Winning Cast Brings The Women Back To Broadway
The Women returns to Broadway after 36 years in a brisk Forty-Second Street revival. An all female cast of 35 actors in 44 roles features Kim Hunter Alexis Smith Rhonda Fleming Myrna Loy Dorothy Loudon Leora Dana Marian Hailey Marie Wallace and Jan Miner delivering Clare Boothe Luce’s sharp satirical drama about social gossip in 1930s New York with strong staging by Morton Da Costa. Mary Haines a content wife becomes the target of the group’s gossip leading to divorce and scandal as other marriages unravel amid wit and entanglements.
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Critics Split On The Women Broadway Return
Clive Barnes of the New York Times calls the play silly yet slick while William Glover of the Associated Press notes The Women is back on Broadway with mixed critical tone.
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Back to Broadway Way Becomes Chic Yet Weak
The piece notes the stylish yet fragile appeal of a Broadway style. It cites many physical attributes but warns jokes fall flat and timely topics once bold now feel banal in retrospect.
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