What a Tony Award can do. Just two days after the Tony Awards comes the announcement that Terrence McNally's play "Mothers and Sons" with Tyne Daly is closing June 22 at the John Golden Theatre. The play was nominated for a Tony for best play and Daly was nominated for a Tony for leading actress in a play. They lost out to "All the Way" and Audra McDonald (who could win against her?), respectively.
I was riveted by Daly's poignant performance and gripped by the power of McNally's words. McNally skillfully wove the story of a mother making peace with her ghosts and the rapidly changing society in which gays and their families find themselves.
Discussions are underway to have the show our.
After the performance I saw there was a conversation on stage with the playwright; his partner, Thomas Kirdahy; Daly; and (bonus!) Nathan Lane, for whom McNally wrote several parts.
I'm sorry to see the show close, but there's more McNally in the fall. In the 2014-15 Broadway season, a revival of McNally's "It's Only A Play," will star F. Murray Abraham, Matthew Broderick, Stockard Channing, Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally and Micah Stock. The limited 17-week engagement begins Sept. 4 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, with opening night Oct. 9.
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