Summer, 1976

The story follows two women living in Ohio who become unlikely friends over playdates with their respective young daughters during the summer of 1976,[1] the American Bicentennial.

[2][3] The play was originally announced to debut in late 2022 Off-Broadway, but in August 2022 it was announced that it would instead receive a Broadway staging in April 2023 by the Manhattan Theatre Club, which is producing the show.

[4] The Broadway production stars Laura Linney as Diana and Jessica Hecht as Alice.

[3][7] The production was set to run from April 25 until May 28[8] but received two extensions and closed on June 18, 2023.

[9][10] Diana, an artist and single mother, and Alice, a free-spirited and naive young housewife, forge an unlikely friendship one night in Ohio.