# Turning Page

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'''''Turning Page''''' is an autobiographical one-person show which made its world premiere in 2017 at [The Moth](/source/The_Moth) in LA before its NYC debut the same year  <ref>{{Cite web |title=Geraldine Page's Daughter Debuts Turning Page Off-Broadway|url=https://playbill.com/article/geraldine-pages-daughter-debuts-turning-page-off-broadway|access-date=2015-03-08}}</ref> has been closely watched during its workshop period by major critics like [Charles McNulty](/source/Charles_McNulty) of the [Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times) who featured his review of the then staged reading on the cover of the Sunday Arts section and online <ref>{{Cite web |title=Angelica Page's 'Turning Page' a beguiling, uncanny tribute|website=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times) |date=9 March 2015 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/theater/la-et-cm-turning-page-review-20150309-column.html|access-date=2017-02-17}}</ref> McNulty wrote "For those who have been touched by Page’s sorcery — and I personally don’t know any great actor who hasn’t been — Angelica’s virtuosic conjuring of her mother’s spirit is something to behold."

The play written by [Angelica Page](/source/Angelica_Page) which explores her relationship with her [Oscar](/source/Academy_Award) winning mother, the late legendary actress [Geraldine Page](/source/Geraldine_Page) who died in 1987.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Angelica Page to Recall Her Mother in Turning Page Off-Broadway |url=https://playbill.com/article/angelica-page-to-recall-her-mother-in-turning-page-off-broadway-com-196590 |access-date=2023-07-14}}</ref>

==Development history==
In 2012, Page began developing ''Turning Page'', as a play in which she portrayed herself and her legendary mother at the [Actors Studio](/source/Actors_Studio) in [NYC](/source/NYC) with the encouragement of its president [Al Pacino](/source/Al_Pacino) and under the mentorship of its Associate Artistic Director [Elizabeth Kemp](/source/Elizabeth_Kemp) and acclaimed writer/biographer [Patricia Bosworth](/source/Patricia_Bosworth) who was a fellow Actors Studio board member and moderator of its Playwrights Directors Unit at the time.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peterson |first=Tyler |title=Angelica Page to Bring One-Woman Show TURNING PAGE to ACtors Studio, 11/22-24 |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/Angelica-Page-to-Bring-One-Woman-Show-TURNING-PAGE-to-ACtors-Studio-1122-24-20131119 |access-date=2013-11-19 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Productions==

The play was subsequently workshopped  at the [Off-off-Broadway](/source/Off-off-Broadway) Studio at [Cherry Lane Theater](/source/Cherry_Lane_Theater)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Photo Coverage: Angela Lansbury, Elizabeth Ashley Visit Private Theatre's Turning Page |url=https://www.imdb.com/news/ni38453152/ |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref> in [New York](/source/New_York_City) at [Circa Theatre](/source/Circa_Theatre) in [Wellington](/source/Wellington) [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Flightdec |date=2015-06-14 |title=Turning Page at Circa |url=https://wotzon.com/turning%20page%20at%20circa |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=Wotzon.com - Events Online |language=en-NZ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=An Actress of the Highest Possible Voltage – Circa Theatre |url=https://www.circa.co.nz/an-actress-of-the-highest-possible-voltage/ |access-date=2023-07-14 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cardy |first=Tom |date=2015-06-03 |title=Angelica Page explores her mother's career and legacy in her new play |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/69081727/angelica-page-explores-her-mothers-career-and-legacy-in-her-new-play |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref> and in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles) at [The Moth](/source/The_Moth)<ref>https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Angelica-Page-to-Explore-Her-Mothers-Career-in-TURNING-PAGE-at-Dixon-Place-20170111 |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=BroadwayWorld.com</ref> before its New York Debut at [Dixon Place](/source/Dixon_Place) in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Turning Page |url=http://dixonplace.org/performances/turning-page/ |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=Dixon Place |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Geraldine Page's Daughter Debuts Turning Page Off-Broadway |url=https://playbill.com/article/geraldine-pages-daughter-debuts-turning-page-off-broadway |access-date=2023-07-14}}</ref>

==Critical response==

The play garnered positive attention from several media outlets, most notably from [Pulitzer Prize](/source/Pulitzer_Prize) winning critic [Hilton Als](/source/Hilton_Als) of ''[The New Yorker](/source/The_New_Yorker)''  who called his full page piece in the [Talk of the Town](/source/The_New_Yorker) section of the magazine '''''Conjuring Geraldine Page'''''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Als |first=Hilton |date=2017-02-02 |title=Conjuring Geraldine Page |language=en-US |magazine=The New Yorker |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/02/13/conjuring-geraldine-page |access-date=2023-07-14 |issn=0028-792X}}</ref>

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