‘Summer, 1976’ review: Laura Linney, Jessica Hecht a perfect pair on B’way

Scots Love Island star Laura Anderson has opened up on her difficult relationship with her ex Gary Lucy as she prepares to give birth to their first child.

Mum-to-be Laura Anderson has revealed she is hoping for a water birth when her daughter with Gary Lucy arrives. The former Love Island star - who is 25 weeks pregnant - revealed she’s taken a hypnobirthing course and is aiming for a water birth as she’s heard good things about the effect of warm water on certain parts of the body during it.The 34-year-old told OK!: “I took a hypnobirthing course which was quite interesting.

Laura Anderson has confirmed that Gary Lucy revealed the gender of their unborn baby on social media without checking in with her first - leaving her "upset".The reality star, who rose to fame on Love Island in 2018 and is expecting her first child with the Hollyoaks actor, admitted her feelings of hurt during an exclusive chat with OK! this week. Upon learning of her pregnancy late last year when she was just two weeks along, the 34-year-old Stirling-born star then decided to find out the gender at eight weeks via a blood test. But she and Gary, who were already hitting headlines due to their split, then added fuel to the fire as the latter appeared to reveal the gender of their little one on Instagram without Laura's consent.

Preparing for the arrival of her first child in August, Laura Anderson has her baby name ready to go. The former Love Island star is expecting a baby girl with her ex Gary Lucy and exclusively told OK! they chose the "traditional" name for their baby girl early on in her pregnancy. And although she's keeping the name under wraps, she did reveal her baby won't be named after a "Disney" character.

Laura Anderson has revealed her 'shock' over falling pregnant during her first time trying with ex-boyfriend Gary Lucy.The former Love Island star, 34, found out that she was expecting a baby girl with her actor ex, 41, at the tail-end of last year when she was just two weeks along.Talking with OK! this week, the Scottish star shared that while the news wasn't a total surprise - as they had planned to start a family anyway - how quickly it happened was a shock. “I was still very shocked, because I didn’t expect it to happen,” she says. “It was planned and it was both of our decisions to have a baby.

The Mother is a mutha of an intimately scaled action film, a violent female-centric drama about a hardened combat veteran who has great difficulty adapting to being anything other than a tough soldier, and that includes being a mother. Joining Kathryn Bigelow, Patty Jenkins, Gina Prince-Blythewood, Mimi Leder and the Wachowski siblings among women responsible for notable action features, Aussie director Niki Caro (Whale Rider, Mulan) has delivered a film that could easily have veered into sentiment at any moment but instead remains tough as nails and doesn’t go soft at the end. The film would surely have an even greater impact on the big screen but, as it is, launched Friday on Netflix.

Succession‘s Jeremy Strong will star in playwright Amy Herzog’s new Broadway adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People. Tony-winning director Sam Gold will direct in early 2024.

Laura Anderson looked radiant as she showcased her blossoming baby bump on the red carpet at the annual Cauldwell Children Butterfly Ball on Thursday. The former Love Island star, 34, who is expecting her first child with ex-boyfriend Gary Lucy, beamed as she cradled her growing bump at the star-studded event, which took place at the Indigo at The O2.

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Laura Anderson's ex-partner Gary Lucy has posted a cryptic quote from Robert De Niro on social media after the megastar actor shared some well-intentioned life advice during an interview.

Gary Neville disagreed with Wayne Rooney's prediction that Manchester City will 'blow Real Madrid away', but the Sky Sports pundit backed the Blues to progress.

Eurovision 2023 entry Alessandra has opened up to NME about the meaning behind her song ‘Queen Of Kings’, and how her entire life has been leading up to this moment.At just 20-years-old, Alessandra has already undergone years of preparation. Set to take to the Eurovision stage in Liverpool this week, the half-Italian, half-Norwegian singer will be representing the latter with her song ‘Queen Of Kings’ – starting with the semi-finals tonight (Tuesday May 9).Explaining the meaning behind the track, she told NME that the inspiration came from those moments of difficulty and self-doubt which, tackling them head-on, and becoming empowered.

Pregnant former Love Island star Laura Anderson made a thinly-veiled swipe at her ex-boyfriend, Gary Lucy, as she shared an ultrasound on Instagram.The 34 year old is expecting her first child - a daughter - with former EastEnders actor Gary, later this year, but relations between the exes are thought to be strained. Laura seems to be taking pregnancy as a singleton in her stride though, as she beamed whilst getting her 4D ultrasound, which she shared online.

British actress Jodie Comer has earned her first Tony Award nomination for Broadway debut Prima Facie.The Killing Eve star, 30, is nominated for best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play for her role as Tessa in the one-person production by playwright Suzie Miller.The production, about a British defence lawyer who ends up in the witness box, secured four Tony Award nominations in total, including for best scenic design, best lighting design and best sound in a play. After receiving critical acclaim for her West End debut at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London, which included winning best actress at the 2023 Olivier Awards, Comer took the play to the John Golden Theatre on Broadway in April which will run until July.

2023 Tony Awards.And now that all 27 nominated productions have been announced for the 76th annual Tonys, it’s time to see them all live — well, the 16 shows that are still running as of now which feature stars nominated for the first time like Jessica Chastain, Josh Groban and Jodie Comer — on the Great White Way before theater’s biggest night of the year.To make your life easy, we’ve compiled a list of all the shows from the most nominated — this year, the musical adaptation of “Some Like It Hot” led the way with 13 nods — to the least that only nabbed a single selection like the buzzy “Summer, 1976.”Best of all, we found tickets for all 16 shows that are still running as of now.Want to go to a show in person so you’re in the know come awards night?Keep reading, dramaphiles.We’ve got all the details you need below.13 nominations include Best New Musical, Christian Borle and J.

Some of the biggest names of Broadway (and Hollywood) won’t be receiving those phone calls of congratulations today, as this morning’s Tony Awards nominations included more than a few surprising (or, in some cases, not surprising) omissions.

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“Summer, 1976” this spring and summer.The co-leads, Jessica Hecht (Gretchen Schwartz on “Breaking Bad”) and Laura Linney (Wendy Byrde on “Ozark”) just debuted their new minimalist production about two long-time friends in Ohio at the Samuel J.

Frank Rizzo Friends come and go. Some stay throughout our lives while others, however significant for a time, fade into the haze of memory yet always linger within us. In “Summer, 1976,” the new Broadway play by David Auburn (“Proof”) about a short-yet-significant friendship, Laura Linney and Jessica Hecht — two of the most accomplished and compelling actors around — create a pair of indelible characters looking back at their brief relationship during a long-ago season. (The title tells you exactly when.) Sure to have future life on other stages, the play is an insightful and engaging two-hander that will have audiences pondering the nature of friendship, the values we place on it, and even how well we really know each other.

Broadway can be a loud place, with belters belting and orchestras swelling and actors playing to rafters in the theater across the street, so it’s both comforting and mesmerizing to see a play as quietly poignant as David Auburn’s Summer, 1976.