Sally Field & Joe Mantello star in The Glass Menagerie on Broadway.
Two-time Academy Award winner Sally Field and two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello star in Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie on Broadway. Also starring Finn Wittrock and Madison Ferris. Tony winner Sam Gold directs.
The Glass Menagerie is the play that brought a brilliant young writer named Tennessee Williams to national attention when it premiered on Broadway in 1945. More than seventy years later, Williams' most personal work for the stage continues to captivate and overwhelm audiences around the world.
Every immaculately crafted moment of Sam Gold's staging of Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie rings as clear as it does true. There is no reason to close your eyes, but you could, and the actors' beautiful enunciation and encapsulation of Williams's words would be as pleasurable as the best radio play...When characters are not in scenes directly they observe them or sit a little away from them. The psychologically astute implication is that they are present in spirit, or will be affected by whatever is unfolding. This is Williams as seen at his most pared-back. The comedy, and there is much-Field revels in her baiting as much as Mantello in his curdling distaste for her-is hearty rather than camp, like bitter but delectable dregs of cold coffee.
Revisionist reboots of modern classics can open your eyes - or make them glaze over. Broadway's stark, stripped-back new take on 'The Glass Menagerie' starring Sally Field lands, alas, in the latter category. Tennessee Williams' 1945 masterwork has never emerged smaller, flatter or less poignant. Or soggier, thanks to a downpour inside the home where the story unfolds. Yes, that happens.
1945 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
1965 | Broadway |
The Twentieth Anniversary Production Broadway |
1975 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
1983 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
1994 | Broadway |
Roundabout Revival Broadway |
2005 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
2010 | Off-Broadway |
Roundabout Revival Off-Broadway |
2013 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
2017 | West End |
West End Revival West End |
2017 | Broadway |
2017 Broadway Revival Production Broadway |
2018 | Regional (US) |
Barrington Stage Company Production Regional (US) |
2022 | West End |
London Production West End |
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Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2017 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Leading Actress in a Play | Sally Field |
2017 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Revival of a Play | The Glass Menagerie |
2017 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Sally Field |
2017 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Sally Field |
2017 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Sally Field |
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