Playwright Matthew Lombardo, Known for Plays That Focus on Extraordinary Women, Offers Up ‘Conversations with Mother’

Lombardo and director Noah Himmelstein sustain a light comedic tone throughout; the writer acknowledges, with a wink, that his forays into slightly deeper waters haven’t endeared him to all reviewers.

Carol Rosegg
Caroline Aaron and Matt Doyle in 'Conversations with Mother.' Carol Rosegg

During the past three decades, Matthew Lombardo has written a number of plays that focus on extraordinary and occasionally famous women, several of which have become vehicles for celebrated stage and screen actresses — among them Kathleen Turner, Kate Mulgrew, and Valerie Harper. Ms. Mulgrew played Katharine Hepburn in Mr. Lombardo’s “Tea at Five,” and Harper was Tallulah Bankhead in “Looped,” which had a short run on Broadway in 2010.

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