‘Mother Play’ at Shakespeare & Company a Competent Look at Family Dysfunction

REVIEW: At Shakespeare & Company, 'Mother Play' offers a steadfast staging with uneven but affecting performances

Paula Vogel’s "Mother Play" runs at Shakespeare & Company through Sept. 15.

‘Mother Play’ at Shakespeare & Company a competent look at family dysfunction

LENOX, MASS. — Paula Vogel’s newest work, “Mother Play: a play in five evictions,” confirms the theory that if American playwrights did not suffer childhood family dysfunction, there would be no drama on our stages. If you missed last year’s Broadway production that starred Jessica Lange, don’t worry you’ve certainly met the three characters in numerous other stage plays and films. It runs at Shakespeare & Company through Oct. 5. Indeed, at time…

THEATER REVIEW: 'MOTHER PLAY: a play in five evictions' plays at Shakespeare & Company's Elayne P. Bernstein Stage through Oct. 5 - The Berkshire Edge

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Review: Shakespeare & Company's ‘Mother Play’ a fraught foray into the past

In reviewing “Mother Play” by Paula Vogel at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Mass., Steve Barnes says the production is a difficult and touching foray into a fraught family story.