NEW YORK (AP) - Emmy- and Oscar-winner Sally Field will return to Broadway this spring in a revival of "The Glass Menagerie," playing a part she has tackled before but never managed to shake.
Field will play Amanda Wingfield, the faded Southern belle at the heart of the Tennessee Williams play. She played the same part in 2004 at the Kennedy Center but said that run felt too short.
"Amanda is such the quintessential character I'd love to know, to be able to really feel like I owned her in some way," Field told The Associated Press. "I have always felt like I didn't really get enough of that at all."
The revival will be directed by Tony Award winner Sam Gold ("Fun Home") and co-star two-time Tony Award winning actor and director Joe Mantello along with Finn Wittrock and Madison Ferris. Scott Rudin is producing.
Field made her Broadway debut in 2002 in "The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia" by Edward Albee, a production that was also produced by Rudin.
"The Glass Menagerie" centers on an aging Southern belle who hopes her son can fulfill her dreams of finding the perfect "gentleman caller" for her shy and damaged daughter. The last revival was in 2013, starring Cherry Jones and Zachary Quinto.
"These great works - they call upon the interpretation of different voices at different times. They ask that and that's what's so interesting: They will evolve with those voices and yet remain the same," Field said.
Field said she has been searching for a role to return to Broadway but couldn't find any that spoke to her as profoundly as Amanda.
She said there really aren't huge, powerful stage roles for women equivalent to Hamlet or Willy Loman of "Death of a Salesman."
"To me, Amanda is in a handful of great female roles. There aren't a lot, really," she said. "I keep looking for new plays and am constantly doing readings. I'll do anything. But maybe because I needed to get this out of my system - I needed to have my time with her - nothing else has really completely rung the bell."
Field was Oscar nominated for her Mary Todd in Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" and spent five seasons in ABC's "Brothers and Sisters," winning an Emmy in its first season. Her latest is "Hello, My Name Is Doris."
The new "The Glass Menagerie" will play the Golden Theatre, beginning Feb. 14, with an official opening night set for March 23.
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