Celia Keenan-Bolger and Light on the Piazza
Celia Keenan-Bolger and Light on the Piazza
pndmnd
Broadway Star Joined: 4/3/04
#0Celia Keenan-Bolger and Light on the Piazza
Posted: 5/6/05 at 8:38pmSo, I was wondering (just wondering--not complaining, not giving a yay or a nay either way, so please don't jump on me) why Celia Keenan-Bolger didn't do the Broadway production of Light on the Piazza? Had she already accepted Spelling Bee, or had the producers wanted Kelli O'Hara instead?
#1re: Celia Keenan-Bolger and Light on the Piazza
Posted: 5/6/05 at 8:40pmA birdie told me that she had severe vocal problems, and was replaced.
pndmnd
Broadway Star Joined: 4/3/04
#2re: Celia Keenan-Bolger and Light on the Piazza
Posted: 5/6/05 at 8:41pmBut she was fine for Spelling Bee?
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#3re: Celia Keenan-Bolger and Light on the Piazza
Posted: 5/6/05 at 9:01pmI vaguely remember hearing that she didn't have conventional "leading lady" looks, so she was replaced.
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#4re: Celia Keenan-Bolger and Light on the Piazza
Posted: 5/6/05 at 9:14pmMy guess: Too young. Clara is supposed to be 26 and Ms. Keenan-Bolger still could pass for her teens in a large house.
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#5re: Celia Keenan-Bolger and Light on the Piazza
Posted: 5/6/05 at 9:18pmI've read that she'll be in the Summer of '42 benefit on May 23rd, anybody know who she plays?
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#6re: Celia Keenan-Bolger and Light on the Piazza
Posted: 5/7/05 at 10:08am
The vocal duties are much more demanding in Piazza than Bee.
She actually worked well as Clara, because you thought she was a kid and then found out how old she was later in the show, and it sorta worked.
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#7re: Celia Keenan-Bolger and Light on the Piazza
Posted: 5/7/05 at 10:15amKyle saw her in the production. Where are you, Kyle?
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#8re: Celia Keenan-Bolger and Light on the Piazza
Posted: 5/7/05 at 10:45amI thought she was great when I saw her in the Seattle run. She is equally great in Bee.
#9re: Celia Keenan-Bolger and Light on the Piazza
Posted: 5/7/05 at 10:52am
She's wonderful in Spelling Bee. Can't speak for Piazza but I saw her in '42 here in NYC. It's a small role, three girls play sort of love interests for the boys and serve as little between-scene song seques a la the Andrews Sisters.
Jazzysuite82
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/6/05
#10re: Celia Keenan-Bolger and Light on the Piazza
Posted: 5/7/05 at 11:10amYeah it was def a vocal thing. Celia is very talented but it was a hint out of her range. I liked her in the role, but Kelli's voice lives up there. Celia's tessitura is a bit lower.
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