Lauren Graham and Oliver Platt won critical raves for their roles in TV cult hits Gilmore Girls and Huff, but the New York Times' Ben Brantley says they're not exactly lighting up Broadway in the new revival of Guys and Dolls. Gilmore and Platt are the latest TV stars to get bashed by the Times this season; Charles Isherwood eviscerated "a staggeringly miscast" Lili Taylor (Six Feet Under) and an "ill-used" Jena Malone (The Office) for their performances her performance in a revival of Eugene O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra (see the review's truly scathing opening paragraph after the jump), and Mary Louise Parker (Weeds), usually a B'way darling, got slammed for her Hedda Gabler.
But the big names keep on coming:
This article appears in Apr 29 – May 5, 2009.