Broadway Spring 2024: ‘Mother Play’ & All Of Deadline’s Reviews
by Deadline
Deadline— April on Broadway, to mangle a phrase from a showtune classic, is bustin’ out all over with no fewer than 14 new plays and musicals set to open before the April 25 Tony Award eligibility cutoff date. So crowded are the final weeks of the 2023-24 theater season that three days each will see the […]
The Guardian—Met exhibition review: 2024’s spring show is a feast for the senses. Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion conjures the rustling of silk taffeta and the scent of a New York socialiteDresses made out of sand, corsets and power poses: the Met Gala 2024 – in picturesThe rustling of silk, the clattering of seashells and the sweet aroma of flowers. All these captivating effects, plus many more, are now beckoning visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s ambitious spring fashion exhibition.Titled Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion, the show is an ode to the...
The Guardian—Mother Play review – Jessica Lange anchors often aimless Broadway drama. Hayes Theater, New YorkThe Tony winner is as captivating as ever as a troubled matriarch but Paula Vogel’s emotionally underpowered play often struggles to meet her levelAt a performance of Pulitzer prize winner Paula Vogel’s late stage Tonys contender Mother Play, opening a day before eligibility ends, one can pick from three bright and syrupy themed cocktails before purchasing a tie-in cap graced with the word MOTHER screamed in pink. The play itself only has three characters, two of whom are...
KLFY—‘The best Mother’s Day present’: Murder victim’s mother relieved after Joshua Willis conviction. Carla Dean, the mother of Ashley Metz said it’s been eight years since the brutal murder of her daughter.