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Butterflies Are Free

Fri Mar 29, 2024 - Sun Apr 7, 2024

COMEDY

Written by Leonard Gershe

Rated PG

Young Don Baker, hero of his mother's Donny Dark books for children, has been blind since birth, his overprotective mother following his every move. Don finally decides to take his own apartment in Manhattan and pursue his songwriting ambitions. When she meets his kooky neighbor, sexy actress Jill, Mrs. Baker's controlling instincts go into overdrive, with hilariously touching results.

Butterflies Are Free premiered on Broadway at the Booth Theatre on October 21, 1969. Directed by Milton Katselas, the production starred Keir Dullea, Eileen Heckart, Blythe Danner, and Michael Glaser. A 1972 film adaptation starred Goldie Hawn, Eileen Heckart, and Edward Albert