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‘Mother Play’ Brings Jessica Lange Back to Broadway in a Family Tale That Blends Humor with ‘Wicked Darkness’


Jessica Lange returns to the theater stage in 'Mother Play,' a true story about a dysfunctional family that also features Jim Parsons.

Eight years after her last visit to Broadway, Tony Award winner Jessica Lange returns to the stage in “ Mother Play,” a true story about a dysfunctional family with themes of love, loss, forgiveness and a “wicked” sense of humor. It’s directed by Tina Landau (“The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!”) and written by Paula Vogel, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (“How I Learned to Drive”). Lange won the Tony Award for best actress in a play in 2016 for her work in the Ryan Murphy-produced revival of Eugene O’Neill’s seminal thespian drama “Long Day’s Journey Into Night.”

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