Ellen Greene
Ellen Greene
#1Ellen Greene
Posted: 12/30/08 at 1:21am
Where is this women!
She has such an amazing and unique voice. I know she did Pushing Daisies, and got to sing some, but what now?
She really needs to come back to Broadway.. In what.. I have no clue.. But I love her voice.
xbri0432x
Understudy Joined: 12/13/08
#2re: Ellen Greene
Posted: 12/30/08 at 2:10amI KNOW!! i really hope she comes back to broadway SOON
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#2re: Ellen Greene
Posted: 12/30/08 at 2:19amShe is simply amazing! I listen to her album daily, her voice moves me so much. Would love to see her on Broadway again!
#4re: Ellen Greene
Posted: 12/30/08 at 3:25am
She released In Her Eyes in 2004 with her husband/musical director, this is the tracklist from her website:
1. I Love You
2. The Man With the Child in His Eyes
3. Pretty Pretty
4. Only Women Bleed
5. Ready For Love
6. Nothing Blues
7. Throwing Stones
8. Too Much Love Will Kill You
9. Winter
10. When Love is Gone
11. You Take My Breath Away
12. Love is Everything
13. Rainbow Sleeves
Bonus Track: Pirate Jenny
it seems to be out of print, or just very hard to find, anyone have any leads on where it can be purchased?
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Updated On: 12/30/08 at 03:25 AM
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
parker russel
Stand-by Joined: 10/11/04
#5re: Ellen Greene
Posted: 12/30/08 at 9:42am
wasn't expecting to read a thread on this this morning...
I actually am one of the producers on the album. PM me for info on how to get it.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#6re: Ellen Greene
Posted: 12/30/08 at 9:46amWhat about bringing her back to Broadway as the mother in Carrie?
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BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#7re: Ellen Greene
Posted: 12/30/08 at 9:53am
The mother in CARRIE is named Margaret White. As a 'Broadway Legend' you should know this. 
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#8re: Ellen Greene
Posted: 12/30/08 at 9:59am
"The mother in CARRIE is named Margaret White. As a 'Broadway Legend' you should know this."
Chita Rivera is also a Broadway Legend. Do you think she can remember the name of a character from a Broadway show that ran less than a week?
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BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#9re: Ellen Greene
Posted: 12/30/08 at 10:08am
CARRIE didn't 'run' for less that a week. Between preview performances and its 'regular' performances... it played the Virginia Theatre for almost a month.
Plus... the musical was based on Stephen King's novel CARRIE, so the character's name has been known for over a decade before its musical incarnation -- even before Brian DePalma's 1976 film adaptation.
#10re: Ellen Greene
Posted: 12/30/08 at 11:09amListening to her belt Suddenly Seymore when she opened in Little Shop ranked as one musical moment that brought shivers to my spine and will always be remembered...in awe. I keep that memory with Jennifer Holliday doing "I'm Telling You..." and Patti Lupone's Roses Turn.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#11re: Ellen Greene
Posted: 12/30/08 at 11:12amIsn't there a video version of her in Little Shop that was filmed for Japanese tv?
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BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#12re: Ellen Greene
Posted: 12/30/08 at 11:46am
Nope. Audrey in that 1987 Japanese telecast/broadcast of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is Marsha (Skaggs) Waterbury.
Ellen DID perform a chilling medley of "Somewhere That's Green" and "Suddenly Seymour" on the 1998 star-studded HEY MR. PRODUCERS!: THE MUSICAL WORLD OF CAMERON MACKINTOSH tribute, which is available on DVD. The DVD was originally released in Korea (and sold abroad), hence the subtitles on this YouTube clip (the person who put the clip didn't remove the subtitles when he transfered the footage).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob3pI42auHI&feature=related
#13re: Ellen Greene
Posted: 12/30/08 at 12:30pm
MAN, OH MAN, OH MAN!!!! Love me some Ellen Greene!!!!
I was at the Joe's Pub concert (I think it was Valentine's Day) where Ellen and Christian performed the set (for the most part) that's on the recording. What an incredible performer and such a sweet gentle soul!!
I was right at the stage and to SEE what she puts into her performances is something to experience. You can tell she puts everything into it from that clip, but you can't fully appreciate her unless it's live.
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JP2
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/2/07
#14re: Ellen Greene
Posted: 12/30/08 at 12:41pmLove this woman! No seriously, she is my everything.
LadyDramaturg2
Featured Actor Joined: 8/21/08
#16re: Ellen Greene
Posted: 12/30/08 at 12:59pm
Diva just confirmed (I think) that Ellen is in the Los Angeles area now, and other than the first season appearance in "Heroes" and the aforementioned "Daisies," I haven't seen her since her appearance in the Broadway Diva Christmas a couple of years ago (which came after the In Her Eyes album, I believe) -- but at the Diva's concerts (2006 I think), she did say that she was working on new material with Christian, and planned to do some cabaret appearances in support of that.
I expected that she'd be doing those club dates in the LA area -- but you West Coast folks haven't heard from her either, I guess?
She is an incredibly earnest performer, like, you can see the steam rising around her as she sings.
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#17re: Ellen Greene
Posted: 12/30/08 at 1:01pm
Oh, we know her.
She just isn't doing anything we can go watch.
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#18re: Ellen Greene
Posted: 12/30/08 at 1:06pm
Ellen Greene is probably one of the most talented women ever to grace the stage.
Here's a great video of her on The Tonight Show back when the Little Shop movie was released, being interviewed and then singing Suddenly, Seymour with Michael Leslie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAhkOkUhxp8
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Updated On: 12/30/08 at 01:06 PM
bwayguy22089
Broadway Star Joined: 12/16/06
#19re: Ellen Greene
Posted: 12/30/08 at 2:30pm
I love that she gives her everything in a performance. She holds nothing back. It's great! 
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#20re: Ellen Greene
Posted: 12/30/08 at 3:12pmI heard she came "this" close to being cast as Paulette in LEGALLY BLONDE.
ARIELT
Chorus Member Joined: 12/28/08
#22re: Ellen Greene
Posted: 12/30/08 at 3:31pmI saw her in a production at A.C.T. in San Francisco a few years ago...She was tremendous.
#23re: Ellen Greene
Posted: 12/30/08 at 3:37pmI want to highly recommend this album to anyone who can get it. It's a stunning mix of covers from Sarah McLaughlin to Tori Amos (with only one theatre song, as a bonus track), but all seemingly filtered through the sensibility of Audrey. It is one of my all-time favorite solo albums (and I've heard a LOT of them!).
#24re: Ellen Greene
Posted: 12/30/08 at 3:42pmShe also did a couple concerts a couple years back in San Francisco at Martunis, a great little piano bar between the Castro and Civic Center. She was PHENOMENAL.
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FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#25re: Ellen Greene
Posted: 12/30/08 at 3:52pmThe world just doesn't see enough women performers doing covers of Alice Cooper ballads.
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