Megan Mullally Talks Leaving LIPS TOGETHER, Sean Hayes & More

[BWIDB Charlie]

Posted: 4/16/10 at 8:29pm

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[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/16/10 at 8:31pm

"someday the story will come out. But I think you and I both know that I am not a diva. It's sweet of you to ask me about it, but at this point it's not a big deal. Let's wait until it all comes out organically, you know what I mean?"

Um, actually no. I don't know what you mean.

[Mildred Plotka]

Posted: 4/16/10 at 9:44pm

So she really doesn't "talk Leaving Lips Together". And what's with BWW trying to pass other people's interviews as their own?

[inlovewithjerryherman]

Posted: 4/16/10 at 9:51pm

talk about major sidestepping.

Clearly, she was in the wrong.

and also, clearly, Todd Haimes also thought Patton Oswalt was bad enough to cancel the thing.

[emilyfaye48]

Posted: 4/16/10 at 10:40pm

what does "organically" mean?? I feel like the most natural way to talk about it would be to answer the question when asked by a journalist!?!?!

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 4/16/10 at 10:52pm

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 4/17/10 at 1:08am

"what does "organically" mean?? I feel like the most natural way to talk about it would be to answer the question when asked by a journalist!?!?!"

She means when it comes naturally from her to talk about it.
I like that the journalist is persistant, but basically she says nothing about LIPS.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 4/17/10 at 1:15am

How will this story come out "organically"? The only way for it to come out is for someone involved to discuss it. She was involved, but won't discuss it. What she really means is she wants Haimes, Oswalt, or Mantello to say something first.

I still think she's in the wrong.

[sundayclothes2]

Posted: 4/17/10 at 1:45am

How will this story come out "organically"? The only way for it to come out is for someone involved to discuss it. She was involved, but won't discuss it. What she really means is she wants Haimes, Oswalt, or Mantello to say something first.

My guess is that there is a legal reasoning behind her "choice" to stay silent. I know for a fact that there is more to the story than what has been reported. I think Roundabout and Mullally have both been doing a good job with damage control on the whole thing.

Updated On: 4/17/10 at 01:45 AM

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 4/17/10 at 2:01am

Well, of course, roundabout might be sueing her as we speak...

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 4/17/10 at 2:04am

I mean, they had to refund all the people that bought tix, plus, fire all the staff and actors that were under contract, etc, etc.
A friend was telling me that she quit the play because she didn't think it was going to be good and that would damage her reputation in the arts, which is all she has.
And then I was thinking that the only hit she was on was W&G. Young Frankenstein unfortunately was a flop, her talk show flopped, In The Motherhood flopped, then she did butter commercials...what reputation was he talking about???!!!

[inlovewithjerryherman]

Posted: 4/17/10 at 4:44am

muscle, that's entirely why she quit - she legit thought it was going to suck.

what she's waiting for is for Haimes to admit that he thought it was going to suck too. Honestly, if he didn't, the show would still be on. She called Mantello out, he stuck to his guns, and Haimes, who was producing this, didn't think that it would get them anywhere without her.

She's just waiting for someone to say she was "right". which she may have been - in fact, she probably was - obviously the show was a disaster, and Roundabout shut it down. However, it doesn't mean that she did the right thing.

I love Mullally, and I think that she was a jerk here, from an actor's view - it's not cool to put so many people out of work on behalf of your reputation...and at the same time, from an audience/production view, she was right, and the reason this hasn't blown up any further is because Haimes knows the show would have failed either way.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 4/17/10 at 8:08am

Well, it feels like she should have released a statement weeks ago. The public that bought tix, the people that lost their jobs, and her fans deserve an explanation...

[ArtMan]

Posted: 4/17/10 at 9:06am

I don't know if anybody else saw this. But in last week's issue of Entertainment Magazine, Bullseye Page (last page of magazine), they hint about a feud between Megan and Patton.

[Piper3500]

Posted: 4/17/10 at 10:22am

"muscle, that's entirely why she quit - she legit thought it was going to suck.

what she's waiting for is for Haimes to admit that he thought it was going to suck too. Honestly, if he didn't, the show would still be on. She called Mantello out, he stuck to his guns, and Haimes, who was producing this, didn't think that it would get them anywhere without her.

She's just waiting for someone to say she was "right". which she may have been - in fact, she probably was - obviously the show was a disaster, and Roundabout shut it down. However, it doesn't mean that she did the right thing. "

I really like Mullaly and I agree with you on a few things. Mantello stuck to his guns because he thought he was right, just like she thought she was right. Maybe he truly could not replace the Mullaly role that fast to open a short time later after she quit. She has a great deal of experience and should have been professional enough to make the chemistry work. It seemed like she didn't want him from the beginning and made it difficult. That is unprofessional in itself. As actors, you don't always get who you want to work with. Hell, I have seen plays where one time it was OC and the next time it had 3 understudies. They make it work. You can tell some of the chemistry isn't there sometimes, but generally it is the nature of the business.

It would have held her in greater stead if it flopped due to her assumptions and she quietly had an "I told you so" moment. If a show fails, but the actors involved are fabulous (all but one) it doesn't always fall on the excellent cast. She seemed to take far too much on her shoulders personally. She broke a contract and that is not on. He may have been fabulous and had some belief behind him, so it bothers me that she signed on and did not seem generous enough to encourage and try make it work, (to the end)

[orlandog]

Posted: 4/17/10 at 11:41am

People quit their jobs, spouses leave their spouses, chelsea queens cancel their gym memberships and actors quit acting jobs;get over it people. She's gone, the show has been replaced, and as Mullally states, organically this will blow over.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 4/17/10 at 11:55am

And then I was thinking that the only hit she was on was W&G. Young Frankenstein unfortunately was a flop, her talk show flopped, In The Motherhood flopped, then she did butter commercials...what reputation was he talking about???!!!

Well, on Broadway, both the revivals of How to Succeed... and Grease were big hits. She starred in both.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 4/17/10 at 11:55am

double post
Updated On: 4/17/10 at 11:55 AM

[perfectliar]

Posted: 4/17/10 at 12:14pm

ArtMan - I would tend to think the same. In fact, just this week Oswalt was hired for the Matthew Broderick-led NBC pilot "Beach Lane," and just a day or so later up and quit.

This doesn't sound like someone who takes his craft seriously. Or his reputation. Seriously, you just have your Broadway debut canceled and then you quit your first job after? Something's fishy.

[Piper3500]

Posted: 4/17/10 at 12:17pm

"People quit their jobs, spouses leave their spouses, chelsea queens cancel their gym memberships and actors quit acting jobs;get over it people. She's gone, the show has been replaced, and as Mullally states, organically this will blow over. "

and in a lot of those things there are not paid contracts and union dues and advertising/promotions.

organically...that was funny. nothing organic will happen.

she also stated she was not a diva. i have heard on here that she is, but i don't know the woman and i don't want to believe that one.

quitting an acting job on broadway is unfortunately not as easy as "quitting" other things in life.

Updated On: 4/17/10 at 12:17 PM