R EVU E
AND BEYOND
he’s struck a deal with his wife (“She takes
pills and I drink.”)—has gone missing, so the
three daughters gather to help their abusive,
addicted mother deal with the situation.
Of course, there is more than a temporary
problem that needs to be solved.
Barbara Fordham (Amy Morton), the eldest
daughter, arrives with her estranged husband
(Frank Wood) and
their dope-loving
daughter (Madeleine
Martin, whom you
may recognize from
Californication), and
by the end of the
second act has the
audience practically
on their feet cheering when she screams,
“I’m running things now!”
is being a dysfunctional family in modern
America, nobody’s really running things in the
end. You watch as the family secrets unfold
like an onion, each layer drawing tears as it’s
peeled away and there’s nothing left. Except,
of course, the satisfaction you hold onto leaving the theater, knowing you’ve seen “the most
exciting new American play Broadway has seen
in years.”
Your heart
will ache with
the pain of
each of the
characters.
