Is that Jim Parsons and Jessica Lange disco dancing on Broadway?
Mother Play: A Play in Five Evictions stars Jessica Lange in the title role and Jim Parsons and Celia Keenan-Bolger as her children.The play spans 50 years and tracks the tumultuous relationship between a single mother (Lange) and her two children as they face economic hardships, addiction, and coming out.
The all-star cast elevates one of the few LGBTQ+ narratives on Broadway this season. (For sapphic songstresses, head to the musicals Suffs or Lempicka.)Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.The list of original plays this spring is running lean, eclipsed by a slew of new musicals inhabiting most Broadway theaters.
But if there’s one playwright to crack the glass ceiling, it’s Paula Vogel, whose 1992 play The Baltimore Waltz reimagined the lens through which to explore the AIDS crisis.
A new musical opens on Broadway based on Tamara de Lempicka. If you’ve seen Madonna’s Celebration Tour, you already know who she is.
