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: Tyne Daly Is Haunted by Her Son's Ghost in 'Mothers & Sons'
9 / 10
With 'Mothers & Sons,' McNally has again crafted a narrative that could not be more particular to time (the present) and location (the progressive Upper West Side). This time, it's a story rooted in optimism, and one that manages to look simultaneously over its shoulder and straight ahead. Daly gives an exquisite performance as a lonely, suicidal woman desperate to imagine a life her son might have led...Together, Daly and Weller have dynamic chemistry, lurching from moments of mutual respect to moments of accusation, and back...I thought 'Mothers & Sons' was fantastic, for how effectively it locks down this unique period of time that is 2014, in New York City, amid the explosive progress of the gay rights movement in the last handful of years. I hope it finds a broad audience. If you're under 30, 'Mothers & Sons' is a history lesson; if you're older, it may feel like the sun on your face.
‘Mothers and Sons’ Theater Review: Tyne Daly and Frederick Weller Slug It Out on Central Park West
7 / 10
After her debut in 1990 on PBS's 'American Playhouse,' the gorgon mother known as Katharine Gerard is not a character most people would care to revisit, least of all in a full-length Broadway play. But there she is on stage at the Golden Theatre, where Terrence McNally's 'Mothers and Sons' opened Monday, now inhabited by Tyne Daly and acting every bit the human refrigerator that the late Sada Thompson presented in that 1990 episode titled 'Andre's Mother.' Did McNally bring Katharine back just to beat her up again? Maybe. Whatever, this public trashing is a riveting show. Of course, by play's end Katharine has delivered a couple of bombshells that explain her bitterness, if they don't exactly absolve her, and Daly gets some of the evening's biggest laughs without even saying a word.
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Mothers and Sons - 2014 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Tyne Daly |
| 2014 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Tyne Daly |
| 2014 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Mothers and Sons |
| 2014 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Tyne Daly |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Tyne Daly |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Susan Dietz |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Jack Thomas |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Peter Stern |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Tom Smedes |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Sanford Robertson |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Brunish-Trinchero |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Roberta Pereira |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Ed Filipowski |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Mark Lee |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Lams Production |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Ken Davenport |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Paul Boskind |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Hunter Arnold |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Loraine Alterman Boyle |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Barbara Freitag |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Debbie Bisno |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Paula Wagner |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Roy Furman |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Tom Kirdahy |
| 2014 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Terrence McNally |
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