About the artist
Anthony Rosenthal is an American actor, best known for originating the role of Jason Marvin in the 2016 Broadway revival of «Falsettos», the musical by William Finn and James Lapine about a Jewish family navigating divorce, a new relationship, and the AIDS crisis in 1980s New York. His performance as the anxious, precocious pre-teen preparing for his bar mitzvah earned him widespread praise and helped introduce the show to a new generation of theater fans.
Before «Falsettos», Rosenthal appeared as Les in the Original National Tour of «Newsies», the Disney musical based on the 1899 newsboy strike. His work sits within the world of contemporary American musical theater rather than a conventional pop-music career, and the songs associated with him are cast recordings tied to these two productions.
Tracks like «Jason’s Bar Mitzvah», «Miracle of Judaism», and «Canceling the Bar Mitzvah» come directly from the «Falsettos» score and showcase the character-driven, conversational style of songwriting that defines Finn’s music — witty, emotionally direct, and built around rapid-fire dialogue set to melody.