Mary Louise Burke - Balusters
Mary Louise Burke - Balusters
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Mary Louise Burke - Balusters#1
Posted: 5/23/26 at 6:17am
Anyone know what may be going on with Mary Louise Burke? She’s been out of the show since last Wednesday and hasn’t been back since. She’s out for the rest of this week too. Hope she is ok.
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
Mary Louise Burke - Balusters#2
Posted: 5/23/26 at 6:58am
Oh, gosh. Hope she is okay. Definitely going to hurt her Tony chances too.
Mary Louise Burke - Balusters#3
Posted: 5/23/26 at 7:16am
She’s been contending with an extended illness (though I don’t have deeper details) and is out on doctor’s orders. She is 82, so I can imagine whatever it is contending with/recovering from is being done with an abundance of caution.
Sophie Hayden is a Tony nominated actress in her own right, so I feel like she’s going to give you one hell of a performance.
Mary Louise Burke - Balusters#4
Posted: 5/23/26 at 9:09am
I saw Hayden’s first performance last week and, aside from some tentativeness here and there, she was wonderful. Burke is such an idiosyncratic actor it was hard not to imagine what her line readings would have been, but Hayden was a delight. It was sweet to see the cast cheering her on at the curtain call.
Mary Louise Burke - Balusters#5
Posted: 5/23/26 at 10:08am
iluvtheatertrash said: "Oh, gosh. Hope she is okay. Definitely going to hurt her Tony chances too."
Given she has a 0% chance of winning the Tony, I highly doubt this will affect her chances. Much more importantly, she's an 82 year old stage legend battling an illness. Let's keep the focus on that part.
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
Mary Louise Burke - Balusters#6
Posted: 5/23/26 at 12:02pm
I was sad when I learned MLB was out. Hayden was just okay, but it’s not a big part and didn’t really impact my appreciation of the play. I could pretty easily imagine what Burke would have done with it.
Richard Thomas and Anika were the standouts for me.
Wishing MLB a speedy recovery! One of our great theatrical treasures!
I kind of wish we got a pic of what the community looked like and a map of where all the neighbors live. Let’s see those houses from the outside! This is not a complaint or a wish for a cheat-sheet, just a testament to how well DLA wrote these people that you want to know more about them.
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