Jane Krakowski and Laura Benanti drama?

[ljay889]

Jane Krakowski is on Watch What Happens Live tonight and Andy asked her a fan question about not getting along with Laura Benanti during She Loves Me. Jane neither confirmed or denied it but it certainly looked like she was hinting that they didn't get along. Sandy Bernhard is also on the show tonight and threw several doses of shade towards Laura, lol. 

Was this well known at the time? I think I vaguely remember some gossip around here. I thought they worked really lovely together in the show, but it wouldn't be the first time two costars didn't get along. 

[A Director]

You just looooooooooove that gossip!

 

[CurtainPullDowner]

What did Sandy say?

[Sondheim_Disney1595]

Link?

[IdinaBellFoster]

If it's true that really unfortunate. They played so well off each other. 

[PThespian]

If it's true I wonder if they had the same problem when they were in Nine together. 

[Jordan Catalano]

Sandy threw major shade at Laura and Jane just sat there saying everything with her silence. 

[Deena Jones]

Sandra has said several times on her Sirius Radio Andy show that Laura came in when she was doing She Loves Me and was sick and coughed all over her.  Sandy is such a hag

[givesmevoice]

Benanti and Krakowski seem to have very different personalities, so I wonder if they just didn't mesh and get along. Krakowski comes across as very earnest in interviews (in a way that isn't even cloying), whereas Benanti is much more cynical and sarcastic. 

[UncleCharlie]

Deena Jones said: "Sandra has said several times on her Sirius Radio Andy show that Laura came in when she was doing She Loves Me and was sick and coughed all over her.  Sandy is such a hag

 

How does not wanting a sick person to cough all over you make you a hag?

 

[IdinaBellFoster]

givesmevoice said: "Benanti and Krakowski seem to have very different personalities, so I wonder if they just didn't mesh and get along. Krakowski comes across as very earnest in interviews (in a way that isn't even cloying), whereas Benanti is much more cynical and sarcastic. "

Reminds me of the Menzel/Chenoweth relationship. They aren't best friends, but they worked well together and respect each other's talents.

 

[BrodyFosse123]

Actors not getting along has been quite the norm for decades.  Here are famous pairings that did not get along off-stage/off-screen but created memorable and legendary performances:

Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger in the film TERMS OF ENDEARMENT

Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams on TV in LAVERNE & SHIRLEY

Debra Winger and Richard Gere in the film AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN

Charlize Theron and Tom Brady in MAD MAX

Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth in Broadway's WICKED

The list is endless.  

[poisonivy2]

BrodyFosse123 said: "Actors not getting along has been quite the norm for decades.  Here are famous pairings that did not get along off-stage/off-screen but created memorable and legendary performances:

Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger in the film TERMS OF ENDEARMENT

Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams on TV in LAVERNE & SHIRLEY

Debra Winger and Richard Gere in the film AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN

Charlize Theron and Tom Brady in MAD MAX

Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth in Broadway's WICKED

The list is endless.  

"

Also:

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers

The entire Sex and the City cast

The entire Desperate Housewives cast

Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady (her autobiography has some great stories about him)

And (rumored) Leslie Odom and Lin Manuel Miranda

And then of course there's the sports teammates that didn't get along but were successful together. Most notable is probably Shaquille O'Neill and Kobe Bryant.

[AEA AGMA SM]

As long as any "drama" remains checked at the stage door and the atmosphere backstage is professional that's all I ask for as a stage manager. I certainly don't care if people aren't all best friends, because the reality of the world is that some people are just not meant to be friends.

[CurtainPullDowner]

If Drama is "checked" at the door than it really isn't backstage drama is it?

I've heard several stories of other Actors, (Stephan Lynch, Tony Yasback) and Producers (INTO THE WOODS) having problems with with a certain Actress. Your reputation will follow you.

Add Nathan and Bebe to the list.

[MCfan2]

I'd always heard that Fred and Ginger got along all right. They weren't BFFs -- and there was that famous kerfuffle over the feathers on her dress -- but they seem to have respected and even liked each other. (The fact that he ultimately turned the feather thing into a joke, and gave her a charm to commemorate it, seems to bear that out.)

[IdinaBellFoster]

CurtainPullDowner said: "If Drama is "checked" at the door than it really isn't backstage drama is it?

I've heard several stories of other Actors, (Stephan Lynch, Tony Yasback) and Producers (INTO THE WOODS) having problems with with a certain Actress. Your reputation will follow you.

Add Nathan and Bebe to the list."

A note on the Producers of the INTO THE WOODS revival. They were fully aware of Benanti's injury, but refused to acknowledge it in the press. Instead they put out a release stating they loved Benanti but wish she would show up for work.

I can't speak for the other actors, but the Producers didn't make that situation any easier for themselves. 

 

[givesmevoice]

I'm really glad I'm not expected to be best friends with all of my colleagues.

[BeingAlive 2]

I dont think this is true.  I do remember Benanti being upset on twitter when Krakowski released a similar Peter Pan Live! audition parody video. She retweeted a lot of people saying Jane copied her but that was after Nine and before she loves me but that seemed to all be in good humor . However, Laura did post an instagram two weeks ago of her baby and thanked Jane for giving her the baby blanket, so I can't imagine they are really at odds with each other. 

[Deena Jones]

UncleCharlie said: "Deena Jones said: "Sandra has said several times on her Sirius Radio Andy show that Laura came in when she was doing She Loves Me and was sick and coughed all over her.  Sandy is such a hag

 

How does not wanting a sick person to cough all over you make you a hag?

Sandra is truly an awful person.. Have you ever listened to her show?  She is nice to her guests while they are on the show and then bad mouths them the very next day.  She has done this countless times.  She also wont drop the Laura coughing bit either and keeps bringing it up... like beating a dead horse.  



 

 

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[GeorgeandDot]

I feel like whenever two talented women are in a show together there's always rumors of a backstage feud.  I would take all of this with a grain of salt.

[TFMH18]

It's true. They can't stand each other. Not sure when it began, but it was the case when they did She Loves Me. It also means less than nothing to me if you don't believe me, but let's say it came from some horse's mouth. 

[ArtMan]

Most of the women of Desperate Housewives got along with each other.  They just couldn't stand Terri Hatcher.  Then later, Nicolete Sheridan.

[Kad]

Even if they loathe each other, they are professional enough to leave it offstage where it belongs.

[brian1973]

I get the distinct feeling that Laura Benanti might not always be sweetness and light. 

 

Krakowski om on the other hand , I've only heard delightful things about from people who've worked with her.