Overview
- Coon’s production of Bug officially opened this past week at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre in a Manhattan Theatre Club run.
- Coon said her recent visibility from The White Lotus and The Gilded Age made her return to Broadway possible, arguing that name recognition now outweighs stage credentials in many casting decisions.
- She remained in New York instead of attending her first Golden Globes nomination, prioritizing the Broadway engagement.
- Playwright Tracy Letts, Coon’s husband, praised her as a formidable stage actor and highlighted the production’s intimate, scary and funny qualities under director David Cromer.
- The couple described theater as their creative home and detailed how they’ve balanced careers and parenting, including Letts taking on solo caregiving when Coon filmed in Thailand.