Movies by Chip Zien

Howard the Duck
A scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial life forms to the Earth through a laser beam. First is the cigar smoking drake Howard from the duck's planet. A few kids try to keep him from the greedy scientists and help him back to his planet. But then a much less friendly being arrives through the beam...

Anyone Can Whistle
The story of an economically depressed town whose corrupt mayor decides to create a fake miracle in order to attract tourists. The phony miracle draws the attention of an emotionally inhibited nurse, a crowd of inmates from a local asylum, and a doctor with secrets of his own.

Falsettos
The Brodway musical ´Falsettos´ performance from 1993. This production tells the story of an unconventional jewish family were Marvin, the family guy, leaves his wife and son for his new lover Whizzer.

In Trousers
The first of the trilogy of musicals made by William Finn called The Marvin Trilogy and set before March of the Falsettos, In Trousers follows the life of Marvin as he struggles with his sexuality and how this affects his life with his wife. We also get insight into Marvin’s high school life, his affair with a man named Whizzer Brown and his wife’s reactions to all of this.

Simchas and Sorrows
An atheist actress attempts to convert to Judaism to marry the man she loves.