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Mary-Louise Parker to Headline Broadway Revival of Hedda Gabler
Tony Award winner Mary-Louise Parker will star in a Broadway revival of Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler this winter, produced by Roundabout Theatre Company. Featuring a new adaptation by Christopher Shinn, the play will begin previews on January 6 and open on January 25 at the American Airlines Theatre, directed by Ian Rickson.In Hedda Gabler, newlywed Hedda Tesman finds herself bored with married life to her scholar husband, George. As the daughter of General Gabler, she had grown accustomed to the freedom and exciting social world of her father’s home. When her rival, Mrs. Elvsted, reenters her life with Hedda’s former lover, Eilert Lovberg in tow, Hedda sets out on a shocking path of destruction that affects the lives of everyone around her.
If you run through all of the crimes she’s committed, the danger she’s exposed her children to, and the continually dubious decisions she continues to make, it would be easy to damn Nancy Botwin, the lead character on Showtime’s hit comedy Weeds. That’s why it’s all the more impressive that as played by Mary-Louise Parker, we still like Nancy and can enjoy watching her actions, even as we think, “I can’t believe she’s doing this…”
I recently had the opportunity to chat with Parker, to find out how she perceives Nancy and also what she thought about the big changes the series has gone through this season. IGN TV: The show really reinvented itself this year. What did you think when you heard the plan to completely change the location and dynamic?
Mary-Louise Parker: I thought it was kind of brilliant. [Weeds creator] Jenji Kohan came to me and she was like, “How would you feel if we burnt down Agrestic?” I said, “I think that’s awesome! Burn it down!” I think that’s her genius. I think that’s characteristic about what’s brilliant about her and what’s perverse and awesome about her, is that she’s willing to take that kind of chance, you know? And I was just like, “Burn it down!” [Laughs] I love that she did that. I love that about her. And I think it changed everything and gave us our best season yet. Read the rest of this entry »
Hey all! Thanks very much to Mel and Hayley for taking me on as a co-web here. I have some season 4 screencaptures of Weeds coming up to add to the gallery so keep on the lookout for those!
Mary-Louise Parker first caught the eyes of lesbian/bisexual viewers in the 1991 film Fried Green Tomatoes when she played Ruth Jamison, the femme who stole the heart of tomboy Idgie Threadgoode (Mary Stuart Masterson). Although the film version de-gayed much of the Fannie Flagg novel it was based on, Parker and Masterson still managed to convey their characters’ love and attraction to each other, making the film a lesbian classic.
Since then, Parker has appeared in many films, including most recently The Spiderwick Chronicles and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. She has also signed on to the independent film Les Passages, where her character falls for a woman played by Julie Delpy. On television, the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning Parker has starred in the HBO miniseries Angels in America, NBC’s The West Wing and Showtime’s Weeds, which is currently in its fourth season.
Last week during the TCA press tour in Los Angeles, she chatted briefly with AfterEllen.com about the status of Les Passages, the de-gaying of Fried Green Tomatoes, and a fun new web video in which she gives advice to her lesbian friend on how to pick up girls.
AfterEllen.com: Can you tell me a little about the role you’ll be playing in Les Passages?
Mary-Louise Parker: Oh, you know, that doesn’t have funding!
AE: So it’s sort of stuck right now?
MLP: Yeah, I want to do that movie, but it doesn’t have funding, so it’s not imminent. Someone needs to fund it. I would be happy to do it, but it’s not funded. Read the rest of this entry »
