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Steggert's always stellar

Posted by: WaymanWong 06:27 pm EDT 03/12/14
In reply to: Mothers and Sons today - UWS_JIM 04:39 pm EDT 03/12/14

''Mothers and Sons'' is a new play by Terrence McNally, starring Tyne Daly, and that's more than enough reason to see it, but I'm really eager to catch Bobby Steggert. Show after show, he shines: ''110 in the Shade,'' ''Yank!,'' ''Ragtime,'' ''Big Fish,'' etc. (I wish ''Yank!'' had made it to Broadway; that was such a Tony-worthy tour de force.)

A few weeks ago, Steggert penned a beautiful piece for the Huffington Post, about being an openly gay actor and why ''Mothers and Sons'' means so much to him. (For those who haven't seen the play, it might have spoilers.) Enjoy!

Link Huffington Post: Reaching for the Son

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re: Steggert's always stellar

Posted by: enoch10 03:27 pm EDT 03/13/14
In reply to: Steggert's always stellar - WaymanWong 06:27 pm EDT 03/12/14

well, for once we can agree.

i've seen him in all of those productions and enjoyed him in every one with YANK being by far my favorite of the bunch.


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re: Steggert's NOT always stellar

Posted by: Dale 09:12 pm EDT 03/12/14
In reply to: Steggert's always stellar - WaymanWong 06:27 pm EDT 03/12/14

He is the weakest character in this play. And still have no idea what this play was about.

SPOILER: The fact that Steggert spent most of the end of the play off stage giving a bath to a 2nd grader was a bit creepy!


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re: Steggert's NOT always stellar

Posted by: elijahk63 11:18 pm EDT 03/12/14
In reply to: re: Steggert's NOT always stellar - Dale 09:12 pm EDT 03/12/14

We saw seriously different plays. I and everyone around me loved it and engaged in a glorious conversation afterwards. The kind of experience that happens all too rarely. The entire company is wonderful. As powerful as it gets.


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re: Steggert's NOT always stellar

Posted by: Budinsky 11:13 pm EDT 03/12/14
In reply to: re: Steggert's NOT always stellar - Dale 09:12 pm EDT 03/12/14

Weakest character as far as I'm concerned is little Bud -- a non-entity with a case of the cutes that one typically encounters in a sitcom or rom com. That said, Steggert's character is indeed weak: younger partner with chip on shoulder because older partner's dead lover -- a man he never knew but knows plenty about -- casts his shadow over their perfectly decent relationship.


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re: Steggert's NOT always stellar (spoilers)

Posted by: John_Patti 03:32 pm EDT 03/13/14
In reply to: re: Steggert's NOT always stellar - Budinsky 11:13 pm EDT 03/12/14

Perfectly decent? That was one of the many interesting storylines in the play, was he decent? What was decent in gay life 20 years ago? He cheated on his bf, who knows how many times and yet the bf still loved him even though that cheating may have lead to his death and then to have his mother paint him as a saint... fascinating.


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re: Steggert's NOT always stellar (spoilers)

Posted by: Budinsky 04:00 pm EDT 03/13/14
In reply to: re: Steggert's NOT always stellar (spoilers) - John_Patti 03:32 pm EDT 03/13/14

The decent relationship I referred to as having Andre's shadow cast upon it is the one between Cal (Weller) and Will (Steggert). I thought that was clear, but apparently not.


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