MOTHER PLAY |
Hayes Theatre
Opened on Broadway: April 25, 2024 Closing: June 16, 2024 Director: Tina Landau Writer: Paula Vogel Runtime: 95min. (no intermission) Opening Night/Current Cast: Jessica Lange................Phyllis Jim Parsons....................Carl Celia Keenan-Bolger.....Martha Understudies: For Phyllis: Tasha Lawrence For Carl: Zachary Prince For Martha: Jillian Geurts |
Synopsis:
It’s 1962, just outside of D.C., and matriarch Phyllis is supervising her teenage children, Carl and Martha, as they move into a new apartment. Phyllis has strong ideas about what her children need to do and be to succeed, and woe be the child who finds their own path. Bolstered by gin and cigarettes, the family endures — or survives — the changing world around them. Blending flares of imaginative theatricality, surreal farce, and deep tenderness, this beautiful rollercoaster ride reveals timeless truths of love, family, and forgiveness.
It’s 1962, just outside of D.C., and matriarch Phyllis is supervising her teenage children, Carl and Martha, as they move into a new apartment. Phyllis has strong ideas about what her children need to do and be to succeed, and woe be the child who finds their own path. Bolstered by gin and cigarettes, the family endures — or survives — the changing world around them. Blending flares of imaginative theatricality, surreal farce, and deep tenderness, this beautiful rollercoaster ride reveals timeless truths of love, family, and forgiveness.