'It's obscene but true': Kelsey Mesa on her terrifying new play, 'La Salpêtrière'
The Taffety Punk production portrays women, diagnosed as 'hysterics,' who were confined to a prison-like hospital in Paris in the 19th century. By RAVELLE BRICKMAN
Today is Tuesday, June 9, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Natalie Portman Josh Hamilton Aaron Sorkin Diana van der Vlis Jackie Wilson Jackie Mason Lore Noto George Axelrod Mark Roberts Tonio Selwart Lottie Pickford Cole Porter Leslie Banks Barbara Everest C.H. Geldart Ricca Allen Louis Beachner Gloria Reuben Charles Webb Richard Cumming Milton Rosenstock Herta Ware Alexander Reed Weedon Grossmith