#Celia Keenan-Bolger

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Do you remember when Miss Nilsson sang the "Jewel Song" here? How could I forget.

Carrie Coon and Celia Keenan-Bolger as BERTHA RUSSELL AND MRS BRUCE

(ft. Douglas Sills as JOSH BORDEN)

THE GILDED AGE (2022 -) | 2.08 "In Terms of Winning and Losing"

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The cast of The Gilded Age celebrate the premiere of season 2 in NYC, photographed by Emilio Madrid

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spelling bee fans lemme hear you make some noise

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The 2014 Glass Menagerie's Cast really had Christian Borle on the mind.

I'm also laughing at this accidental transition I made.

Video titles:

Tony Nominee Secrets! Looks Like "Glass Menagerie"'s Celia Keenan-Bolger's Got the Hots for Pirates

"Glass Menagerie'"s Zachary Quinto Hosts a Holiday Sleepover on "Side by Side by Susan Blackwell"

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BROADWAY DIVAS SUPERLATIVES: And the Tony Goes to...

Here in this house, we love and respect the play nominees just as much as the musical ones. That being said, it's like pulling teeth to get appropriate video clips.

Video Clips Beneath the Cut: More Polls

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Every Outfit in The Gilded Age - Outfit 174 - Bruce's outfit 5 - Season 2, Episode 8

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The Gilded Age's Broadway Divas: Mrs. Bruce (Celia Keenan-Bolger)

Despite having a largely underdeveloped Downstairs role in The Gilded Age, Mrs. Bruce runs the Russell household like a tight ship. From averting near-disastrous soup escapades, to catching escaped dogs in the dusty streets, she approaches her job with no-nonsense competence, all while totally unable to reach the high shelves.

For the first time, Celia Keenan-Bolger (45) has broken free of her child typecast cage to play a fully grown adult with adult responsibilities and it must be such a thrill for her. Those unfamiliar with Celia may not be aware of her illustrious career playing children on Broadway as a grown adult.

In 2005, Celia (26) made her Broadway debut in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee as twelve-year-old Olive Ostrovsky, a precocious spelling bee contestant who should have won, dammit, and I'll die on that hill. In 2011, she (31) played thirteen-year-old Molly Aster in Peter and the Starcatcher, nominated for a Tony the same year as her brother Andrew Keenan-Bolger (Newsies). In 2018, she (40) starred in To Kill a Mockingbird as six-to-nine-year-old Scout Finch, for which she won a Tony. This coming spring, Celia (46) will once again be a child on Broadway as she takes on the role of Jessica Lange's teenaged daughter in Mother Play. (List non-exhaustive)

#1: "Green Finch and Linnet Birds," Sweeney Todd (2002)

In one of her earliest professional roles, Celia (24) takes on sixteen-year-old Johanna Barker, the daughter of the titular Sweeney Todd, who has become Judge Turpin's ward. This is not great for her. But the role was. Too often, this particular song gets the short end of the stick. It's long, slow, and very high, yet Celia approaches it with a controlled vibrato that makes us all sigh in relief.

The Kennedy Center production featured a fantastic cast, including Mary Beth Peil as The Beggar Woman, Broadway's Leading Man Brian Stokes Mitchell as Sweeney Todd, and our very own Agnes van Rhijn, Christine Baranski as Mrs. Lovett.

#2: The Light in the Piazza - Pre-Broadway (2003)

Before Kelli O'Hara took on the role of Clara Johnson, a young woman whose mental development stunted at age twelve after being kicked by a horse, the role belonged to Celia Keenan-Bolger (25). Ultimately, when the production moved on from Chicago, the creative team decided they wanted a Clara who was a little older. Kelli, who had been playing Francesca, the sister-in-law, was unwilling to "steal" a role from someone she considered a dear friend, but either way, Celia was out, so Kelli was in with minimal damage to their friendship, which persists today.

However. Some years later, when South Pacific was auditioning their Nellie Forbush actresses, the final three came down to Kelli O'Hara (who got it), Celia Keenan-Bolger, and Victoria Clark, who won a Tony for playing Margaret, Clara's mother, in Piazza. Talk about awkward.

#3: "The I Love You Song," The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (2005)

Losing out on Clara wasn't all thunderclouds for Celia (26). Shortly after, she landed a role in the off-Broadway production of Spelling Bee, and when it transferred to Broadway, she received her first Tony nomination.

In this scene, Olive sings the most heartbreaking and beautiful number in the entire show. It is just devastating. Up until this point, the show is a barrel of laughs, and then suddenly you're sobbing your eyes out over a lonely little girl in a bad home situation.

Will Celia Keenan-Bolger ever be allowed to play an adult again? How long until she is no longer able to play children? How did she get the role of Mrs. Bruce if she's only allowed to play kids? All questions we have no answers to.

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TGA 02x08 In Terms of Winning and Losing

My favorite costumes from THE GILDED AGE (2022- ) | 2x08 "In Terms of Winning and Losing"

Costume Design: Kasia Walicka-Maimone

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hit with the sudden desire to play that potato quality clip of Celia Keenan-Bolger singing Green Finch and Linnet Bird on repeat

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2ST Broadway's "Mother Play" is Truly a Dynamic Daughter/Mother Unpacking

#frontmezzjunkies reviews: @2STNYC's #MotherPlay on #Broadway by #PaulaVogel d: #TinaLandau w/ #JessicaLange #CeliaKeenanBolger #JimParsons #MotherPlayBway #2STMotherPlay

Celia Keenan-Bolger and Jessica Lange in 2ST Broadway’s Mother Play. Photo by Joan Marcus. The Broadway Theatre Review: 2ST’s Mother Play By Ross ‘A play in five evictions’, reads the subtitle of the new Broadway star-filled gem of a play, Mother Play, unpacking heartache, disappointment, and complicated attachments, literally, at Second Stage’s Hayes Theater. Its one compelling treasure trove…

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Celia Keenan-Bolger attends the 77th Annual Tony Awards (June 16, 2024)

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If only I were she!

Celia Keenan-Bolger on naming her baby, getting outed on Instagram and eating like a “normal person”

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I made more spelling bee memes

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“I met this musician!”

I love Celia’s delivery of being like *sigh* he’s so dreamy he’s a swell guy & Lindsay’s delivery being excited puppy oh my god this guy!! I LOVE SO MUCH 😭

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tagged by: @stpauligirl

name: Alli

pronouns: she/her

where do you call home: Steel City! Still very much settling in and getting bearings, but really happy to be here despite the many frictions of moving.

favorite animal: I love my dog when she is not murdering bunnies.

cereal of choice: All-Bran Wheat Bran, which is weirdly hard to find in supermarkets, and I ended up bulk-ordering some from Walmart recently.

visual, auditory, or kinesthetic learner: Kinesthetic, I think?

first pet: Not including assorted short-lived fish, a pinkish hamster named Hampton

favorite scent: Lavender with a touch of lemon

do you believe in astrology: no

how many playlists do you have on your music service of choice: I don't really use any enough to answer this question, tbh. Mostly I just listen to my iTunes library on shuffle, and I'm not sure I've added any new music to that since, like, before COVID...

sharpies or highlighters: Sharpie

song that makes you cry: The entirety of "The I Love You Song" from the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, a situation that has only worsened now being a parent

song that makes you happy: Feel It Still by Portugal. The Man. I started hearing it a bunch in summer 2017, not long after I'd been fired and was starting up my own business, so it just makes me feel upbeat and empowered and ready to fuckin' gooooo.

and finally, do you write/draw/create: I write so much, mostly for work, but honestly that's a good thing most days. I also knit, though rarely as much as I'd like to and I don't often create my own patterns.

tagging @hondagirll, @miabicicletta, @ryeloza

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Their super cute together

"I want to remember every tiny detail, every moment." "Then remember this."

Mrs. Bruce & Mr. Borden The Gilded Age Season 2