Well
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Mar 30, 2006
Closed May 14, 2006
Opened Mar 30, 2006
Closed May 14, 2006
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Running Time:
1hr. 30min.
1hr. 30min.
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Well, the critically-acclaimed play written by Lisa Kron and directed by Leigh Silverman, opens on Broadway! Obie Award winners Lisa Kron and Jayne Houdyshell reprise the roles they created at The Public Theater in Spring 2004.
Well opens with Lisa Kron's mother sitting on a La-Z-Boy recliner in the middle of the stage. As the play goes on to deal with Kron's personal experiences of healing, a comedic coup d'état breaks out. The actors critique the script, her memories conflict with her flashbacks, her mother interrupts with her own opinions, and Kron finds herself in danger of losing control. The result is a hilarious and brazen piece that questions our thoughts on the conventions of both theatre and wellness.
THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:
Longacre Theatre
220 W 48th St
New York, NY 10036
This charming Broadway theater has a wonderful quality of being huge, but without a barnlike atmosphere. Built in 1913, the theater was used as a radio and television playhouse. Regular theatrical performances started in 1953. The sightlines are e [...] Read More
220 W 48th St
New York, NY 10036
This charming Broadway theater has a wonderful quality of being huge, but without a barnlike atmosphere. Built in 1913, the theater was used as a radio and television playhouse. Regular theatrical performances started in 1953. The sightlines are e [...] Read More
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"Don't bring your mother on stage with you," warns Lisa Kron. But that's precisely what this writer/performer does in Well, the smart, funny, and imaginative play -- or, as she likes to call it, "theatrical exploration" -- in which she simultaneously celebrates and deconstructs stage conventions while also delving into the complexities of race relations, memory, and illness.
Well begins with a lone figure onstage, whom we soon find out is the playwright's mother, Ann (Jayne Houdyshell). She is soon joined by Kron, who lays out the purported goals of her piece, setting up the "convention of internal monologue" to denote when she is speaking to the audience and when she is acting within a sce[...]