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VIDEO: Judith Light Talks Doing One-Woman Show ALL THE WAYS TO SAY I LOVE YOU: 'It's Really Lonely!'

By: Sep. 30, 2016
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Judith Light, the star of the groundbreaking series 'Transparent' stopped by last night's LATE SHOW to explain how the show's true-to-life subject matter is a bottomless well of creative inspiration. Later, the actress talked about her new one-woman show, ALL THE WAYS TO SAY I LOVE. "It's really lonely," joked Light about appearing on stage by herself.

MCC Theater yesterday announced the second and final extension now through October 23, 2016 -- for All the Ways to Say I Love You, a new play by Neil LaBute, directed by Leigh Silverman and starring Tony and Emmy Award winner Judith Light in a one-woman tour de force.

This production, the first of MCC's 30th Anniversary Season, began previews on September 6, 2016 at theLucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street) and celebrated its Opening Night on September 28. It was originally scheduled through October 9.

All The Ways To Say I Love You marks Neil LaBute's 10th full-length play produced by MCC in a 15-year collaboration that includes some of the playwright's seminal works: Fat Pig, The Mercy Seat, The Distance from Here, and reasons to be pretty, the latter of which transferred to Broadway and received a Tony nomination for Best Play. Judith Light, an MCC mainstay onstage and off, returns to MCC following her performances in Margaret Edson's Wit in 1999 and Laura Wade's Colder Than Here in 2005, as well as having been honored at MCC's annual Miscast Gala in 2013. She is currently celebrating an Emmy nomination for her work in the groundbreaking Amazon series "Transparent." Director Leigh Silverman was last seen at MCC with Coraline in 2009.

Mrs. Johnson is a high school English teacher and guidance counselor in a long-time, loving marriage. As she recounts her experiences with a favored student from her past, Mrs. Johnsonslowly reveals the truth that is hidden just beneath the surface details of her life. All the Ways to Say I Love You is a solo play about love, hard choices, and the cost of fulfilling an all-consuming desire.

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