Mothers and Sons 2014
Run Time:
1 hour 30 minutes, with no intermission
Opened: March 24, 20141 hour 30 minutes, with no intermission
Closing: June 22, 2014
Mothers and Sons - 2014 - Broadway History , Info & More
John Golden Theatre (Broadway)
252 West 45th St. New York, NY
From one of America's most acclaimed playwrights, 4-time Tony Award winner Terrence McNally comes Mothers and Sons, a powerful new Broadway play that explores the truths of who we are and who we love.
Tony and Emmy Award-winner Tyne Daly stars in Mothers and Sons, a play about a mother who pays a surprise visit to the New York apartment of her late son's ex-partner, who is now married to another man and has a young son. Challenged to face how society has changed around her - without her - she is finally able to see the rich life her son might have led. Strikingly timely and deeply compassionate, Mothers and Sons is about the evolving definition of family and the healing power of forgiveness.
Mothers and Sons - 2014 - Broadway Cast
FEATURED REVIEWS FOR Mothers and Sons
Review: B’way’s ‘Mothers and Sons’ gentle, moving
8 / 10
Daly, the former star of the TV show 'Cagney & Lacey' and later winner of a Tony for 'Gypsy,' is simply wonderful here, a remote and chilly guest who clings to old ideas even as she knows they are out of date and secretly pines for love. The gentle and moving 'Mothers and Sons' opened Monday at the Golden Theatre, where a celebrated revival of the searing AIDS drama 'The Normal Heart' was staged in 2011. As a sign of how much has changed, McNally's play is being billed as the first time a legally married gay couple has been portrayed on Broadway...The 90-minute play moves quickly, and although some of the most angry exchanges seem to erupt from nowhere, the playwright beautifully shows how close to the surface long-suppressed emotions and slights can fester.
'Mothers and Sons' a moving reflection on a changed gay America
8 / 10
To a large extent, McNally is chronicling the revolutionary changes he has seen in the lives of gay Americans - and what playwright has more right to do so? McNally, 75, who got married in 2010, writes here with the moral authority of one who has chronicled this fast-moving history in real, dramatic time; had 'Mothers and Sons' been the work of a different playwright, the way it feels in the theater would be entirely different. The persona of the writer counts for a great deal here, aesthetically, politically and otherwise. Broadway doesn't often feel like a community talking to itself about the immediate moment, but it does here. This is also an exceptionally timely play, a piece that puts great change into context and, in the Broadway world, also has the advantage of having gotten there before anyone else; same-sex marriage became legal in New York only in summer 2011.
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Mothers and Sons FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What productions of Mothers and Sons have there been?
Mothers and Sons has had 1 productions including Broadway which opened in 2014.
What Tony Awards has Mothers and Sons been nominated for?
"Mothers and Sons" has been nominated for Best Play at the Tony Awards.
What awards has Mothers and Sons been nominated for?
Mothers and Sons has been nominated for the Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for Tyne Daly and Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play (Drama League Awards) for Mothers and Sons.
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