Editing 'night, Mother (section)

==Production history==
Norman wrote the play in 1981, it was developed at the [[Circle Repertory Company]], and it premiered at the [[American Repertory Theater]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Rich |first=Frank |title=Theater: 'Night, Mother' at Harvard |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/12/theater/theater-night-mother-at-harvard.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url-access=subscription |date=January 12, 1983 |page=C15}}</ref> This production transferred to [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] at the [[John Golden Theatre]] with the same cast and was directed by Tom Moore. It opened on March 31, 1983, and closed on February 26, 1984, after 380 performances. It received 4 [[Tony Award]] nominations: Best Play, Best Actress in a Play (both Bates and Pitoniak) and Best Director ([[Tom Moore (director)|Tom Moore]]). The Broadway cast transferred to Off-Broadway at the [[Westside Theatre]] in 1984 for 54 additional performances.<ref>{{cite web |title='night Mother |url=http://www.iobdb.com/Production/2027 |website=Internet Off-Broadway Database |access-date=January 7, 2023}}</ref>

A US. National Tour was launched after the Broadway production closed. Phyllis Somerville, who was Kathy Bates' understudy on Broadway, played Jessie for the tour. Mercedes McCambridge was nominated for a [[Helen Hayes Awards Resident Acting|Helen Hayes Award]] for her performance as Mama in the Washington D.C. production.<ref>{{cite web |last=Isenberg |first=Barbara |title='{{'}}Night, Mother' a Late Arrival |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-07-14-ca-6314-story.html |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=January 7, 2023 |url-access=subscription |date=July 14, 1985}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Helen Hayes Award Nominees & Recipients: 1986 |url=http://theatrewashington.org/hha-nominees?field_award_year_value_many_to_one=1986 |website=TheatreWashington |access-date=November 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127215348/http://theatrewashington.org/hha-nominees?field_award_year_value_many_to_one=1986 |archive-date=November 27, 2016}}</ref>

The first London production opened in 1985 at the [[Hampstead Theatre]], directed by [[Michael Attenborough]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Rob Wilton Theatricalia |url=http://www.phyllis.demon.co.uk/theatricalia/08plays/plays8089.htm |website=phyllis.demon.co.uk |access-date=November 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126091553/http://www.phyllis.demon.co.uk/theatricalia/08plays/plays8089.htm |archive-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref> Pitoniak and Bates again starred in a 1986 production at the [[Mark Taper Forum]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sullivan |first=Dan |title=Stage Review: A Warm, Firm '{{'}}Night, Mother' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-03-28-ca-897-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 7, 2023 |date=March 28, 1986}}</ref>

The first Chicago production opened in 1986 at the Wisdom Bridge Theatre, starring Sarajane Avidon and Elizabeth Moore.<ref>{{cite web |last=Christiansen |first=Richard |title=Wisdom Bridge '{{'}}Night Mother' Is About as Good as It Can Be |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-02-28-8601150596-story.html |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=January 7, 2023 |date=February 27, 1986}}</ref>

A Broadway revival opened at the [[Royale Theatre]] on November 14, 2004, and closed on January 9, 2005, after 65 performances and 26 previews, starring [[Brenda Blethyn]] and [[Edie Falco]], and directed by Michael Mayer.<ref name=ben>{{cite web |last=Brantley |first=Ben |title=Mother-Daughter Angst, With Death in the Wings |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/15/theater/reviews/motherdaughter-angst-with-death-in-the-wings.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=January 7, 2023 |url-access=subscription |date=November 15, 2004}}</ref>

A Philadelphia area production opened on September 14, 2017, at the Centre Theater in Norristown, Pennsylvania, starring Allison Deratzian and Susan Blair, and directed by David Deratzian.<ref>{{Cite press release|url=http://www.montgomerynews.com/entertainment/theatricals-presents-night-mother-at-centre-theater-in-norristown/article_da7bdc08-f30a-571f-97af-7460cb7e80e2.html|title=1880 Theatricals presents '{{'}}night, Mother' at Centre Theater in Norristown|publisher=Centre Theater|via=Montgomery News|access-date=2017-08-31|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831020758/http://www.montgomerynews.com/entertainment/theatricals-presents-night-mother-at-centre-theater-in-norristown/article_da7bdc08-f30a-571f-97af-7460cb7e80e2.html|archive-date=2017-08-31}}</ref>