NPR Feature on Lisa Kron's Well Now Available Online
By: BWW News Desk Apr. 03, 2006
National Public Radio's feature on Lisa Kron's play Well is now available on NPR's website. The feature originally aired on Saturday, April 1 on NPR's Weekend Addition. Site visitors can listen to the feature as well as unaired interview footage with Kron and director Leigh Silverman.
Well began performances on March 10th, and opened on Broadway at the
Longacre Theatre (220 West 48 Street) on March 30th.
Obie Award-winners Lisa Kron and Jayne
Houdyshell reprise the roles they created at The Public Theater
last year. They are joined by Daniel Breaker, Saidah Arrika
Ekulona, John Hoffman, and Christina Kirk. Well is produced by Elizabeth I. McCann and Scott Rudin, Boyett Ostar, Roger Berlind, and True Love Productions.
Well "opens
with Lisa Kron's mother sitting on a La-Z-Boy recliner in the middle of
the stage. As the play goes on to deal with Kron's personal experiences
of healing, a comedic coup d'état breaks out. The actors critique the
script, her memories conflict with her flashbacks, her mother
interrupts with her own opinions, and Kron finds herself in danger of
losing control. The result is a hilarious and brazen piece that
questions our thoughts on the conventions of both theatre and
wellness," according to press notes.
Visit this link for the Well NPR broadcast. Visit www.wellonbroadway.com for more information on the show.
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