Jessica Lange revisits an 'extraordinary' play on Broadway
NEW YORK (AP) — For her one day off this week playing a drug-addled mother in the Broadway revival of the monumental "Long Day's Journey Into Night," Jessica Lange had a plan.
"What a gorgeous day, huh?" she asked Monday over lemon-ginger tea at a downtown cafe.
[...] I feel like I have never worked as hard in my entire life.
The actress, who turned 67 this week, on this sun-splashed day is gorgeous and chic in black tuxedo pants and jacket, sunglasses and flats.
Lange, who in the movies has played an array of fascinating women, from Patsy Cline to Frances Farmer to the object of King Kong's affection, has been stingy with her stage work.
Lange is a two-time Academy Award winner and three-time Emmy winner who has lately connected with millennials, thanks to four seasons aboard "American Horror Story," playing a washed-up Southern belle, a freak show ringmaster, a nun and a witch.
Joining Lange at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway is Gabriel Byrne playing her husband, and both Michael Shannon and John Gallagher Jr. as her unravelling sons.
It's kind of poetic justice, she says, laughing.