A classic American comedic drama that's every bit as touching, warm, and witty today as when it debuted off Broadway in 1978. Retired couple Ethel and Norman Thayer are spending their 48th summer at their vacation home on Golden Pond, in the woods of Maine. Their delightful summer routine--fishing, picking strawberries, enjoying old mementoes, listening to the loons call--is given a bitterly comedic edge by Normans unreliable memory and cantankerously morbid statements. When their daughter Chelsea visits for Normans 80th birthday, bringing her boyfriend Bill and Bills teenage son, Billy Jr., the whole family must come to grips with Norman and Chelseas mutual bitterness, while Norman blossoms with his chance to mentor young Billy. The turbulent relationship between father and daughter, the generation gap between young and old, and the difficulties of a couple in the twilight years of a long marriage, all combine in a play that effortlessly illustrates the hilarious, heartbreaking, human moments of which life is made.
| Year | Category | |
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| 2005 | Best Revival of a Play |
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Dance to the Holidays
Patchogue Theatre (12/16 - 12/16) | |
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Anastasia -The Musical
Lighthouse Repertory Theatre (11/28 - 12/28) | |
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Joe Louis & the Groove to Perform at Long Island Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame Dec. 14th
Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame (12/14 - 12/14) | |
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Jesse Garron to Debut 'A Blue Christmas' at Daryls House Club in Pawling, NY on December 14th
Daryl's House Restaurant and Live Music Club (12/14 - 12/14) | |
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Barnaby Saves Christmas
Theatre Three (11/22 - 12/27) | |
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A Christmas Carol
Theatre Three (11/8 - 12/27) | |
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Itzhak Perlman in Recital
Staller Center for the Arts (2/7 - 2/7) | |
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Grand Pistachio Theatre | Layer the Walls Part I
Staller Center for the Arts (3/22 - 3/22) | |
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The Rat Pack is Back!
The Gateway (1/23 - 2/15) | ||
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