Marlee Matlin in TV version of "Sweet Nothing in My Ear" in April

The Deaf Fun blog reports that Marlee Matlin will star in the TV movie "Sweet Nothing in My Ear" on April 20 or 27. The film focuses on a couple who has to decide about a cochlear implant for their child. The mother is deaf (played by Matlin) and the father is hearing (played by Jeff Daniels) and the decision brings conflict into their marriage.

The movie will be a Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation on CBS. "Sweet Nothing in My Ear," by playwright Stephen Sachs, had its world premiere on The Fountain Theatre stage in 1997. Sachs co-founded The Fountain Theatre and helped Ed Waterstreet launch LA's Deaf West Theatre at The Fountain in 1991.

An interesting comment on the BroadwayWorld web site explains that the press materials' description of a cochlear implant is incorrect.