When we first meet Grant, she’s getting a call from her insomniac mother at 2 in the morning. Myerson is 70 at that point, so we are in the early 1990s, and she has about 20 years to live. It does not take long to realize that the nighttime conversation is part of a familiar, hellish pattern for the pair. Myerson calls her daughter to kvetch and berate, but also unwittingly express a desperate need for company, if only on the phone. (Anna Holbrook portrays the disembodied Myerson and remains unseen until the curtain call).

Source: New York Times January 20, 2020 17:48 UTC