Brief Mackie sighting in „Fairly Legal“

TV.com says: „Sarah Shahi stars in this USA project as Kate Reed, a formidable litigator-turned-mediator. Fed up with the bureaucracy and injustice in the legal system, Kate Reed seeks a life of balance, not of winners and losers.“

You can spot Gerald McRaney in this preview of „Fairly Legal“ and watch it on your network from Jan 20th on.
It seems as if he has just a guest role.

TDF Interview about „Dividing the Estate“

ALL IN THE FAMILY

„It was a little nerve-wracking at first, but once the rehearsal process started, it all came back to me …. It’s much more enjoyable, in a way, because at a certain point it’s up to the actors, period. Doing TV or movies, you can give a mediocre performance and it can be fixed with the editing, or give a great performance that can be messed up later. That can’t be done in the theatre. It’s entirely up to us at some point, and the play’s in our hands. I like that.“

This is said by Gerald McRaney in an interview, found at the website of the Theatre Development Fund.

He talks about what led him appear in Horton Foote´s play „Dividing The Estate“ in which he stood on a Broadway stage last October.

Here´s the link to the full article:
All in the Family

Dividing The Estate – Review

Stage Review by Susan Hood:

Divine ‚Dividing The Estate‘
By SUSAN HOOD

June 5, 2009

A masterwork of trenchant comedy by the late Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist Horton Foote is an unequivocal winning conclusion to Hartford Stage’s 45th season.

„Dividing the Estate,“ which last winter had a limited run on Broadway, has received two Tony Award nominations: for best new play and for Hallie Foote, the playwright’s daughter, as best featured actress in a play. The production is directed by Michael Wilson, artistic director of Hartford Stage.

„Dividing the Estate,“ like most of Foote’s work, is set in an imaginary, small Texas town and explores the universal theme of what constitutes „home.“ But it stands apart as a rib-tickling satire, and although set in late 1980s Texas, a time of economic fiasco, this comedy of family dissension and individual moral faults is timeless.

Four generations of the Gordon clan have gathered at the homestead… […]

The cast coheres as a brilliant ensemble, and each actor deserves kudos, as does director Wilson. But there are standouts. … […]
McRaney’s intelligent and multi-layered portrayal of Lewis, the most perplexing of characters, is outstanding, even moving. … […]

•DIVIDING THE ESTATE is 2 hours and 15 minutes in duration, including one intermission. It runs through July 5 at Hartford Stage, 50 Church St., Hartford. Schedule and ticket information: www.hartfordstage.org.