Why Tony Nominee Jessica Lange Feels ‘Wild and Liberated’ in Broadway’s ‘Mother Play’

Towards the end of Paula Vogel’s hit Broadway drama Mother Play, all dialogue comes to a halt for 12 long, mesmerizing minutes, and Jessica Lange is on stage, alone, for every second of them. Her character Phyllis – the mother of the title, based on the mother of the playwright – has alienated her two adult children, Martha (Celia Keenan-Bolger) and Carl (Jim Parsons), after a lifetime of pretty odious behavior, most damningly her abandonment of the son she seemingly loved as he’s dying of AIDS. Set in the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s, Mother Play, directed by Tina Landau, is based on Vogel’s real-life family events, including the death of her beloved brother, and knowing the source only makes the tragedy onstage more affecting.

I am a sucker for movies about Broadway and those who spend their lives in the theatre. Of course the crown jewel of the genre is the Oscar-winning All About Eve, but there are so many others including 1933’s Morning Glory which won a young Katherine Hepburn her first Academy Award, as well as its rarely seen remake, 1958’s underrated Stage Struck. Ginger Rogers did a good one, too: Forever Female. The list goes on and on and now includes a stellar new entry, The Great Lillian Hall which gives the great Jessica Lange a challenging role worth her talents.

D:Ream have spoken to NME about their shocked reaction to their 1993 hit ‘Things Can Only Get Better’ returning to the charts after being played over Rishi Sunak announcing a general election in a downpour – and how it has led to them being asked to play Glastonbury 2024.Last Wednesday (May 22), as a drenched Sunak took to a podium outside 10 Downing Street to reveal the snap July 4 election date, in the background protester Steve Bray played the Northern Irish band’s Number One song which had long been associated with Tony Blair’s landslide victory in 1997.The clip has since gone viral on social media platforms and entered the iTunes chart Top 10 within 24 hours.According to D:Ream singer Peter Cunnah, though, the political connotations of the song had become an albatross for the band over the New Labour years and beyond.“My first reaction was ‘not again, please let me move on’,” he told NME. “We all wanted that change in ’97, that sense of positivity.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Tony Billetter, formerly Apple’s head of worldwide business strategy and planning for video and sports, has taken on a similar role at Venu Sports, the recently formed joint venture of Disney, Fox Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery.

The trailer for Jessica Lange‘s new movie has been released!

A brand new music festival headlined by Idlewild and The View has this week been given the green light by Perth and Kinross Council (PKC).

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent In 2009, nine production companies were operating in the Canary Islands using ZEC preferential tax rates for being established here. Flash forward 15 years, there are now 31 companies doing live action.

The Met Office has issued an update on the Northern Lights being visible in Scotland this weekend, after forecasters predicted more dazzling light displays.

Angelique Jackson Mamoudou Athie can practically taste the lobster rolls from the Carlton hotel. He smiles wistfully as he taps into that sense memory of his first trip to the Cannes Film Festival. In 2023, Athie voiced the lead role in Disney-Pixar’s “Elemental,” which closed the fest.

Young Sheldon is a rare spin-off which has managed to endure outside of the original show’s shadow.Created by Chuck Lorre and Steven Molaro, The Big Bang Theory prequel follows child prodigy Sheldon Cooper (Iain Armitage) as he grows up in East Texas. Jim Parsons, who played the adult version of the character on the original sitcom, narrates the series.Other cast members include Zoe Perry, Lance Barber, Montana Jordan, Raegan Revord, Annie Potts, Matt Hobby and Emily Osment.Over its seven seasons, Young Sheldon has featured voice cameos from several members of The Big Bang Theory cast, including Mayim Bialik, Kaley Cuoco and Simon Helberg.As explained during a Television Critics Association panel earlier this year, the series hit certain canonical events in Sheldon Cooper’s life in season seven, which presented the creators with a natural ending to the show.“There are certain things that we know happened in Sheldon’s life when he’s 14,” executive producer Steve Holland said (via TheWrap).

Kate Aurthur administrator Dearest gentle reader, have you missed “Bridgerton”? Surely the answer is yes, since the second season dropped in March 2022, more than two years ago. But at long last, with Part 1 of Season 3 premiering on May 16, the show’s many fans will see the events depicted in Julia Quinn’s novel “Romancing Mister Bridgerton” — a.k.a., the love story between Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) and Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton).

Alison Herman TV Critic Maya Rudolph opened the Mother’s Day episode of “Saturday Night Live” with a tribute to mothers — in every sense of the term. Hosting the sketch show’s penultimate episode of the season, Rudolph began her monologue by noting she’s a four-time mom herself. “You’re not just a mom,” cast member Bowen Yang reminded her.

Peter Leven was on his mobile phone shouting and screaming instructions from his hospital bed to Jonny Hayes on the Aberdeen bench last weekend.

The 2024 Tony Awards ceremony is one month away and the nominees gathered at a luncheon to celebrate their accomplishments!

Sarah Jessica Parker has officially begun filming the third season of And Just Like That…, and the first photos from set are emerging!

Robert Downey Jr. is going for EGOT!

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Robert Downey Jr. will make his Broadway debut this fall in the new play, “McNeal.” Written by Ayad Akhtar and directed by Bartlett Sher (“To Kill a Mockingbird”), “McNeal” will star Downey as a talented writer who struggles with family issues as he works on his next novel. According to the official synopsis, “Good writers borrow, great writers steal.

Sarah Jessica Parker, Demi Moore and Lana Del Rey all rocked the same £39 foundation at the Met Gala.The celeb-approved beauty product? None other than Charlotte Tilbury's Beautiful Skin Foundation, available for £39 here. This hydrating foundation was the choice of a star-studded list including Sarah Jessica Parker, Demi Moore, Emily Ratajkowski, Lana Del Rey, Jodie Turner and Rita Ora to achieve that flawless red carpet glow.The foundation is celebrated for its buildable coverage and healthy-looking radiance, making it an absolute match for this year's rejuvenating Garden of Time theme.

Britney Spears hit headlines once again this week after being photographed outside of the Chateau Marmont hotel in Los Angeles wearing just underwear, a blanket over her shoulders and clutching a pillow to hide her chest.The dishevelled-looking star, 42, had suffered a foot injury inside the hotel and left barefoot before being rushed into an ambulance. And now, Britney has claimed that she was 'gaslit' and 'tricked' into leaving the hotel in the first place - leaving her embarrassed over the ordeal.

Every Friday, The FADER's writers dive into the most exciting new projects released that week. Today, read our thoughts on Kamasi Washington's Fearless Movement, Jessica Pratt's Here in the Pitch, Hana Vu's Romanticism, and more.