See photos of Jessica Lange, Jim Parsons, Celia Keenan-Bolger in 'Mother Play'

The world-premiere family drama by Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel is currently playing on Broadway at the Hayes Theater for a limited run through June 16.

Gillian Russo
Gillian Russo

The family's all here! Take a first look at Mother Play on Broadway, a new family drama starring Jessica Lange, Jim Parsons, and Celia Keenan-Bolger.

In the world-premiere show by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel (How I Learned to Drive), Phyllis (Lange) is a mother with very rigid ideas of who her two teenage children, Carl (Parsons) and Martha (Lange) should be. In the 1960s on the outskirts of D.C., they all must cope with the fact that the reality of all their lives is very different than Phyllis's plans.

Directed by Tina Landau, Mother Play is at the Hayes Theater through June 16. Check out photos from the production, and get tickets to see these powerhouse actors live.

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Photo credit: Mother Play on Broadway. (Photos by Joan Marcus)

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