Mother Play *** by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons May 5, 2024: Many of Paula Vogel’s plays explore themes related to her own life. In Vogel’s Baltimore Waltz, she turns her brother’s death from AIDS into an ab…

Review: Mother Play at the Helen Hayes Theater by Loren Noveck

Jessica Lange anchors Paula Vogel's new work, which works as both an act of forgiveness and an exorcism. Loren Noveck reviews. The post Review: Mother Play at the Helen Hayes Theater appeare…

A Few Thoughts on an Awards Season Full of News-Worthy and Prize-Worthy Nominations by Jan Simpson

We’re officially in awards season.  The Outer Critics Circle, on whose nominating committee I sit, announced its choices for the best in the 2023-2024 season last week (click here to see …

Jessica Lange, Celia Keenan-Bolger, & Jim Parsons on MOTHER PLAY by BroadwayWorld

Performances are now underway for Second Stage's newest Tony-nominated play: Paula Vogel's Mother Play. It’s 1962, just outside of D.C., and matriarch Phyllis is supervising her teenage …

MOTHER PLAY Opening Night on Broadway by BroadwayWorld

BroadwayWorld was on the red carpet at opening night of Mother Mother starring Celia Keenan-Bolger, Academy Award, Emmy Award, and Tony Award winner Jessica Lange, and Emmy Award, Golden Glo…

Mother Play by Tulis McCall

Yipes - there is so much packed into this title.  Notice it is not "THE Mother Play."  It is "Mother Play" As such it is a full blown noun.   For me,  however, this story is Daughter …

Mother Play – A Play In Five Evictions by Jk Clarke

Theater Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . As the 2023-2024 Broadway season hurtled through its overstuffed last week before the annual awards deadline, two plays about motherhood—one more…

Jessica Lange on Her Role in ‘Mother Play’ and a Tony Nomination by Laura Collins-Hughes

Hear From Ben Platt, Ella Beatty, Jinkx Monsoon and More on THE BROADWAY SHOW by Broadway.com

-The Broadway Show is the only nationally syndicated weekly theater television series. The program features Broadway’s biggest stars, exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes access both…

‘MOTHER PLAY.’ by Corine Cohen

A must see. Sad. Funny. Great cast. Corine Cohen

Mother Play *****, Mary Jane ***** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward April 30. 2024: At the start of Paula Vogel’s Mother Play, presented by Second Stage at the Hayes Theater, I thought, “Oh no, not another monster mother drama!” Th…

2024 Tony Award Nominations Announced by Broadway.com

Renée Elise Goldsberry and Jesse Tyler Ferguson have announced nominees for six categories of the 2024 Tony Award nominees this morning live from Sofitel New York. The full announcement …

Jessica Lange, Jim Parsons and Celia Keenan-Bolger On Bringing Mother Play to Broadway by Darryn King

Mother Play, a world-premiere family drama by Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel, opened on April 25 at Second Stage's Hayes Theater. Directed by Tina Landau, the play stars Tony winner Jess…

Hear From Jessica Lange, Jim Parsons and Celia Keenan-Bolger on Opening Night of MOTHER PLAY by Broadway.com

MOTHER PLAY stars Jessica Lange, Jim Parsons and Celia Keenan-Bolger, as well as playwright Paula Vogel, discuss the family-centric play on the opening night red carpet. Get tickets to MOTH…

Jessica Lange Finds New Ways to Melt Hearts in ‘Mother Play’ by Rex Reed

All of the characters are halfway to madness, but I had a ball going bonkers with them. 

Broadway Finale: Great Gatsby, Mother Play, Illinoise, Uncle Vanya, Mary Jane, Patriots, The Heart of Rock and Roll. Awards Season Begins! Stageworthy by New York Theater

Three plays and four musicals opened on Broadway last week, the last of the 39 shows that opened during the 2023-2024 season. Awards season has already begun in earnest, with the nominations…

Photos: MOTHER PLAY Celebrates Opening Night on Broadway

Mother Play officially opened on Broadway on April 25 at the Hayes Theater. Check out photos of the cast and VIPs at the after party here!

"Mother Play" is a Work of True Compassion by Jan Simpson

After seeing Mother Play, Paula Vogel’s semi-autobiographical three-hander which opened at the Hayes Theater on the very last day of the 2023-2024 theater season, my friends and I went nex…

Tony Awards Administration Committee Rules on Eligibility for Suffs, Stereophonic, Illinoise and More by Darryn King

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met on April 26 to confirm the eligibility status of 12 Broadway productions for the 2023-2024 season. This was the fourth and final time the Tony Aw…

Video: On the Red Carpet at MOTHER PLAY Opening Night

Watch as Broadway World's Richard Ridge interviews the company of Mother Play on Broadway!

On the Orange Carpet: Celia Keenan-Bolger Is Playing Paula Vogel Onstage in Mother Play by Margaret Hall

Priscilla Lopez, Mary-Louise Parker, and Carla Gugino were among those in attendance for opening night of the new Broadway play.

Photos: Inside Opening Night of MOTHER PLAY on Broadway

Mother Play officially opened on Broadway last night, April 25. We're taking you inside opening night in the all new photos here!

Today on Broadway: Friday, April 26, 2024 by Matt Tamanini

Broadway Reviews for ‘The Great Gatsby’ and ‘Mother Play,’ Patti Murin and Christopher Ryan Grant to Lead New Johnny and June Carter Cash Musical, Tamika Lawrence Performs ‘Power …

The Broadway Review: ‘Mother Play’ — Paula Vogel’s mother of a memory play by Brittani Samuel

Vogel’s nuanced exploration of her own family sets the stage for a profound and humorous new American play. 

Review: Jessica Lange Stars in Paula Vogel’s ‘Mother Play’ by Alexis Soloski

Jessica Lange stars as a ferocious matriarch alongside Celia Keenan-Bolger and Jim Parsons in Vogel’s latest family drama.

Mother Play review – Jessica Lange anchors often aimless Broadway drama by Benjamin Lee

Hayes Theater, New York The Tony winner is as captivating as ever as a troubled matriarch but Paula Vogel’s emotionally underpowered play often struggles to meet her level At a performance…

Review Roundup: MOTHER PLAY Opens On Broadway, Starring Jessica Lange, Jim Parsons & Celia Keenan-Bolger

Tony Award winner Celia Keenan-Bolger, Academy Award, Emmy Award, and Tony Award winner Jessica Lange, and Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award winner Jim Parsons re…

‘Mother Play’ Review: Jessica Lange Is an Unhinged Delight in Dysfunctional Family Drama on Broadway by Aramide Tinubu

There is no handbook on motherhood, but most people try their best when it comes to childrearing. Today, amid increasingly accessible resources and freedoms that weren’t afforded in the p…

Mother Play: Evicting Not-So-Dear Old Mom, with Martinis by Steven Suskin

★★★★☆ Celia Keenan-Bolger, Jessica Lange, and Jim Parsons star as Paula Vogel's struggling family The post Mother Play: Evicting Not-So-Dear Old Mom, with Martinis appeared first o…

Mother Play: A Memory Play, Plus Cockroaches by Frank Scheck

★★★☆☆ Jessica Lange, Celia Keenan-Bolger, and Jim Parsons star in the world premiere of Paula Vogel's comedy-drama depicting the lives of a mother and her two children over the cou…

Mother Play Broadway Review by New York Theater

Jessica Lange is unforgettable in Paula Vogel’s unforgiving portrait of the title character in “Mother Play,” her semiautobiographical new play opening tonight on Broadway — a role t…