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A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

My Name is Lucy Barton

Jan 15 – Feb 29, 2020
131 W 55th St, New York, NY 10019, USA

“No one in this world comes from nothing,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout writes in her 2016 novel, My Name is Lucy Barton. Now, four-time Tony nominee Laura Linney stars in the book’s stage adaptation, a one-woman play that nevertheless incorporates all of the experiences—and people—who have shaped where, and what, Lucy Barton comes from. Strout’s stripped-down eloquence paired with Linney’s talent as an actor led to sold-out shows in the play’s first run at London’s Bridge Theater. The production, adapted by Rona Munro and directed by Richard Eyre, now comes to Broadway for a limited run. —J.V.