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A playful, theatrical ride that keeps shifting shape, buoyed by a vivid lead performance and a bittersweet ache beneath the laughs.

Directed by

Rachel Chavkin

Starring

Dianne Wiest, Eric Berryman, Johanna Day

Overview

Winter, 1985. 75-year-old Meryl ditches ice-cold Milwaukee for sunny Los Angeles, hell-bent on becoming a movie star. She’s got big dreams, a little money, and a whole lot of nerve. But will the world ever know her for who she really is? Starring two-time Academy Award winner Dianne Wiest as Meryl, and directed by Tony Award-winning director Rachel Chavkin, John J. Caswell, Jr.’s play is a wildly theatrical, hilarious, and genre-twisting gallop through the experience of a woman reborn.

How it feels

Whimsical, absurd, warm and earnest. Brisk and needs your attention.

About

Identity, ambition, aging, gender

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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