Irving Juggles ‘Chronicles’ and a Cradle
Amy Irving wasn’t sure she wanted to return to the stage less than five months after giving birth, but the producers made her a deal she couldn’t refuse.
“My initial instinct was to say, ‘No, I want to stay home with the ba” said the actress during break from Wendy Wasserstein’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, “The Heidi Chronicles.”
As she spoke, she cradled 4 1/2-month-old Gabriel, her son with Brazilian director Bruno Barreto. Barreto directed Irving’s recent film “Show of Force.”
The Ahmanson Theater, which is presenting “The Heidi Chronicles,” arranged for a nursery next to Irving’s dressing room and found rehearsal space near the home of her mother, actress Priscilla Pointer.
In addition, they slated rehearsals around the kindergarten schedule of Irving’s 5-year-old son, Max, from her marriage to Steven Spielberg.
The production runs through Dec. 23 at the UCLA James A. Doolittle Theater in Hollywood.
Irving plays the character Heidi Holland during the years 1965-1989. Heidi is an art historian and feminist who finds her beliefs challenged by the changing times.
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