The Miracle Worker

" Forty years ago the miracle worker won the Tony award for best play. And bank -- took home the Tony for best actress well as later in 1962. She went on to win the Academy Award along with Patty Duke for their work in the film adaptation. Well now the play is making its way back to Broadway we talked to the talented actors. Kobe performing the instant production."

" bright Sheen. I thought that I knew the play and probably because it's in the film or read it when I was in junior high school. And that. I realize that that this play is quite different than anything that had ever seen before him in my preconceptions of what the play was."

" Veteran act of Matthew Modine plays Helen Keller father in the first Broadway revival of the miracle worker it's it it's a very."

" Contemporary story what club to play takes place after the civil war and -- story about a young girl who becomes deaf and blind. It's very much the story -- family who's dealing with the."

" An elephant in the room beyond -- this -- that we thought we knew and turns out we don't and in a way that. We wanna do it in that brings it run as an intimacy and power and he's a stage with an incredibly talented ensemble including actress Allison still who plays Danny Sullivan's there's so many things that any Saladin did. That I cannot even dream of doing. And I think it adds. An inspiration heard a role for a life. It's. It's I I couldn't refuse and now this stress is. Trying to come up with a way to do the very justice. To fire on the teachers and anyone who supports them while they should be nice problem with that Allison is one rave reviews in both theater and film. Her -- average treeless on -- campaign manager in the Oscar winning movie milk is just one example mostly her singular focus -- Teaching this child if she knows to be smart. She knows to have operation is mind. She wants to get hurt to beat it. Three years and she edits and part of that creative she believes that come with language Abby is. Like Kellan has of operation -- mind and wants to understand it. Everything about it or. And and figure out awaits makes theater work for her Abby is actress Abigail Breslin is making her Broadway debut it."

" Really nerve racking. Yeah. I want I was going to happen. Yeah she was nominated for an Academy Award in little miss sunshine I -- turn biography is like kids biography apparently -- salmon and none. Ever since then I've always wanted to -- and Matt. And -- if your thumb drive I mean and from you access yet to be on Broadway is. It's so exciting for talent in measurable acting with everything but her voice she only has one line in the entire -- In applying and it's very physical -- These are not checked constantly saying in contact each other making sure -- everybody feels comfortable line. And that that you know at this -- December except content even you know obviously working on together and talking about it."

" Cancer but first attacks the bones and -- kidney Rihanna Jennifer Morrison from the hit series house now Jennifer is heading to Broadway in the role of -- Helen's mother. I am so excited I I feel like it's not even -- unite against a pinching myself. You know as much as ever. Loves -- love doing television and found it and I grew up on stage and I started to make personal blame him despite years old and had just loved being there every sentence and he's really been one of my dreams to end up on Broadway Wednesday there complex difficult challenging -- Ruthlessly. Pursue whatever it is they're proceeding they have a kind of way around that. I love to see women statements directed -- he says the cashier's terrific chemistry not only candidate. Extraordinary talents and there there. Committed. Hands they're very good to be tethered to this a real sense of ensemble this seating of the production is done on the ground."

" The first time that night I went to visit the theater instead on the stage it's sort of stuff like but it must have been like to be a gladiator you know they have the audience all around you. -- doing battle."

" They think a lot of people it. Might be surprised at how modern play it really is it's been fifty years of service on Broadway there's still productions everywhere that's a sign of that great play it. We'll previews for the miracle worker began at -- well that's the circle in the square theater in New York."