At the 92nd Street Y last night Lane tried his best to show that offstage, he’s a Broadway true-believer. Just look at his enthusiasm for The Addams Family, in which he plays family patriarch Gomez.

Or wait, don’t. While Lane’s performance has gotten good notices, the show’s been thoroughly panned. Ben Brantley, usually a liker of things, called Addams Family a “collapsing tomb” in the first sentence of his review. But the critics didn’t just say The Addams Family was bad; some said it was evil. Elisabeth Vincentelli of The New York Post accused the writers of making “a move to court the Wicked crowd,” and sneered that in one song, characters “crackle with the intensity of Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber fighting over a Twinkie.”

“It’s a high profile show,” Lane said to the audience at the 92nd St Y last night. “People write about it and say things, and if you don’t give birth to a masterpiece you fail!”

Lane went on to opine of the screen-to-stage-to-screen adaption of The Producers, speculation about his mental state and his recollection of receiving offers of psychiatric help. Read the full piece here.

Related: Jordan Roth spoke with The Wall Street Journal about his experience with the series this year.

Broadway Talks will continue this fall, stay tuned for announcements on who will be appearing! Who was your favorite guest this year? Nathan Lane, Sean Hayes, Laura Linney, or Liev Schreiber?

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