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wardengrill · 3 months
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Broadway Divas Tournament: Round 1A
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It's not an MTC Broadway show without five-time Tony-nominee Laura Linney (1964). Of her thirteen Broadway credits, three have been with MTC, including the recent Summer, 1976 (2023), and The Little Foxes (2017), where she and Cynthia Nixon swapped roles every other performance. All five of her Tony nominations have been for Best Actress in a Play, and dammit, if she doesn't win one before she dies, I will riot.
Katie Finneran (1971) has comedy down to a science. Though Tony voters skew slightly towards the more meaty dramatic roles, Katie has won them over twice in her career, stealing the show in both Noises Off (2002) and Promises, Promises (2010), the later of which she appears for less than fifteen minutes, gets one song, and brings the house down. Chaotic, unhinged, and a goldsmith in her free time, she has starred in fourteen Broadway shows, including Cabaret.
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"I sat front row center during the final performance of Summer, 1976 and I was close enough to watch the tears pour down Laura Linney's face. I am in awe, and her voice could wake me from the dead. A fantastic actress and one of the nicest people in the business according to insider information."
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"During the Stars in the House Ukraine benefit, this woman propositioned Audra McDonald and Christine Baranski for a threesome, flirted with 99-year-old Norman Lear, and shamelessly made out with Seth Rudetsky's husband, all while poor long-suffering Cynthia Nixon trailed after her like a worried mother hen. Chaos unlike anything you've ever seen before. Just listen to her sing "Getting Married Today."
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Bram & Alice Promo Photos starring Alfred Molina and Traylor Howard. More promo photos:
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droughtofapathy · 4 months
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The Gilded Age's Broadway Divas: Anne Morris (Katie Finneran)
Everyone's favorite unlikable snob, Anne Morris was last seen in season one, storming out of Aurora Fane's drawing room in full mourning regalia. Though Katie Finneran's husband may have found his way on the union strikes, she has not been seen on the show since, much to my eternal dismay.
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Though seen here as the upright and haughty Anne without a humorous bone in her body, Katie Finneran is Broadway's gift to comedy. Yet another Diva with two Tonys to her name, she transcends categories. Best Featured Actress in a Play (Noises Off), and Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Promises, Promises), both knee-slapping comedies--a particular achievement when statistically dramatic roles are more likely to net awards.
Other notable stage roles include: It's Only a Play (Julie), Annie (Miss Hannigan), and one of the many Sally Bowles replacements in Cabaret, for which, alas, I have found no footage, and only one production still (but I think about it a lot). Most recently, she was in The Thanksgiving Play on Broadway this past spring. I saw it three times. It is quintessentially Katie Finneran unhinged. (And you should all read my fanfiction HERE)
#1: "Getting Married Today," Company (2011)
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Starting off strong with yet another Sondheim, Katie Finneran tackled the hardest Sondheim number to master just a few months after giving birth. Playing Amy, a bride-to-be with pre-wedding jitters, Katie delivers comedy gold with her breakdown performance. Anyone who has attempted this nightmare of a number knows that there is no recovering if you get tripped up.
While my favorite rendition of this song remains Madelaine Kahn, now and forever, Katie has the honor of taking second place. This is a mesmerizing performance, and I am terrified for her.
Katie has previously discussed the abject fear of performing this song, compounded with the trials and tribulations of having given birth, and leaking breast milk into the white dress.
#2: "Little Girls," Annie (2013)
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Continuing with Katie Finneran's musical theatre comedy breakdown, here she is as reviled woman and beloved character Miss Hannigan from Annie in the 2012 revival. Reviews were largely mixed, and Katie's personal experience was largely overshadowed by having an infant child to take care of, but it's a hell of a number nonetheless.
The show only received one Tony nomination for Best Revival, and lost to Pippin. And yeah, that tracks. After seven months into her run, Katie left the show to pursue a television role, and was replaced by Jane Lynch, who performed at the Tonys, and was then replaced by Faith Prince to close the show.
#3: "The Boy From..." The Lilly Awards Cabaret (2014)
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If you're sensing a theme, good. A character actress through and through, Katie enjoys songs she can sink her teeth into, and Sondheim always delivers. This particular number is the most well-known song from a little-known off-Broadway revue called The Mad Show with lyrics semi-anonymously written by Sondheim.
The song is a direct parody of "The Girl From Ipanema," and every character cabaret artist has covered it at some point. It's just a delight.
Katie also performed this song during a mini Gilded Age reunion on Stars in the House during their marathon Ukraine fundraiser. During the course of her time on the show, she flirted with Norman Lear, made out with Seth Rudetsky's husband, and proposed Anne, Dorothy Scott, and Agnes van Rhijn have a threesome in The Gilded Age season two. And I beg you to watch that clip HERE.
#4: "A Fact Can Be a Beautiful Thing," Promises, Promises (2013)
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No full clip of this number can be found online, and that was both a massive mistake on the marketing team's part, and a devastation to me personally.
Thirteen years after Christine Baranski delighted Encores! audiences, Katie Finneran stepped up to the plate to deliver a truly unhinged performance which netted her a second Tony. The actress who originated the role in 1968 also won a Tony.
Here Marge MacDougall is a drunk, bold, and leggy barfly who dances on bars, and lifts Sean Hayes up and carries him around whilst dancing in heels. Yeah, Katie Finneran is also very strong. Unfortunately, the wildest parts of her fifteen-minute show-stealing time aren't in this clip. There is a bootleg out there somewhere, I've seen it, and I will dutifully keep looking for it.
#5: "Go To Jail," Broadway Bares XX (2010)
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Veering from musical theatre just a little, please enjoy this hammy sketch from the BC/EFA Broadway Bares XX Strip-opoly show of 2010. Though Katie keeps her clothes on, we're treated to a little surprise curtesy of fellow comedy legend Jackie Hoffman.
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turtle-down · 1 month
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10 Questions with Katie Finneran + bonus:
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clairedsfield · 1 year
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up here moments that made me laugh | part 1/?
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dailydarcycarden · 3 days
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Happy anniversary to THE THANKSGIVING PLAY
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mthguy · 5 days
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The wonderful Katie Finneran as Amy performs “Not Getting Married,” in Stephen Sondheim's Company on PBS Great Performances, with Aaron Lazar as Paul and Neil Patrick Harris as Robert.
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icedteaandoldlace · 11 months
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Sometimes a family is a writer, an artist, an anxiety riddled coroner, two small town busybodies, one high school bully, a ghost, and a random dude your ex cheated on you with, the last 6 of which are imaginary. 🩷
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Freaky
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Summary: High schooler Millie Kessler (Kathryn Newton) and a legendary serial killer known only as the Blissfield Butcher (Vince Vaughn) trade bodies after the latter stabs the former with a mystical dagger.
Refreshing, sharp horror-comedy that made me realise that I needed to see 6’5” middle-aged man act like 5’3” teenage girl.
Rating: 4.25/5
Photo credit: The Guardian
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costumeloverz71 · 1 year
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Anne Morris (Katie Finneran) Black & white dress.. The Gilded Age (2022-).. Costume by Kasia Walicka Maimone.
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Broadway Divas Tournament: Round 1A Audios
Ahead of the Broadway Divas Tournament commencement later this evening, I have compiled a small collection of personally-recorded audio bootlegs pertaining to our first sixteen Divas. Unfortunately though my 55 GB folder of audios may be vast and varied, it is exhaustive, so apologies to those I have never seen (Cherry Jones Jan Maxwell, and Janet McTeer), and to those in two separate productions of Cinderella that I have since lost (Paula Leggett Chase and Rebecca Luker).
(Turns out there's a ten-audio limit, so see the reblog for Patricia Clarkson who's going to be all by her lonesome unless I can find those damn Cinderella bootlegs from over a decade ago.)
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As promised, Bram & Alice 9 episodes on YouTube! Click here to access the full playlist.
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brokehorrorfan · 1 year
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Freaky will be released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on January 24 via Scream Factory. The 2020 body swap comedy-slasher hybrid is produced by Blumhouse (Get Out, Halloween).
Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day) directs from a script he co-wrote with Michael Kennedy (Bordertown). Vince Vaughn and Kathryn Newton star with Katie Finneran, Celeste O'Connor, Misha Osherovich, Uriah Shelton, and Alan Ruck.
Special features are listed below.
Disc 1 - 4K UHD
Audio commentary by director/co-writer Christopher Landon
Disc 2 - Blu-ray:
Audio commentary by director/co-writer Christopher Landon
Split Personalities: Millie vs. The Butcher featurette
Crafting the Kills featurette
Christopher Landon’s Brand of Horror featurette
Final Girl Reframed featurette
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High school senior Millie (Kathryn Newton) is just trying to survive being the unpopular kid when she becomes The Butcher’s (Vince Vaughn) next target. Their fateful encounter gets twisted and they wake up in each other’s bodies. Now looking like a towering psychopath, Millie learns she only has 24 hours to reverse the curse and get her body back before the switch becomes permanent and she’s trapped in the form of a middle-aged maniac forever.
Pre-order Freaky.
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Katie Finneran on Why Women Kill Season 1
as Naomi on Why Women Kill Season [S1 E1]
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