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theater actors in HBO's "The Gilded Age"
Posted by: ilw 09:25 pm EST 01/20/22

In the Hollywood Reporter's review of the new HBO drama The Gilded Age, Dan Fienberg writes:

"Fellowes has raided Broadway’s upper echelon on a level that I’m going to have to guess is unprecedented for a show so young. I’ve mentioned Baranski, Nixon, O’Hara and Finneran, a group in which seven-time Tony nominee O’Hara must’ve felt insecure about her lone win, but that’s barely the tip of the Tony-winning iceberg. Audra McDonald plays Peggy’s mother. Donna Murphy is Mrs. Astor, one of several real-life luminaries woven into the tale, along with tastemaker Ward McAllister, played by Nathan Lane. Bill Irwin plays a potential beau for Ada. Michael Cerveris, Celia Keenan-Bolger and Debra Monk play “downstairs” denizens with secrets. Tony winners all! It’s almost a surprise to see that admired stage performers like Coon, Patrick Page, Linda Emond and John Douglas Thompson only have Tony nominations to their credit. I’m going to go out on a limb and say that the musical episode of The Gilded Age will be the greatest episode of television ever made."
Link Dan Fienberg's review of HBO's
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re: theater actors in HBO's "The Gilded Age"
Posted by: lanky 08:20 pm EST 01/21/22
In reply to: theater actors in HBO's "The Gilded Age" - ilw 09:25 pm EST 01/20/22

Claybourne Elder, of "Company," also appears in the series.
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Do Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon play sisters?
Posted by: BalbertBW 08:39 am EST 01/21/22
In reply to: theater actors in HBO's "The Gilded Age" - ilw 09:25 pm EST 01/20/22

That would be interesting, considering The Real Thing original cast!
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re: Do Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon play sisters?
Posted by: showtunesoprano 10:27 am EST 01/21/22
In reply to: Do Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon play sisters? - BalbertBW 08:39 am EST 01/21/22

Yes they do. Baranski mentioned it when she was on Colbert this week.
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re: Do Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon play sisters?
Posted by: showtunetrivia 11:08 am EST 01/21/22
In reply to: re: Do Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon play sisters? - showtunesoprano 10:27 am EST 01/21/22

Please tell me there will be extras on the DVD of them singing Irving Berlin’s “Sisters.”

Laura, who agrees with the article about the necessity for a “musical episode” with that stellar cast
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re: Do Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon play sisters?
Posted by: ilw 11:50 am EST 01/21/22
In reply to: re: Do Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon play sisters? - showtunetrivia 11:08 am EST 01/21/22

The tv critic Daniel Fienberg, who wrote the article, is also a theater lover, and often makes jokes about how certain tv characters played by musical theater performers should break into song (e.g., Saul in Homeland played by Mandy Patinkin).
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re: Do Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon play sisters?
Posted by: showtunesoprano 11:56 am EST 01/21/22
In reply to: re: Do Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon play sisters? - ilw 11:50 am EST 01/21/22

Whenever I see 2 or more musical theatre performers on a TV show, I always say "ok, now sing" at my TV, even when they're in a heated dramatic scene.
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re: "Audra McDonald plays Peggy’s mother"
Posted by: Dale 12:15 am EST 01/21/22
In reply to: theater actors in HBO's "The Gilded Age" - ilw 09:25 pm EST 01/20/22

Who's Peggy?
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re: "Audra McDonald plays Peggy’s mother"
Posted by: KingSpeed 01:33 am EST 01/21/22
In reply to: re: "Audra McDonald plays Peggy’s mother" - Dale 12:15 am EST 01/21/22

Denee Benton plays Peggy. Benton was Natasha in the original Broadway cast of "N,P, and the Great Comet off 1812."
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