Glass Menagerie Revival to Play the Ethel Barrymore Theatre

Broadway.com has learned that the Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, starring Jessica Lange as Amanda Wingfield and Sarah Paulson as daughter Laura, has found a home. It will begin previews at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on February 25 in preparation for a March 15 opening. Lange made her only other Broadway appearance at the Barrymore in 1992, when she played another Williams heroine, Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire.

The Glass Menagerie tells the story of a St. Louis family struggling to cope with the harsh realities of the Great Depression and the bitter memories that haunt them. Revealed in flashback, the play follows the lives of shoe factory worker Tom, torn between his role as the family breadwinner and the desire to lead a life of his own, his abrasive mother Amanda Lange, once a Southern socialite, now trying to maintain her dignity amidst the gloom of the tenement, and Tom's frail sister Laura Paulson, who has retreated to an imaginary world caring for her collection of glass animals. As tensions mount and tempers flare, the prospect of a husband for Laura becomes their final chance for stability and escape. But the arrival of this gentleman caller could also deal a powerful blow that shatters their tenuous dreams.

The revival will be directed by David Leveaux. The male cast members are still to be announced.