The Brightest Light On Broadway: Joanna Gleason

by Natasha Wolff | March 11, 2025 12:50 pm

For anyone who loves or has appeared in a production of Into the Woods, Joanna Gleason is iconic for her Tony-winning role as the Baker’s Wife in the original 1987 Broadway production, canonized in a filmed version by PBS. “My favorite memories are just how wonderful and loving and hilarious this group of people was,” says Gleason. “It was a golden time.” This season, she returns to the New York stage in Manhattan Theatre Club’s We Had a World[1], by Joshua Harmon, about a dying grandmother who asks her grandson to pen a play about their family. “I read this piece and felt that I had to do it,” says Gleason, who compares prepping for a performance to participating in an athletic contest. “There has not been a role like this that’s come along in a great time.”

Endnotes:
  1. Manhattan Theatre Club’s We Had a World: https://www.manhattantheatreclub.com/shows/24-25-season/we-had-a-world/

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