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Unhappy Mother’s Day: Well to Close on May 14

Lisa Kron in Well
(Photo © Joan Marcus)
Lisa Kron in Well
(Photo © Joan Marcus)

The Broadway production of Well, Lisa Kron’s autobiographical theater piece about issues of illness and wellness, will close on Sunday, May 14. As of that time, it will have played 23 previews and 53 regular performances.

First seen at The Public Theater in 2004, the show stars Kron as herself and Jayne Houdyshell as her mother, Ann. The cast also includes Daniel Breaker, Saidah Arrika Ekulona, John Hoffman, and Christina Kirk. Well is directed by Leigh Silverman.

In his TheaterMania review of the show, Dan Bacalzo wrote: “Kron is not only a talented and witty writer, she’s a dynamic actor as well. Her face is marvelously expressive and her comic timing is impeccable. The same can be said of Houdyshell, who never hits a false note, completely inhabiting the role of Kron’s mother with a disarmingly quirky charm.”