Suppose you wrote a play about your mother...and she decided to show up for it? Lisa Kron presents a perceptive and sardonic look at family functionality using her characteristic insight and off-hand-droll wit. With tales of her mother's extraordinary ability to mend a divided neighborhood, Kron turns everybody's worst nightmare of the controlling mother - the antihero - into a heroic and poignant story of healing. Leigh Silverman directs.

Press Quotes

"Has a warmth and accessibility that make you want to recommend it to everyone" -- Ben Brantley, NEW YORK TIMES

"Cunningly written and compelling" --John Lahr, NEW YORKER

"Magical" "Deeply Affecting" --Ben Brantley, NEW YORK TIMES

"Genuine" "Lighthearted and Deep" --Linda Winer, NEWSDAY

"Hilarious, convention-breaking comedy." --Michael Kuchwara, ASSOCIATED PRESS

"Delightful" "Achingly Funny" --Charles Isherwood, VARIETY

"Moving" --David Cote, TIME OUT NEW YORK

"Sophisticated"…"Colorful" "Touching" -- Michael Sommers, NEWARK STAR-LEDGER

"Very Funny"--Jeremy McCarter, NEW YORK SUN

"Constantly Amusing" --Andy Propst, AMERICAN THEATER WEB

"Entertains and Provokes" --Matthew Murray, TALKIN' BROADWAY

"A surefire cure." --William Stevenson, BROADWAY.COM