, Mendel. All the while, Jason is stuck in the middle.  In the end, the characters are forced to come together when Whizzer contracts AIDS.

"What a treasure this is: brave and hilarious, charming, disarming, loaded with honest sentiment and cynicism."-- N.Y. Newsday.

"A masterly feat of comic storytelling and ... visionary musical theater."-- Variety.