On 2/15/2022 at 5:53 AM, pasdetrois said:
I think another poster mentioned it - this series is stuffed with theater actors.
Not just theater actors -- MUSICAL theater actors! Seems a waste not to be able to use their musical talents on this show. Off the top of my head, all of these people have starred in major Broadway musicals:
Denée Benton (Peggy Scott)
Michael Cerveris (Watson)
Douglas Sills (M. Baudin)
Donna Murphy (Mrs. Astor)
Kelli O'Hara (Mrs. Fane)
Audra McDonald (Mrs. Scott)
Nathan Lane (Ward McAllister)
Bill Irwin (Cornelius Eckhard)
Christine Baranski (Agnes)
Celia Keenan-Bolger (Mrs. Bruce)
Katie Finneran (Mrs. Morris)
Debra Monk (Armstrong)
Claybourne Elder (John Adams)
Ron Raines (Mr. Thorburn)
Every time I hear the name "Morris" on this show I think of "The Heiress," in which Montgomery Clift plays a man named Morris who is a gold digger in pursuit of the homely New York heiress Olivia DeHavilland (who won an Oscar for her performance), whose father strongly disapproves. Somewhat of a parallel to some of this show's storylines. Was that movie (which was originally a play and is based on Henry James's "Washington Square) set in the same time period as "The Gilded Age?" The book was published in 1880, but I'm not sure if it took place at that time or further in the past.
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