Two-time Academy Award winner Glenda Jackson makes her long-awaited return to Broadway, on the heels of her triumphant reappearance last season on London's West End after a 25-year absence, alongside three-time Emmy and Tony Award winner Laurie Metcalf and Tony nominee Alison Pill in the Broadway premiere of Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, Three Tall Women.
In addition to the Pulitzer, the play also won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play, and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Play. Two-time Tony winner Joe Mantello directs.
"The best show I've seen all year? This one. Far and away. One of the best things I have ever seen." - Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune
"I trust you'll need no urging to buy a ticket, assuming you can snag one." - Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal
"Thank God for Three Tall Women, is all I'm saying." - Elisabeth Vincentelli, The New Yorker
In 'Three Tall Women,' the 1991 Edward Albee play finally making its Broadway debut at the Golden Theatre this week, the women are identified very simply: A, B and C. But, oh, such women director Joe Mantello has brought together. Glenda Jackson, making a welcome return to the New York stage after serving in Parliament for 23 years, is A, the 92-year-old (admitting only to 91) grande dame hovering on senility, lashing out at the other two at every opportunity. Laurie Metcalf, hard to miss these days with her recent Oscar nomination for 'Lady Bird' and her return to TV in 'Roseanne,' is B, the put-upon caretaker, and Tony nominee Alison Pill ('The Lieutenant of Inishmore') is C, the lawyer.
Jackson (a two-time Oscar-winner and former member of British Parliament), Metcalf (who just returned to the role of Jackie Harris on the 'Roseanne' reboot) and Pill (a Tony nominee with many stage and screen credits) all give superb performances.
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Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2018 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Leading Actress in a Play | Glenda Jackson |
2018 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Glenda Jackson |
2018 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Laurie Metcalf |
2018 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design for a Play | Ann Roth |
2018 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Joe Mantello |
2018 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play | Paul Gallo |
2018 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | Three Tall Women |
2018 | Drama Desk Awards | The Hudson Scenic Studio Award for Outstanding Set Design of a Play | Miriam Buether |
2018 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Glenda Jackson |
2018 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Laurie Metcalf |
2018 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Three Tall Women |
2018 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Glenda Jackson |
2018 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Joe Mantello |
2018 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Laurie Metcalf |
2018 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | Three Tall Women |
2018 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Set Design | Miriam Buether |
2018 | Tony Awards | Best Costume Design of a Play | Ann Roth |
2018 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Joe Mantello |
2018 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Laurie Metcalf |
2018 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Glenda Jackson |
2018 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Three Tall Women |
2018 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Play | Miriam Buether |
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