Written almost 20 years ago, and a finalist for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize, Kenneth Lonergan’s, The Waverly Gallery, is very much a “memory” play. It depicts a multigenerational family of non-religious, Jewish, NYC intellectuals. The focus of the play, and the family’s energies, is the rapid cognitive decline of the 80- something grandmother, Gladys, a …
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Ed Talks About Older Actors on Stage and Screen
Are we there yet? Glenda Jackson, 82, is currently starring in a universally praised Broadway production of Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women. This is on the heels of her King Lear at the Old Vic in London. (Image: Tristram Kenton for the Observer) Elaine May, 86, comes back to the New York theatre after 50 years …