Marsha Mason returns to Shakespeare Theatre

Published August 27, 2012 4:00am ET



Marsha Mason’s knack for comedy leaped to the fore when she first walked on a Broadway stage in Neil Simon’s “The Good Doctor.” During the years since, she has received four Academy Award nominations and four Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in “Cinderella Liberty,” “The Goodbye Girl,” “Promises in the Dark” and “Chapter Two.” She is currently starring in Shakespeare Theatre Company’s “All’s Well That Ends Well” and reprising her role as the Countess of Roussillon.

“It’s a great gift to do a role a second time, especially when there is ample time between the productions,” she said. “I look forward to being reunited with the same principal cast and Michael Kahn, who directed it two seasons ago and did such a marvelous job of cutting to make the story more available to the audience.

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