AroView: A superb showcase for Jessica Lange as Lillian Hall, a grand dame of Broadway who has never missed a performance throughout her long, illustrious career, but whose ailing health presents her with her greatest challenge yet.

It’s a literate, quality drama about theatre that does just about everything right, with Kathy Bates, Pierce Brosnan and Lily Rabe in first class support. ★★★★

“A lovely tribute to life in the theater, with all its personal compromises, and a showcase for Lange, who deftly shows the character as a vulnerable woman and also displays the distinct style of Lillian the bravura actress.” ~Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter

“Like many of the best golden-age melodramas, this HBO film fully commits to both unabashed emotion and a complicated female lead, a role filled by Jessica Lange with a finely tuned mix of showmanship and nuance.” Elisabeth Vincentelli, The New York Times