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

Brent Lang Executive Editor “Lempicka,” a musical about Art Deco painter Tamara de Lempicka, will play its final Broadway performance on Sunday, May 19. The show has struggled to draw crowds since opening on April 14. Last week, for instance, “Lempicka” had its weakest showing yet, earning $288,102 and playing at 71% capacity.

Elizabeth Banks and Jessica Biel are set to lead the cast of an upcoming new series for Prime Video!

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Elizabeth Banks and Jessica Biel are set to headline a series adaptation of the Alafair Burke novel “The Better Sister” at Amazon Prime Video, Variety has learned. “The Better Sister” is described as a thriller about “Chloe (Biel), who moves through the world with her handsome lawyer husband Adam and teenage son Ethan by her side while her estranged sister Nicky (Banks) hustles to make ends meet while trying to stay clean,” per the official description.

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Jessica Biel (The Sinner) and Elizabeth Banks (Call Jane) will exec produce and star in The Better Sister, a thriller based on the novel by Alafair Burke. In a competitive situation, the project has landed at Prime Video with a series order. It hails from Tomorrow Studios, which will co-produce with Amazon MGM Studios.

The Ralph Lauren Fall/Holiday 2024 Collection fashion show was attended by so many stars!

Justin Timberlake had the support of his family at the opening night concert on the Forget Tomorrow World Tour.

Jessica Alba just celebrated her 43rd birthday! The actress and businesswoman hosted a party for the occasion, where she was joined by her husband Cash Warren, their children, Honor, 15, Haven, 12, and Hayes, 6, and her friends and family. Jessica Alba and Cash Warren take the family to Hawaii for spring breakJessica Alba’s style guide: Decoding her creative wardrobeA post shared by Jessica Alba (@jessicaalba)Alba shared some photos of the celebration, showing that the event had all manner of guests, snacks, foods, and entertainment. Alba shared photos standing by the desert table, which had various cakes of different shapes, flavors, and colors.

Jessica Lange is calling out the Hollywood film industry for prioritizing profits over creativity.

Lexi Carson 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. “I wanted to do a new play, something brand new. When I read it months ago, it just triggered the imagination.

Mother Play is the final show of the 2023-2024 Broadway season and its officially open!

William Earl administrator Caitlin Cronenberg‘s directorial debut “Humane,” which opens in select theaters Friday, tackles a decidedly heavy topic: the climate crisis. Yet the film always has an ironic levity to it, something she assigns to human nature. “In a crisis, someone is always making a joke,” Cronenberg says.

EXCLUSIVE: Canadian indie drama A Hundred Lies will premiere on June 7th on Apple TV with limited theatrical releases in Toronto, Hamilton, and Los Angeles preceding the digital release date.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Jessica Lange spoke critically of present-day Hollywood during a recent interview with Vulture, saying “there should be a law against it” when the topic came up about Warner Bros. Discovery axing already-shot movies like “Batgirl” and “Coyote vs. Acme” for tax write-off purposes.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender.

Meghan Markle has been criticised for her 'strategic friendship' with former best friend Jessica Mulroney.

Baby Reindeer has become an unexpected breakout hit for Netflix, but the attention has come with unwanted consequences, according to creatives behind the series.

Oscar-nominated actress Amy Adams was everywhere over the last decade, but the actress seemingly took a beat after a busy 2021. Since 2022’s “Disenchanted,” the actress hasn’t appeared in anything, not one film or TV project.

Rachel McAdams brings an instantly heartbreaking quality to her performance in “Mary Jane”: Her steadfast optimism.Writer Amy Herzog’s affecting play, which opened Tuesday night on Broadway at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, is about a single mother whose 2-year-old son Alex is chronically ill. The poor kid, who the audience never fully sees, spends most of the drama in another room in bed, attached to monitors and oxygen tanks that beep and hiss.

Some shows are big cultural hits and juggernauts, and some quietly go on season after season; maybe not a huge critical giant, but there are enough ardent fans to justify their existence. And that’s probably where Apple TV+’s “Trying,” a heartwarming British comedy television series created by Andy Wolton (“The Amazing World of Gumball”), lands; it has its fans, and it keeps successfully chugging along, though to be fair, it does have its U.K.