Ellen Greene

#1

Ellen 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.

#2

re: Ellen Greene

Posted: 12/30/08 at 2:10am

I KNOW!! i really hope she comes back to broadway SOON

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#3

re: Ellen Greene

Posted: 12/30/08 at 2:19am

She is simply amazing! I listen to her album daily, her voice moves me so much. Would love to see her on Broadway again!

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#4

re: Ellen Greene

Posted: 12/30/08 at 2:20am

She has an album?
Whats the song list?

#5

re: 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

#6

re: 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.

#7

re: Ellen Greene

Posted: 12/30/08 at 9:46am

What about bringing her back to Broadway as the mother in Carrie?

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#8

re: 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.

#9

re: 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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#10

re: 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.

Updated On: 12/30/08 at 10:08 AM

#11

re: Ellen Greene

Posted: 12/30/08 at 11:09am

Listening 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.

#12

re: Ellen Greene

Posted: 12/30/08 at 11:12am

Isn't there a video version of her in Little Shop that was filmed for Japanese tv?

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#13

re: 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

#14

re: 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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#15

re: Ellen Greene

Posted: 12/30/08 at 12:41pm

Love this woman! No seriously, she is my everything.

#16

re: 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.

#17

re: 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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#18

re: 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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#19

re: 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!

#20

re: Ellen Greene

Posted: 12/30/08 at 3:12pm

I heard she came "this" close to being cast as Paulette in LEGALLY BLONDE.

#21

re: Ellen Greene

Posted: 12/30/08 at 3:18pm

That would have been fantastic, Curtain!

#22

re: Ellen Greene

Posted: 12/30/08 at 3:31pm

I saw her in a production at A.C.T. in San Francisco a few years ago...She was tremendous.

#23

re: Ellen Greene

Posted: 12/30/08 at 3:37pm

I 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!).

#24

re: Ellen Greene

Posted: 12/30/08 at 3:42pm

She 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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#25

re: Ellen Greene

Posted: 12/30/08 at 3:52pm

The world just doesn't see enough women performers doing covers of Alice Cooper ballads.

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