We learn a great deal about hospice, possibly more than one might want to know in a play. While most death watch plays like Edward Albee's "All Over" and Scott McPherson's "Marvin's Room," t…
A memorial service for beloved five-time Tony Award-nominated actress Jan Maxwell will be held on Monday, June 4 at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
The competent cast including such distinguished veteran actors as Johanna Day, J. Smith-Cameron, and Lois Smith attempt to dig deep into their characters, but it seems impossible to bring an…
The New Group celebrated Opening Night of Lily Thorne's Peace for Mary Frances last night, with Heather Burns, Johanna Day, Natalie Gold, Mia Katigbak, Paul Lazar, Brian Miskell, Melle Power…
"Have you ever seen a worse family than this?", the rather sensible Rosie (Natalie Gold) asks a visiting social worker at the beginning of Act II of "Peace for Mary Frances," Lily Thorne's d…
How J. Smith-Cameron drew on personal experience for her part in Peace for Mary Frances---In the New Group's intense world-premiere drama Peace for Mary Frances, Obie winner J. Smith-Ca…
★★★ A radiant Lois Smith leads a supple cast in a not-always-fresh look at family dysfunction and mortality.
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★★★ The wonderful Lois Smith, directed by Lila Neugebauer, in Lily Thorne's well-cast death watch
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Lily Thorne treads familiar ground in her new play, Peace for Mary Frances. Estranged members of a family gather due to the death of a parent. Old grudges are revisited, old wounds are reope…
It is both significant and problematic that Lily Thorne was a documentary film producer for many years before penning Peace for Mary Frances, her debut play having its premiere in a producti…
"We don't want you to suffer and die," one of her granddaughters says to Mary Frances (Lois Smith), as she lies in bed. "We just want you to die." "Yeah," agrees Mary Frances with a laugh. S…
