“Elaine May returns to Broadway after more than 50 years away from the stage in the recently opened “The Waverly Gallery.” The play, written by Academy Award winner Kenneth Lonergan, portrays the toll Alzheimer’s takes on a family. May, 86, is known as part of the comedy duo Nichols and May, and for directing films including the 1972 romantic comedy “The Heartbreak Kid.” Her latest performance as Gladys Green, a grandmother in the early stages of the disease and who is on the brink of losing her Greenwich Village art gallery, is emotionally crushing.”
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‘The Waverly Gallery’ Traces Alzheimer’s Twists, Turns And Toll On One Family
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