Janeane Garofalo, Lili Taylor and Celia Weston On 'Marvin's Room'

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jul 19, 2017

Actors Janeane Garofalo, Lili Taylor and Celia Weston come to Broadway with their new show “Marvin’s Room.”  The play follows, Lee (Garofalo), a single mother who lives with her troubled teen, Hank. Lee is estranged from the rest of her family. But, as her sister Bessie (Taylor) begins to feel the pressure of caring for their elderly father, her aunt Ruth (Weston) as well as her own health, events unfold that will cause the family to reunite for the first time in 18 years. 

"Marvin's Room" runs through through Aug. 27 at the American Airlines Theatre (227 West 42nd St., between 7th and 8th Ave.). 

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