“Mothers and Sons” stars Tyne Daly. At its opening, playwright Terrence McNally, winner of Tonys, Emmys, Drama Desks, Guggenheims for “Master Class,” “Ragtime,” “Love! Valour! Compassion!,” stood at the Golden’s door in a fierce freezing wind. He’s 75. “Go inside,” I said. “No, here’s where I belong,” he said.

Then: “I’m waiting for my wife.” That’s Thomas Kirdahy. The play is about married homosexuals. No “Master Class.” More Mister Class.

“We tested this in Bucks County. It went smoothly. I only did a few rewrites. I’ve seen it 36 times. Twelve this summer and 24 here.

“Some plays took three years to write. This one’s about social change. Observing our society. Listening to our inner voices. I wrote it in a week or two. Up at nine, at the computer, I work in the morning four to five hours. The older I get the harder it gets. And then I relax. Walk around this fabulous city. See the park. Life’s wonderful. I’ve always been a positive person.

“Listen, critics have rapped me. So I’m a little nervous tonight. Excited. I didn’t even eat lunch. What I did was buy myself something I can’t afford — a new suit at Barneys.”

Crowding in: F. Murray Abraham joking, “Aren’t I great in the new movie ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’?” And someone’s reply: “Naah, just fair” . . . Fran Drescher whose date was her writer on “The Nanny” . . . Diane von Furstenburg who explained “I’m here for Ed.” Ed Who?

Between Victor Garber, Doris Roberts, Nathan Lane, Marilu Henner with her two sons, Elizabeth Ashley hugged and congratulated Terrence. Fellow author Gay Talese didn’t hug or congratulate Terrence.

Donna Murphy: “I’m doing a VH1 pilot, playing a mom, called ‘Hindsight.’ ” . . .
Eric Bogosian: “I’m doing a Web site 100 monograms.com. All my famous actor buddies are on it.” . . .
Bernadette Peters: “I’m off to Australia for a concert tour, then August I start shooting the series ‘Mozart in the Jungle’ for Amazon.”

More theater…

Burt Bacharach knows the way to San Jose — also to Broadway. He and producer Dasha Epstein are “involved in something Burt’s working on.” Which means what? In a comeback frame of mind, he’s already written 18 new songs for a new musical . . . Thittir ladies are busy. For next year producer Daryl Roth’s also got a new musical, “It Should Have Been You.” David Hyde Pierce will direct after he does “Vanya” in London.

Oprah looks to Sidney

Oprah: “Sidney Poitier inspired my theatrical career. I was 10 when he got his Oscar. Sitting on the linoleum floor in my mother’s Milwaukee apartment, I was in awe. A colored man arriving in a limousine — and that he won!” . . . AND Robin Williams on maybe hosting the Academy Awards: “I’d rather hang glide nude.”

Still more…

More musicals. Director Jack O’Brien on his delayed “Harry Houdini” now that Hugh Jackman isn’t available: “I’m just waiting to start. Can’t stand it. I’m not letting it go. I found someone for the part but I can’t tell you.” In exchange I can’t see why I’d mention O’Brien again . . . Chita Rivera on her great new spiky hairdo: “I got a million of these in the drawer.”

Odds & ends

Queen Latifah: “High school voted me Best All-Around, Most Popular, Most Comical and Best Dancer. Only because I’m me.” . . . SANDRA Lee, on WLNY-TV’s “The Better Show,” removed spikes to not stunt author Bruce Littlefield . . . AT a Relais & Chateaux dinner Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg, romantic, lovey-dovey, like maybe an engagement’s coming . . . Bruce Springsteen’s March date in New Zealand passed the $10 mil mark.

Some yutz trying fruitlessly to repair some skirt tear in a ladies room: “I don’t care what anybody says. To me Velcro is a rip-off.”

Only in New York, kids, only in New York.