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‘Mid-Century Modern’ Star Nathan Lane On Making A “Joyously Gay” Sitcom & Working With The Iconic Linda Lavin: “She Was Beloved By Everyone”
‘Mid-Century Modern’ Star Nathan Lane On Making A Joyously Gay Sitcom & Working With The Indelible Linda Lavin
If that wasn’t special enough, this series — co-starring Nathan Lee Graham and Matt Bomer, and often referred to as the “gay Golden Girls” — gave him the opportunity he’d always dreamed of: the chance to work with Broadway legend Linda Lavin, who sadly passed away during production. NATHAN LANE: I was in Los Angeles, about to start Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, and Ryan Murphy called and said he had had a dinner with Max Mutchnick who told him about this script and thought it was hilarious and, even though he had never done a multi-camera situation comedy in front of a live audience before, if he was going to do one, this was the one he wanted to do. The advantage I think we all had, aside from a great writing staff and a leader like James Burrows, who’s basically the godfather of the situation comedy, is that there was an instant rapport and camaraderie with this cast because we all come from the theater.
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