Mary-Louise Parker 'Thrilled' for Weeds Son and Godspell Star Hunter Parrish

Mother/son team Nancy and Silas Botwin may have spent season seven of TV's Weeds feuding over how to run the family drug business, but real life actors Mary-Louise Parker and Hunter Parrish have nothing but love for each other. Parker headed to the November 7 opening night of Godspell at Circle in the Square Theatre especially to cheer on Parrish, who stars as Jesus.

“I’m so excited for him,” Parker told Broadway.com of her screen son on the red carpet. While the Tony-winning actress admitted she doesn’t have much of a history with the Stephen Schwartz show (“I saw it when I was like seven”) she's happy to see Parrish come back to Broadway after making his debut in Spring Awakening in 2008. She even attended opening night with Parrish’s actual real-life mom, Laurie.

“I love seeing him,” Parker gushed. “I’m so proud of him—he’s always talked about doing theater and starting a career in New York, and now he has. He’s taking it really serious and he’s a great person, so I’m thrilled for him.”

Parker is, of course, no stranger to Broadway herself: A Tony winner for Proof , she has starred in productions of Hedda Gabler, Reckless, Bus Stop and Prelude to a Kiss and won an Emmy for the film adaptation of Angels in America.

There’s still no word on whether Weeds will return to Showtime for an eighth season, but during a recent visit to Broadway.com’s Show People, Parrish revealed he hopes to stick around Circle in the Square for quite some time. “We’re still waiting to hear,” he said of Weeds' status. “I don’t want them to start until I can make a good stamp on Godspell.”