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Who Played Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Martha is a role in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, a play that opened Broadway in 2020.

Two-time Tony Award and three-time Emmy Award winner Laurie Metcalf and Rupert Everett star on Broadway in Edward Albee's seminal and perpetually astonishing drama Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Directed by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello, this production also stars Russell Tovey and 2019 Olivier Award winner Patsy Ferran. In 1962, when Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? stunned its first Broadway audiences with its radical, provocative, and unflinching portrait of a marriage, Edward Albee instantly became the most important American playwright of his
generation. Next spring, a new company of theatrical powerhouses takes on this landmark drama, nearly sixty years after its legendary Broadway premiere. This strictly limited engagement begins on Monday, March 2, 2020, with an official opening night set for Thursday, April 9, 2020.

15 actors have played Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.

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Performer Production Opened
Elaine Stritch Broadway Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1962
Haila Stoddard Broadway Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1962
Kate Reid Broadway Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1962
Mercedes McCambridge Broadway Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1962
Michaele Myers Broadway Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1962
Nancy Kelly Broadway Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1962
Uta Hagen Broadway Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1962
Betty Miller Broadway Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1976
Colleen Dewhurst Broadway Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1976
Jennifer Regan Broadway Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 2005
Kathleen Turner Broadway Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 2005
Amy Morton Broadway Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 2012
Imelda Staunton West End Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 2017
Laurie Metcalf Broadway Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 2020
Gillian Anderson West End Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 2026

Other Roles in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Role Production Opened
George Broadway Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 2020
Honey Broadway Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 2020
Martha Broadway Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 2020
Nick Broadway Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 2020

“Martha” Also Appears In

Production Type Year
Spring Awakening Off-Broadway 2006
Fanny Hill Regional (US) 1999
The Secret Garden Broadway 1991
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Broadway 1982
Guys and Dolls Broadway 1976
The Miracle Worker Broadway 1959
Faust Broadway 1944

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