‘Mother Play’ Brings Jessica Lange Back to Broadway in a Family Tale That Blends Humor with ‘Wicked Darkness’

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‘Mother Play’ Brings Jessica Lange Back to Broadway in a Family Tale That Blends Humor with ‘Wicked Darkness’

Eight years after her last visit to Broadway, Tony Award winner Jessica Lange returns to the stage in “Mother Play,” a true story about a dysfunctional family with themes of love, loss, forgiveness and a “wicked” sense of humor. “I wanted to do a new play, something brand new. When I read it months ago, it just triggered the imagination. I liked it immediately,” Lange told Variety at the show’s premiere on Thursday. “It was an opportunity to …