Article courtesy USA Today: Mamie Gummer gets it. She knows why people are interested in her family tree, given that she’s the daughter of the formidable Meryl Streep, the most Oscar-nominated actress in history. “I understand the curiosity, and she’s an amazing lady,” Gummer says. “It’s always been there, that shadow. It’s been a comforting presence. I feel like I’ve negotiated how to live with it.” Plus, given that she’s nearly the mirror image of a young Streep, “It’s hard to hide it,” Gummer, 24, says with a laugh. Critics have been kind to Gummer, a graduate of Northwestern University’s theater program in 2005, who is making her Broadway debut in the Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, which runs through July 6. She’s clueless naïf Cécile Volanges opposite Laura Linney’s manipulative, malicious La Marquise de Merteuil and rapacious, seductive sidekick Ben Daniels as Le Vicomte de Valmont.

With the announcement of the Tony Award nominations earlier today, “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” has received a total of five nominations in the following categories:

Best Revival of a Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play: Ben Daniels
Best Scenic Design of a Play: Scott Pask
Best Lighting Design of a Play: Donald Holder
Best Costume Design of a Play: Katrina Lindsay

Added pictures from both the curtain call and the opening night’s after party of “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” to the Image Library.

“Les Liaisons Dangereuses” has just opened on Broadway two days ago, yet it has received a stunning 9 nominations for the Outer Critics Circle Awards. Sadly no nomination for Mamie, still a wonderful achievement for her Broadway debut. The play was nominated in the categories of Outstanding Revival of a Play, director (Rufus Norris), actress and actor in a play (Laura Linney and Ben Daniels), featured actress in a play (Siân Phillips and Jessica Collins), outstanding set design, costume design and lighting design. The winners will be announced on May 22. More information can be found at the awards’ official website.

Mamie has been out and about at the Tribeca Film Festival quite often these last days, attending various premieres, supporting the recent work of her parents – the premiere of “Theater of War”, a documentary on Meryl Streep’s performance of Mother Courage in 2006 as well as Don Gummer’s contribution of his “Maquette for Primary Compass,” a site-specific outdoor permanent sculpture completed in 2000 that is part of the collection of the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio. Also, Mamie promoted the short subject film she is starring in, “All Saints Day”. Pictures from all events can be now found in the Image Library.