{{short description|2023 play by Sharr White}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Use British English|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox play | name = Pictures from Home | image = | writer = [[Sharr White]] | director = [[Bartlett Sher]] | genre = Drama | setting = 1980s California | premiere = 9 February 2023 | place = California | orig_lang = English | subject = Memory, family, mortality, photography | web = https://picturesfromhomebroadway.com }} '''''Pictures from Home''''' is a [[memory play]] written by [[Sharr White]] based on the book ''Pictures from Home'' by photographer [[Larry Sultan]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://playbill.com/production/pictures-from-home-broadway-studio-54-2023|title= Pictures From Home|website= Playbill|accessdate= 22 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first1=Michael|last1=Paulson|access-date=2023-01-23|title=Nathan Lane to Return to Broadway This Winter in 'Pictures From Home'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/25/theater/pictures-from-home-broadway.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=25 October 2022|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The first production, directed by [[Bartlett Sher]], opened in previews on 13 January 2023 at the [[Studio 54]] theatre in New York City on [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]]. The play opened on 9 February 2023. The original Broadway cast includes [[Nathan Lane]], [[Danny Burstein]], and [[Zoë Wanamaker]].
== Background == Photographer [[Larry Sultan]] began taking photos of his parents beginning in the early 1980s and he spent a decade, interviewing, and writing about his parents, and his relationship with them. The book was adapted by [[Sharr White]] into the play ''Pictures from Home''. The book chronicles his childhood, his upbringing and his relationship with his parents who live in California.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bengal|first=Rebecca|date=21 January 2023|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/21/opinion/nathan-lane-new-play-pictures-from-home-larry-sultan-book.html|title= Nathan Lane's New Play Is Photography Brought Alive|website= [[The New York Times]]|accessdate= 22 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Gross|first=Terry|date=13 January 2023|url= https://www.npr.org/2023/01/13/1149015284/revisiting-larry-sultans-pictures-from-home-a-photo-memoir-of-post-wwii-life|title= Revisiting Larry Sultan's 'Pictures from Home,' a photo memoir of post-WWII life|website= [[NPR]]|accessdate= 22 January 2023}}</ref>
Sharr White developed his script from a reading in Houston's [[Alley Theatre]] "Alley All New Festival 2020." <ref>{{Cite web |title=Alley All New Festival 2020 |url=https://alleypedia.alleytheatre.org/productions/857?_gl=1*13dgqcs*_ga*OTcwODYyOTUwLjE3MDU3OTIwNTk.*_ga_B70ZG76MRC*MTcwNzE2MTQzMC40LjEuMTcwNzE2MTYxMC4wLjAuMA |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=alleypedia.alleytheatre.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Alley Theatre presents Pictures from Home - CultureMap Houston |url=https://houston.culturemap.com/eventdetail/alley-theatre-presents-pictures-from-home/ |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=houston.culturemap.com |language=en}}</ref>
== Plot == The show is a domestic comedic drama, and exploration into the relationship between a son who is a photographer and his parents who live in California. The cast includes [[Danny Burstein]] as the son and photographer, [[Nathan Lane]] as the father and former [[razor]] salesman, and [[Zoë Wanamaker]] as his mother who later in life became a [[realtor]]. The production spans 1 hour and 45 minutes with no intermission.
== Productions == The play originated on [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] at the [[Studio 54]] theatre where the roles were originated by Burstein, Lane, and Wanamaker. The production started previews in January 13, 2023 and officially opened on February 9. Those who attended opening night included [[Meryl Streep]], [[Steve Martin]], [[Martin Short]], [[Phillipa Soo]], [[Brian Cox (actor)|Brian Cox]], [[F. Murray Abraham]], [[Patricia Clarkson]], [[Richard Kind]], [[Bernadette Peters]] and [[Donna Murphy]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.nydailynews.com/snyde/ny-pictures-from-home-opening-night-broadway-new-york-20230210-yjtnx3wxvfcffofrkd6s6kfw2m-photogallery.html|title= 'Pictures From Home' Broadway opening night in New York City|website= Daily News|date= 10 February 2023|accessdate= April 22, 2023}}</ref>
== Cast == {| class="wikitable" !Role ![[Studio 54]], Broadway<br>January 2023 |- |Larry||align="center"|[[Danny Burstein]] |- |Irving||align="center"|[[Nathan Lane]] |- |Jean||align="center"|[[Zoë Wanamaker]] |- |}
== Critical reception == The play was generally well received. Greg Evans from ''[[Deadline Hollywood]]'' compared the play favorably to ''[[An American Family]]'' and ''[[Succession (TV series)|Succession]]'' and that "By the play’s end, we can’t help but feeling sympathy for all concerned, characters and actors, but, sad to say, it’s the arguments we’ll remember."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://deadline.com/2023/02/pictures-from-home-broadway-review-nathan-lane-1235253772/|title= Broadway Review: 'Pictures From Home' Starring Nathan Lane, Danny Burstein & Zoё Wanamaker|website= [[Deadline Hollywood]]|date= 10 February 2023|accessdate= April 23, 2023}}</ref> ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' theatre critic Charles Isherwood praised Lane's performance writing "Mr. Lane makes the most of Irv’s sardonic commentary, landing laughs for almost every line, like a golfer hitting a hole in one with each swing."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.wsj.com/articles/pictures-from-home-review-family-out-of-focus-e21271dd|title= 'Pictures From Home' Review: Family Out of Focus|website= [[The Wall Street Journal]]|date= 10 February 2023|accessdate= April 23, 2023|last1= Isherwood|first1= Charles}}</ref> In Jesse Green's mixed review from ''[[The New York Times]]'', he wrote, "Though honorable, thoughtful and wonderful to look at, with crafty performances by Danny Burstein, Zoë Wanamaker and especially Nathan Lane, it caulks so many of the book’s expressive cracks that the best thing about it — its mystery — is sealed out."<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/09/theater/pictures-from-home-review.html|title= April 23, 2023|work= The New York Times|date= 10 February 2023|last1= Green|first1= Jesse}}</ref>
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== External links == * [https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/pictures-from-home-535460 ''Pictures from Home''] at the [[Internet Broadway Database]]
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