Greg Mullavey on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson
When one of my lifeās heroes walks off the screen into the reals and supersedes all expectations, thatās a home run. So goes it with Mary Hartman Mary Hartmanās, Greg Mullavey. I got a taste interviewing him on the Zoom a few years ago, but this go āround witnessing him honoring his craft onstage at The Garry Marshall Theatre as Jules Feiffer, in The People VS Lenny Bruce, being eyeball to eyeball sans screens for the first after the show, sharing a warm hug, and culminating with this chat, a master class on auditioning, acting and keeping it real, on screen, on stage, and in life, well, wow!
We talked Gregās early days, his pro-basball playing father, a Red Sox, a White Sox, who went on to coach the Dodgers, first in Brooklyn then in LA which got Greg to Hollywood and transitioned him from stage to screen and back again.Ā A late bloomer, first appearing onstage in the Army post his philosophy degree, 100+ shows later from Broadway to stages across the country to Los Angeles, most recently reprising his role as King Lear, Off-Broadway, 25 years later, and hoping to do so yet again.Ā
We talked acting school - his cronies, Jack Nicholson, Dennis Hopper, and Harry Dean Stanton, and how a certain someone scored an Easy Rideā¦ his first TV role opposite Telly Savalas, Mary Hartman, Mary HartmanāāLouise Lasser, Norman Lear, Mary Kay Place, Dabney Coleman, Martin Mull, Fred Willardā¦ Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice and how both went over with his folksā¦ meeting Meredith MacCrae, their high profile marriage, his Broadway debut (the thrill), opposite Mia Farrow, co-starring off-Broadway with Marlo Thomas, iCarly and a new generation and his ongoing important theatrical collaborations with lawyer Martin Garbus and playwright Susan Charlotte shining a spotlight on human rights.Ā
We talked health, well-being, supplements, COVID, how he met Ariana, his partner of 25ish years, and why they made it legal. Gregās still starring on stage appearing on screen, coaching young actors, with no evidence of slowing down. And heās still learning lines - King Lear, for heavenās sake. Iāll have what heās having!Ā
I adored Greg Mullavey before I met him - now getting to know this talented, whipsmart, inspiring, warm, kind, generous, compassionate man, I adore, more!Ā
Greg Mullavey on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson
SPECIAL TIME **Wednesday, 7/24/24, 1 pm PT, 4 pm ET**
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When one of my lifeās heroes walks off the screen into the reals and supersedes all expectations, thatās a home run. So goes it with Mary Ha
