BroadwayPlayComedy1979
On Golden Pond
- Dates
- Sep 12, 1979 – Apr 20, 1980
- Performances
- 252
About
On Golden Pond is a 1979 play by Ernest Thompson. It opened on February 28, 1979 at the New Apollo Theatre, where it ran for 126 performances.The plot focuses on an aging couple, Ethel and Norman Thayer, who spend each summer at their home on a lake called Golden Pond. During the year the story takes place, they are visited by their daughter, Chelsea, her fiancé, Billy Ray, and his son, Billy Ray Jr. The play explores Chelsea and Norman's turbulent relationship, and the difficulties faced by a couple in the twilight years of a long marriage. The play was adapted into the 1981 award-winning film of the same name starring Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, and Jane Fonda.