My Name Is Lucy Barton News & Features
Laura Linney stars in this solo play, based on Elizabeth Strout's bestselling novel of the same name.
Laura Linney stars in this solo play, based on Elizabeth Strout's bestselling novel of the same name.
My Name Is Lucy Barton follows the title character, who, unsteady after an operation, awakens to find her mother sitting at the foot of her bed. She hasn't seen her in years, and her visit brings Lucy back to her desperate rural childhood and her escape to New York. As she begins to find herself as a writer, she is still gripped by the urgent complexities of family life.
