Mary-Louise Parker to Star in Broadway Revival of HEDDA GABLER
Mary-Louise Parker to Star in Broadway Revival of HEDDA GABLER
#1Mary-Louise Parker to Star in Broadway Revival of HEDDA GABLER
Posted: 8/11/08 at 6:29pm
Holy (censored). If ever there was a choice, in my mind, that beat Cate Blanchett...
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Updated On: 8/11/08 at 06:29 PM
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
#2re: Mary-Louise Parker to Star in Broadway Revival of HEDDA GABLER
Posted: 8/11/08 at 6:42pm!!!!!!!!
#2re: Mary-Louise Parker to Star in Broadway Revival of HEDDA GABLER
Posted: 8/11/08 at 6:46pmSweet.
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#3re: Mary-Louise Parker to Star in Broadway Revival of HEDDA GABLER
Posted: 8/11/08 at 7:17pm
EXCITING!
I adore her.
I'm always glad to hear that she's returning to the stage.
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#4re: Mary-Louise Parker to Star in Broadway Revival of HEDDA GABLER
Posted: 8/11/08 at 7:34pmI'm in.
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#5re: Mary-Louise Parker to Star in Broadway Revival of HEDDA GABLER
Posted: 8/11/08 at 7:37pmSOOOOO EXCITED!
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#6re: Mary-Louise Parker to Star in Broadway Revival of HEDDA GABLER
Posted: 8/11/08 at 8:05pmI need to see this.
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#7re: Mary-Louise Parker to Star in Broadway Revival of HEDDA GABLER
Posted: 8/11/08 at 8:14pm
I LOVE her. however, isn't she a bit "off" for the role? I like Hedda strong and bitchy, not flighty and weird like every character Mary Louise Parker portrays. I'm excited to see her though, and really hope she proves me wrong. 
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#8re: Mary-Louise Parker to Star in Broadway Revival of HEDDA GABLER
Posted: 8/11/08 at 8:19pmSorry to be the spoilsport and I certainly wish Parker no harm, but somehow I suspect the complexity of Hedda may be beyond her MLP's abilities. I love the play and will go. Hoping that Roundabout surrounds her with worthy players.
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#9re: Mary-Louise Parker to Star in Broadway Revival of HEDDA GABLER
Posted: 8/11/08 at 11:00pm
I love her and this is one of my favorite plays!!!
YEAH!
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#10re: Mary-Louise Parker to Star in Broadway Revival of HEDDA GABLER
Posted: 8/11/08 at 11:02pmgahh i love her! i'm so excited!
#11re: Mary-Louise Parker to Star in Broadway Revival of HEDDA GABLER
Posted: 8/11/08 at 11:15pmI'm sorry, I think Parker is one of the most brilliant actresses working today. I'm definitely going to NY to see this.
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#12re: Mary-Louise Parker to Star in Broadway Revival of HEDDA GABLER
Posted: 8/11/08 at 11:27pmShe's my favorite actress, so clearly I'm estatic over this news.
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#13re: Mary-Louise Parker to Star in Broadway Revival of HEDDA GABLER
Posted: 8/11/08 at 11:30pmAnd the fact that she killed Hirschfeld should not reflect badly on her talent!
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
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#14re: Mary-Louise Parker to Star in Broadway Revival of HEDDA GABLER
Posted: 8/11/08 at 11:36pm
Augh...... Why don't I live in NYC?????
I really need to see this. I read Hedda Gabler in a class last year and was one of the only people to enjoy it. I really like Mary-Louis Parker and would love to see what she'd do in this role.
#15re: Mary-Louise Parker to Star in Broadway Revival of HEDDA GABLER
Posted: 8/12/08 at 12:42am
I was just thinking...will there be a third show at the American Airlines Theatre this season?
Or will we get a summer show next season a la Old Acquaintance?
Excited for this!
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#16re: Mary-Louise Parker to Star in Broadway Revival of HEDDA GABLER
Posted: 8/12/08 at 12:49amI AM SO EXCITED!
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#17re: Mary-Louise Parker to Star in Broadway Revival of HEDDA GABLER
Posted: 8/12/08 at 1:45am
And the fact that she killed Hirschfeld should not reflect badly on her talent!
I don't understand what that means.
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#18re: Mary-Louise Parker to Star in Broadway Revival of HEDDA GABLER
Posted: 8/12/08 at 2:23am
Just to clarify...
She's still doing "Weeds", right?
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#19re: Mary-Louise Parker to Star in Broadway Revival of HEDDA GABLER
Posted: 8/12/08 at 2:45amLove her, and it starts during my winter break :)
#20re: Mary-Louise Parker to Star in Broadway Revival of HEDDA GABLER
Posted: 8/12/08 at 3:47am
She is indeed doing WEEDS, the show just got renewed for two more seasons. She'll be doing this during the show's hiatus.
She did DEAD MAN'S CELL PHONE at the beginning of the year around the same time.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#21re: Mary-Louise Parker to Star in Broadway Revival of HEDDA GABLER
Posted: 8/12/08 at 10:35amthis is freaking awesome!!!!!!!
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#22re: Mary-Louise Parker to Star in Broadway Revival of HEDDA GABLER
Posted: 8/12/08 at 10:59am
"She did DEAD MAN'S CELL PHONE at the beginning of the year around the same time."
What a piece of crap that was.
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#23re: Mary-Louise Parker to Star in Broadway Revival of HEDDA GABLER
Posted: 8/12/08 at 11:25amI have not had a positive reaction to her work but this should be very interesting.
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#24re: Mary-Louise Parker to Star in Broadway Revival of HEDDA GABLER
Posted: 8/13/08 at 9:08am
To put this casting in an historical context, here's a list of actresses (by no means complete) who have played the title role of HEDDA GABLER in high-profile productions on stage, screen or TV:
Tallulah Bankhead, Annette Bening, Ingrid Bergman, Cate Blanchett, Claire Bloom, Kate Burton, Judy Davis, Glenda Jackson, Kelly McGillis, Martha Plimpton, Diana Rigg, Fiona Shaw, Maggie Smith, Janet Suzman.
It's a notoriously difficult part to pull off and I give Mary Louise Parker a lot of credit for deciding to tackle it.
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