Mothers & Sons

I went to see Terrence McNally's play Mothers & Sons yesterday and enjoyed it. It's the story of a man, Cal, who receives a visit from his deceased partner's mother, Katherine. Katherine's son, Andre, died from AIDS years ago and his mother seemed to be in denial about him and his life as a gay man. In the play, Cal has finally moved on from the devastation he felt for years over Andre's loss and now has a new partner, his husband, Will, and they have a son, Bud. The play is really about coming to terms with loss. Both Cal and Katherine were clearly broken mentally and emotionally by Andre's loss and they're forced to try and talk through their pain with each other. It's a tense relationship and the actors were excellent in expressing their anger, angst, disappointment, and general feelings about each other and their lives with and without Andre. It's a fascinating play.