Jessica Lange has been nominated for a Tony Award for her role in the drama “Mother Play.” Joan Marcus photo If you’ve been to Broadway lately, you might have noticed that productions – including “The Notebook,” “The Outsiders,” “Water for Elephants,” “Suffs” and even “Merrily We Roll Along” – are provoking audibly strong reactions. The first two shows may feature rain onstage, but the waterworks coming from the audience are even more impressive.
Naturally, the unabashedly romantic “The Notebook,” based on a bestseller that inspired a hit movie, is prompting bawling; the merchandise includes branded tissue boxes. Two scenes in particular stand out: one in which lovers Noah and Allie (Ryan Vasquez and Joy Woods) reunite and kiss passionately in a downpour, and a latter one involving the older version of the couple (Dorian Harewood and Maryann Plunkett), with Allie now suffering from Alzheimer’s. Emotions have been overflowing at the Broadway drama “Mary Jane,” which stars April Mathis, left, and Rachel McAdams.
Matthew Murphy/BBBWay “I was audibly sobbing, and I was glad I wasn’t the only one because you could hear the entire audience,” longtime theater critic Melissa Rose Bernardo said of that late scene. “Thank goodness I was wearing a mask, because that muffles the sound quite nicely. That’s a pro tip.
” She also recommended wearing waterproof makeup. Long Island resident Sara Hickis, who works in retail at a beauty-supply .
