With Nathan Lane Leading the Way, ‘Pictures From Home’ Is Worth Going Out For
Zoë Wanamaker and Danny Burstein also star in Bartlett Sher’s witty, moving production of Sharr White’s new play adapted from the late photographer Larry Sultan’s 1992 visual memoir of his aging parents.

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but can its expressive powers measure up against those of Nathan Lane?
Thankfully, Mr. Lane gets to complement, rather than compete with, the scenery in Bartlett Sher’s witty, moving production of “Pictures From Home,” a new play by Sharr White that was adapted from and titled after the late photographer Larry Sultan’s 1992 visual memoir of his aging parents. So do the estimable actors who accompany him: Zoë Wanamaker, cast as Sultan’s mother, Jean — Mr. Lane plays his father, Irv — and Danny Burstein, who plays Sultan.
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