Feb 21
Matt Bomer Drops the News: Hulu's 'Golden Gays' Sitcom 'Mid-Century Modern' has Wrapped Season 1 Filming
Kilian Melloy READ TIME: 2 MIN.
Matt Bomer has dropped the news that his upcoming queer-themed sitcom "Mid-Century Modern" has completed production on the 10 episodes of Season 1.
The "Fellow Travelers" star takes on a very different role this time around, co-starring with Nathan Lane, Linda Lavin, and Nathan Lee Graham in a show that's been compared to "The Golden Girls," only with gay characters.
"That's a wrap on season one of Midcentury Modern!" Bomer exulted in a Feb. 20 Instagram post.
"This show was a dream come true for me in so many ways," the "White Collar" alum went on to add. "I'm going to have to make a new bucket list!
"I can't wait for you all to see it," Bomer continued. "Midcentury Modern is coming to @hulu soon!"
"The series follows three best friends – gay gentlemen of a certain age – who, after an unexpected death, decide to spend their golden years living together in Palm Springs where the wealthiest one lives with his mother and a naked Gen Z housekeeper," Broadway World detailed.
The writeup detailed the "Golden Girls" parallels of the upcoming sitcom, noting that "Matt Bomer plays a character akin to Betty White's Rose of the 'Golden Girls,' with Nathan Lane serving as the Dorothy character, originally played by Bea Arthur."
"Linda Lavin played the part of Lane's mother, Mrs. Schneiderman. Nathan Lee Graham stars as the character of Arthur, a longtime member of the fashion industry."
Lavin, sadly, died due to complications arising from lung cancer in the midst of production. She completed seven of the first season's 10 episodes, Broadway World noted, adding that, according to a post by co-creator Max Mutchnick, "the character will pass away during the show's later episodes."
A release from Hulu last summer offered more details, including that Lane's character, Bunny, will be the wealthy gent, and Lavin will play his mother, Sybil.
"A successful businessman with one foot in retirement, Bunny is forever in search of love, but he first has to be convinced he's worthy of it," the release narrated.
"Like her son, Sybil's strengths are her weaknesses: Wise, caring, and iconoclastic – which sometimes means she's critical, smothering and amoral."
Regarding Bomer's character, the release detailed, "Jerry left the Mormon Church and his marriage in his early 20s after his wife informed him and the rest of the congregation that he was a homosexual."
"Now a latter-day saint in the literal sense of the term, Jerry is pure of heart," the release added. "He is also hard of body and soft of head."
The entire first season will premiere on Hulu next month, and we'll be seated. Will you?
Kilian Melloy serves as EDGE Media Network's Associate Arts Editor and Staff Contributor. His professional memberships include the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, the Boston Online Film Critics Association, The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, and the Boston Theater Critics Association's Elliot Norton Awards Committee.
