Kathy Griffin's Playbill Bio
Kathy Griffin's Playbill Bio
jacobsnchz14
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#1Kathy Griffin's Playbill Bio
Posted: 3/12/11 at 4:30pm
Here, in all its glory, is Griffin's bio:
Kathy Griffin is thrilled to be performing at the storied and absolutely haunted Belasco Theatre, where she has already told legendary stage impresario David Belasco's ghost, in no uncertain terms, to "Suck it." Ms. Griffin is especially excited to be reprising the role of Kathy Griffin after spending four years as Kathie Lee Gifford in a touring company of Ms. Gifford’s one-woman musical jamboree, Jesus Is My Homeboy. Born in Madagascar, raised in Rangoon (that’s for you, Streisand-obsessed gays), Ms. Griffin made her stage debut at the age of nine in a Griffin family kitchen production of Boys in the Band, where Ms. Griffin played seven gay men simultaneously. Can you say foreshadowing? Broadway: Speed-the-Plow (with Jeremy Piven, Sushi Taster no. 4); Macbeth (Macbeth's wisecracking red-headed sidekick); Les Misérables (Jean Valjean's funny flame-haired henchwoman); The Iceman Cometh (Iceman's sharp-tongued best friend); Neil LaBute's I Hate You But I Won't Say It Till It Can Do the Most Damage (Dead Whore); Cats (Fierce-y Tattletail MacHairBall); Sweeney Todd (Pie Eater No. 3); Chicago (Mrs. Cellophane); Your Arms Too Short to Box With God: A Soaring Celebration in Song and Dance (God's Fight Promoter); Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark (Head Stuntwoman, fired). Off-Broadway: Mark Twain Tonight! (Understudy); Stamp (the sister production to Stomp, but about stamp collecting); How Do I Get to Broadway? Off-Off-Broadway: Live! Live! Girls! Girls! Sex! Sex! (still running). Television: the double-Emmy-winning "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List" (series regular); "Law & Order: SVU" (no, really, this isn't a Playbill joke, I'm like a real New York actor!); "Suddenly Susan" (not Brooke Shields); "Seinfeld" (not Julia Louis-Dreyfus); "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (not Larry David); "Glee" (another Emmy please); CNN "New Year's Eve With Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin" (Gloria Vanderbilt's best friend); more stand-up comedy specials than any other comedian EVER, including four in 2011 alone; "ER"; "The X-Files"; "The Simpsons"; "Ugly Betty"; "American Dad." Ms. Griffin has also hosted countless awards shows. Look, just type "comedy legend" into your search engine and her picture will come up, probably sixth or seventh. Talk show bannings: "Oprah," "The View," "Live with Regis & Kelly," "Ellen," "Maury Povich Baby Daddy Specials," "The 700 Club," "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer." Celebrity Feuds: Oprah, Ryan Seacrest, Bill O'Reilly, any and all Palins and Angela Lansbury (she knows what she did). Film: Pulp Fiction; Four Rooms; It's Pat; Gandhi (Gandhi's wacky girlfriend); Saving Private Ryan; Cold Mountain; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Can’t Stop the Music; Can’t Stop the Music 2: Turn It Up; Can't Stop the Music 3: Okay, Now That's Just Too Loud; The Remains of the Day; Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad White Woman; Black Swan; The King’s Speech; The Social Network. Awards: Ms. Griffin has received two Emmy awards, having been nominated seven times. She has also received three Grammy nominations, the GLAAD Vanguard Award, the Trevor Project’s Lifetime Honoree Award, the Human Rights Campaign's Ally for Equality Award, a 2007 GAYVN Award (aka gay porn), the key to Louisville and the 2011 Tony Award (fingers crossed!). Ms. Griffin is also the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Official Book Club Selection: "A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin." She lives in Los Angeles, but loves New York, and would like to thank her dogs PomPom Griffin and Larry Griffin-Arquette, as well as her loving fiancee Kelsey Grammar. However, Ms. Griffin's most cherished production is that of her four children: Apple, Moses, Willow and Jaden. Without their strength and love and support, she would not be able to continue to tell dick jokes for the best audience in the world (that's you, people!). She would also like to thank God, and remind everyone how closely she follows Biblical scripture: "Behold I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces." (Malachi 2:3)
Source: http://www.broadway.com/shows/kathy-griffin-wants-tony/buzz/155588/kathy-griffin-spoofs-oprah-kathie-lee-spider-man-more-in-funny-broadway-bio/
rmusic11322
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/07
#3Kathy Griffin's Playbill Bio
Posted: 3/12/11 at 5:12pm
Oh my goodness, that was the best biography ever!
"Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark! (stuntwomen, fired)
2011: In The Heights Tour 1/16/11, The Color Purple Tour 2/11/11, West Side Story Tour 3/18/11
#5Kathy Griffin's Playbill Bio
Posted: 3/12/11 at 6:02pmYes, she mentions it in the show, also/////
#6Kathy Griffin's Playbill Bio
Posted: 3/12/11 at 6:11pmThere should totally be a character in Cats named Fierce-y Tattletail MacHairBall.
#8Kathy Griffin's Playbill Bio
Posted: 3/12/11 at 7:31pm
Live! Live! Girls! Girls! Sex! Sex! (still running)
Best Bio Ever!
"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"
#9Kathy Griffin's Playbill Bio
Posted: 3/12/11 at 8:07pmAngela Lansbury (she knows what she did).
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more.
Tazber's: Reply to
Is Stephen Schwartz a Practicing Christian
TheatreFan27
Understudy Joined: 12/21/10
#10Kathy Griffin's Playbill Bio
Posted: 3/12/11 at 10:57pmHaha, I love Kathy! I wish I could see her during her Broadway run!
singalongsong2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/11/08
#11Kathy Griffin's Playbill Bio
Posted: 3/12/11 at 11:01pm
Haha. This is such a great bio.
"However, Ms. Griffin's most cherished production is that of her four children: Apple, Moses, Willow and Jaden."
#12Kathy Griffin's Playbill Bio
Posted: 3/13/11 at 1:45amHas anyone started a "Kathy Griffin must host the Tony Awards"-Facebook page yet?
"A coherent existance after so many years of muddle" - Desiree' Armfelt, A Little Night Music
"Life keeps happening everyday, Say Yes" - 70, Girls, 70
"Life is what you do while you're waiting to die" - Zorba
#13Kathy Griffin's Playbill Bio
Posted: 3/13/11 at 4:08amCan we create a "Best Bio" Tony?
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
#14Kathy Griffin's Playbill Bio
Posted: 3/13/11 at 5:17am
yawn. I'm over KG. As is most of the world.
BN
#15Kathy Griffin's Playbill Bio
Posted: 3/13/11 at 3:53pmAbsolutely hilarious. I especially like the bit about Angela Lansbury.
#16Kathy Griffin's Playbill Bio
Posted: 3/13/11 at 4:34pm
This short video of her walking around the theater is up on the NY Times website.
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/03/09/theater/100000000709488/kathygriffin.html?ref=theater
Just give the world Love.
Updated On: 3/13/11 at 04:34 PM
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#17Kathy Griffin's Playbill Bio
Posted: 3/13/11 at 4:57pmNow THAT'S comedy!
"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>>
“I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>>
-whatever2
#18Kathy Griffin's Playbill Bio
Posted: 3/13/11 at 4:58pmLove the bio, don't love her standup. And I think we would be much happier with Daniel Radcliffe as host of the Tonys, instead of a woman who will make the entire evening about her.
David walked into the valley
With a stone clutched in his hand
He was only a boy
But he knew someone must take a stand
There will always be a valley
Always mountains one must scale
There will always be perilous waters
Which someone must sail
-Into the Fire
Scarlet Pimpernel
#19Kathy Griffin's Playbill Bio
Posted: 3/14/11 at 1:49amI'd settle for Kathy and DanRad co-hosting, especially considering how much fun she'd have with him! (Which is not to imply anything about his sexuality, I just think he'd be very game for her banter.)
"Why, I make more money than... than... than Calvin Coolidge! PUT TOGETHER!"
~Lina Lamont
My name wasn't, isn't, and will never be Scott.
~Lina Lamont
My name wasn't, isn't, and will never be Scott.
#20Kathy Griffin's Playbill Bio
Posted: 3/14/11 at 2:25amKathy is my hero. This bio is hilarious.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#21Kathy Griffin's Playbill Bio
Posted: 3/14/11 at 10:04am
I wonder just how much of a theatre nerd Griffin is, because:
A) The Streisand bit is from her first "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" playbill, and as memory serves, she had to change it during the run b/c people were taking it seriously
B) Can't Stop the Music (greatest film ever) is littered with theatre people through the entire thing.
http://www.youtube.com/huskcharmer
#23Kathy Griffin's Playbill Bio
Posted: 3/14/11 at 12:29pmplease tell about her understudy!!
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
bwaybaby711
Swing Joined: 3/14/11
#24Kathy Griffin's Playbill Bio
Posted: 3/14/11 at 2:02pmAAAAA I LOVE HER SHE IS HILARIOUS. I saw Kathy Griffin Wants a Tony yesterday and she is AMAZING. I went yesterday to get my tickets and they still had a bunch of seats still available, and also for the rest of this week. Has anyone else gone/ is planning to go?
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