Mary Louise Parker's absence
Mary Louise Parker's absence
lightinthepizza2
Understudy Joined: 3/6/09
#1Mary Louise Parker's absence
Posted: 3/8/09 at 11:07pmA friend and I were supposed to see 'Hedda Gabler' on Tuesday, March 3rd, before finding out right before entering the theater that Mary Louise was absent for that performance. According to the box office ticket agent that night, she didn't show up because of 'family problems.' Does anybody know the specifics?
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#2re: Mary Louise Parker's absence
Posted: 3/8/09 at 11:20pmWhile I'm sorry you didn't get to see her....you are asking about her personal and private life. So you joined BWW just to scrape up some dirt on her? Tsk, tsk. It's none of our business.
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#2re: Mary Louise Parker's absence
Posted: 3/8/09 at 11:21pmMaybe it's personal.
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ChristopherDurangFan
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lightinthepizza2
Understudy Joined: 3/6/09
#5re: Mary Louise Parker's absence
Posted: 3/9/09 at 12:29amI would have loved to have seen her u/s. Just because I've seen MLP twice now and plan to see it with her again. Just for a different take.
#6re: Mary Louise Parker's absence
Posted: 3/9/09 at 12:33am
A quick glance at Broadwayunderstudies.com has nothing listed for her, so I'm assuming there was some sort of emergency. Strange though that it isn't on there even for that one performance. Either way with or without her this production was basically doomed from the start. As odd as it is since he had just come from The Seagull, this production seemed to lack any real direction. While Parker turns in one of her most boring performances to date, even Michael Cerveris and those in supporting roles seemed to just walk aimlessly across the stage. The way I could really tell was that the following day I saw Uncle Vanya where a play that was only nine years younger felt as alive as could be. And in the cast even Cyrilla Baer in a small role as Marina really put forth the effort. I don't really know how to describe it other than that one production seemed so alive that at any moment one of those books could come flying at you or that swing could hit you right in the face. Yet even at the height of the drama in Hedda Gabler, not once did I feel connected. The only moments that had me completely involved in the production were when Hedda was playing with her guns in the first act and that was just because the shot was so loud and startling. And this is coming from someone who thinks Mary Louise Parker is extremely talented and someone who LOVED her as Harper in Angels in America and watches Weeds religiously. That being said, while it was nice to see her on stage, her absence doesn't really make or break a play that has been broken from the get-go.
Oh and despite her less-than-stellar performance, I do love what I've read on here about her responding to critics. It kind of reaffirmed my respect for her. :)
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#7re: Mary Louise Parker's absence
Posted: 3/9/09 at 5:12am
B'way Understudies is FAR from a definitive source. From my understanding they rely ON the understudy to let them know about their known appearance. It's not like the show itself calls in and tells them who is out for the show.
And to the OP...what the hell does your "EW" mean? You are the one that started the thread that was a bit distateful...no one else said a thing that merited your response.
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lightinthepizza2
Understudy Joined: 3/6/09
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#9re: Mary Louise Parker's absence
Posted: 3/9/09 at 9:55amOh, of course. THAT explains it.
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#10re: Mary Louise Parker's absence
Posted: 3/9/09 at 11:45amShe has 2 small children; I don't think "family problems" has to mean something scandalous.
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#11re: Mary Louise Parker's absence
Posted: 3/9/09 at 2:02pmThis is ridiculous. You were told she had "family problems". This was accurate. You do not need to know the specifics, just as she does not need to know the specifics of why you can't go to work one day.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#12re: Mary Louise Parker's absence
Posted: 3/9/09 at 2:12pmOne of her children took ill.
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