Christine Lahti On 'F****** A'

The Leonard Lopate Show | Sep 21, 2017

Christine Lahti  stars in Signature Theatre’s revival of the Suzan-Lori Parks play “F****** A.” A take on Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter," the plays follows Lahti as Hester Smith, a revered and hated local abortionist, who will stop at nothing to get her son out of prison. 

"F****** A" runs at the Signature Theatre (480 W 42nd St., between 9th and 10th Ave.) until Oct. 8. 

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