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| Posted by: SQ 10:17 am EST 02/09/21 | |
| In reply to: What shows could Betty Buckley have done from 1977-1981 - bobby2 11:53 pm EST 02/08/21 | |
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| These days Broadway performers would "kill" for a TV gig. | |
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| re: how times changed | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 05:57 pm EST 02/09/21 | |
| In reply to: re: how times changed - SQ 10:17 am EST 02/09/21 | |
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| These days it's also easier for a person to be on a TV show *and* do Broadway. | |
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| re: how times changed | |
| Posted by: whereismikeyfl 02:04 pm EST 02/09/21 | |
| In reply to: re: how times changed - SQ 10:17 am EST 02/09/21 | |
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| Nothing has changed. Stage performers have always wanted TV or film gigs, while claiming that they preferred the theater. Even Eve Harrington pulled that one when she received her Sarah Siddons back in the 1950s. If Buckley really wanted to, she could have left her show. But no actor has ever walked away from a TV or film role, so that they could do a stage project. |
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| re: how times changed | |
| Posted by: bobby2 05:51 pm EST 02/09/21 | |
| In reply to: re: how times changed - whereismikeyfl 02:04 pm EST 02/09/21 | |
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| Buckley seems to have a complicated relationship with Eight is Enough. I've heard her disparage it like she was stuck there when she wanted to be doing better projects but nowadays the more mellow Betty seems to speak well of it. She did though refuse to return to the reunion movie they did. Mary Frann played her part. |
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| re: how times changed | |
| Posted by: kess0078 04:02 pm EST 02/09/21 | |
| In reply to: re: how times changed - whereismikeyfl 02:04 pm EST 02/09/21 | |
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| Well, a high profile example from the last decade: Lily Rabe famously walked away from a very likely lucrative project - a role in the final two films in The Hunger Games series. She opted to do the significantly less lucrative Shakespeare in the Park production of “The Merchant of Venice” opposite Al Pacino, which eventually did transfer to Broadway and earn her a Tony nomination. (Patina Miller was cast in the role Rabe left.) But yes - it’s an uncommon occurrence, but does happen. |
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| LuPone and Neuwirth | |
| Posted by: DanielVincent 04:06 pm EST 02/09/21 | |
| In reply to: re: how times changed - kess0078 04:02 pm EST 02/09/21 | |
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| LuPone left Life Goes On to do Sunset Blvd. Bebe Neuwirth left Cheers to do Kiss of the Spider Woman. |
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| re: LuPone and Neuwirth | |
| Posted by: bobby2 05:49 pm EST 02/09/21 | |
| In reply to: LuPone and Neuwirth - DanielVincent 04:06 pm EST 02/09/21 | |
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| Life Goes On was already ending (or cancelled) when LuPone was getting ready to do Sunset. How did they write Neuwirth out of Cheers? Alec Baldwin supposedly gave up the sequel to The Hunt for Red October to do Streetcar with Jessica Lange but that story sounds a bit fishy. I suspect they might have wanted Harrison Ford to begin with and eased him out or refused to accommodate his schedule. |
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| re: LuPone and Neuwirth | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 11:05 pm EST 02/10/21 | |
| In reply to: re: LuPone and Neuwirth - bobby2 05:49 pm EST 02/09/21 | |
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| Laura Benanti left Supergirl to do theatre. They didn't write the character out; they recast her. | |
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| re: LuPone and Neuwirth | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 01:37 pm EST 02/11/21 | |
| In reply to: re: LuPone and Neuwirth - MockingbirdGirl 11:05 pm EST 02/10/21 | |
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| But she also went back to TV very quickly after that, having long-runs on "The Detour", "Younger", and now "Gossip Girl". We're living in a very different media ecosystem now than they had in the the 70s and 80s, when TV stars found it hard to move on from iconic characters and when working in TV meant making a commitment to a 24-episode season (and working on Broadway meant committing to a year-long run, and basically everything but daytime TV shot in LA). In a sign of how things have changed, Benanti continued to do Broadway while she was also appearing in these TV shows (and also guesting on Late Night). So, it's a different world than it was when Buckley was stuck in Cali for four years dreaming of Broadway. |
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