Homecoming is an Off-broadway

Off-Broadway

Off-Broadway theater is a term for a professional venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, and for a specific production of a play, musical or revue that appears in such a venue, and which adheres to related trade union and other contracts...

 one-person show by Lauren Weedman that originally premiered at Westside Theatre

Westside Theatre

__notoc__The Westside Theatre is an off-Broadway venue located at 407 West 43rd Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The building houses two auditoriums: the Upstairs theater, which seats 299, and the Downstairs theater, which...

 on September 10, 2001. Following the September 11 attacks, Weedman announced that the show would be postponed till January 21, 2002, but the venue would change to the Arclight Theatre

Arclight Theatre

The Arclight Theatre, located at 152 West 71st Street, between Broadway & Columbus Avenues.The theater has a seating capacity of 99 seats and is located on the lower level of The Church of the Blessed Sacrament, down one flight of stairs....

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Plot

The show revolves around Sharon, who is trying to find her mom, her step-mom, her bossy sister, her aging grandmother, and her boyfriend.

Cast

It was directed by Maryann Lombardi and it starred Lauren Weedman in the single role. This show is based on true stories from her life.

Reviews

These reviews were for performances at Don't tell mama

Don't tell mama

Don't Tell Mama is a piano bar and cabaret located at 343 West 46th Street in New York City, USA, known in part for being featured on the TV show Friends....

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• "Weedman...weaves a fascinating tale of a girl baby's adoption into a marginally functional family, switching back and forth playing the baby's grandmother, mother, sister and the teenage girl herself as the story progresses over a number of years..what Weedman does so skillfully is bring us into the disjointed world of a family trying to find its way in a confusing world." Seattle Post-Intelligencer

• "It all began simply enough. All that adopted teenager Lauren Weedman wanted was a picture of her biological mother to 'have around to look at once in a while.' But this simple request launches Weedman-and her family-on a whirlwind of actions and emotions, recounted in [a] sharply observed, emotionally true and often hilarious autobiographical show." -- The Seattle Times, Janet Tu

• "Weedman's acting is so deft and versatile - and her observations of personal mannerisms and tone are so sharp - that [Homecoming] seems populated with dozens of vivid characters." -- The Seattle Times

• "Weedman has a particularly malleable face and a capacity to alter her body language so adroitly that she's able, in a flash, to transform herself from the wacky, nervous Sharon into the tentative, frightened Lauren..." -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Alice Kaderlan

"...recalls Carol Burnett in her prime." --Back Stage West, David Edward Hughes