Kathleen Turner's Commitment to Play About Addiction Stems From Her Own Past
Kathleen Turner doesn't shy from acknowledging that her devotion to the play High, a harrowing look at the world of addiction, is somewhat rooted in her own battle with alcoholism. "I think I have some information," she said with wry understatement on Tuesday, the day before she opens the play at the Parker Playhouse in Fort Lauderdale. "I certainly was abusing alcohol when I was fighting RA (rheumatoid arthritis.)."