Jessie Mueller's Family??
Jessie Mueller's Family??
BeautifulAsYouFeel
Swing Joined: 8/10/14
#1Jessie Mueller's Family??
Posted: 8/10/14 at 4:01pm
Hey...long time reader, first time posting, had a question for the board. I was just watching Jessie Mueller's most recent Show People interview with Broadway.com and they mentioned a tumblr account about her family and their work and I was just wondering if anyone had seen any other members of her family onstage? She mentioned her sister being in Kinky Boots...does she understudy any major parts? Has she gone on? Has anybody seen her parents or siblings onstage in Chicago?
I'm a big fan of hers so was just curious about the rest of them and how good they are!
#2Jessie Mueller's Family??
Posted: 8/10/14 at 4:15pmHer brother was in Peter and the Starcatcher in NYC (though I'm not sure if it was on Broadway or off).
#2Jessie Mueller's Family??
Posted: 8/10/14 at 4:30pmHer father is playing Mr. Lundy in Chicago's new production of "Brigadoon."
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ggersten
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#3Jessie Mueller's Family??
Posted: 8/10/14 at 4:31pm
Her father is on stage right now in Brigadoon at the Goodman.
Imagine evenings around the piano in that house!
#4Jessie Mueller's Family??
Posted: 8/10/14 at 4:32pmAbby Mueller covered Pat for a week . . . unfamiliar with the show.
#5Jessie Mueller's Family??
Posted: 8/10/14 at 5:09pmI saw Abby when she went on as Pat a few weeks ago. I thought she was great!
AwesomeDanny
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/30/09
#6Jessie Mueller's Family??
Posted: 8/10/14 at 5:16pmI've seen most of them perform at one time or another in Chicago. They are all very talented. In the spring of 2011, I saw Jessie play Mary in a production of Merrily We Roll Along, and her brother Andrew (who was in the ensemble when I saw it) understudied Charlie and went on opposite her for the extension of the run. Not long before that, Jessie and Abby played Miss Adeleide and Sarah in Guys & Dolls. There can be a certain novelty factor in seeing family members perform together, and it really emphasizes the communal feel of the Chicago theatre community.
BeautifulAsYouFeel
Swing Joined: 8/10/14
#7Jessie Mueller's Family??
Posted: 8/10/14 at 5:19pm
I think I saw her brother in Peter and the Starcatcher...was he in the New World Stages production? I'd have to check my Playbill to be sure though. A friend saw her brother Matt as Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet a few years back and said he was fantastic.
"Imagine evenings around the piano in that house!"
I know right!? It can't be easy to make a living as an actor, and to think all 6 of them are doing it...amazing.
#8Jessie Mueller's Family??
Posted: 8/10/14 at 5:22pmAbby Mueller was recently a wonderful Abigail Adams in 1776.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#9Jessie Mueller's Family??
Posted: 8/10/14 at 5:30pm
Her brother was in the off-Broadway cast of Peter. He played Prentiss. Very nice guy also.
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
Updated On: 8/10/14 at 05:30 PM
#10Jessie Mueller's Family??
Posted: 8/10/14 at 5:57pmI also saw Abby Mueller in 1776. She was very good, and reminded me a lot of Jessie. It was actually quite funny because 1776 was playing in San Francisco at ACT, right next to the Curran theatre where Beautiful was doing its pre-Broadway run. So Jessie and Abby were performing right next door to each other, and I got to see them both in the same week.
BeautifulAsYouFeel
Swing Joined: 8/10/14
#11Jessie Mueller's Family??
Posted: 8/10/14 at 6:02pmIt'd be awesome if they could all do a show together. Though I can't imagine there are many options without it getting very weird and wrong with romantic pairings.
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#13Jessie Mueller's Family??
Posted: 8/10/14 at 7:12pmHer brother played Mark in a major revival of RENT in the Chicago area last year.
#14Jessie Mueller's Family??
Posted: 8/10/14 at 8:22pmJessie and Abby's Adelaide and Sarah were absolutely delightful. The talent in that family is ridiculous.
#15Jessie Mueller's Family??
Posted: 8/10/14 at 9:56pm
Here is the tumblr website celebrating the whole family:
http://fyeahmuellers.tumblr.com/
Updated On: 8/11/14 at 09:56 PM
#16Jessie Mueller's Family??
Posted: 8/10/14 at 10:40pmDoes anyone know if there is video footage or audio of Guys and Dolls or Merrily? I think Jessie would be great as Mary and hilarious as Adelaide.
#17Jessie Mueller's Family??
Posted: 8/10/14 at 11:36pm
Here is a clip from Guys and Dolls. Adelaide's Lament begins at 3:54. Also, her sister Abby plays Sarah Brown and a clip with her begins at 5:23.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SGxriFub6I
Note: There is an annoying beep for the first 10 seconds before the clip starts.
Updated On: 8/10/14 at 11:36 PM
BeautifulAsYouFeel
Swing Joined: 8/10/14
#18Jessie Mueller's Family??
Posted: 8/10/14 at 11:46pmThose Guys and Dolls clips are great :) Thanks for sharing!
#19Jessie Mueller's Family??
Posted: 8/10/14 at 11:53pmWow! That looked like an amazing production! I am pretty convinced that Jessie can do anything. If you think about it her roles have been EXTREMELY diverse, which I really appreciate from an actor. Taking chances and excelling in many types of characters,
#20Jessie Mueller's Family??
Posted: 8/10/14 at 11:55pm
A clip with Roger Mueller (Jessie's father) from a production in 2009 of All My Sons by Arthur Miller:
http://stagechannel.com/video.php?ebc=zHZKWLhArQwp
BeautifulAsYouFeel
Swing Joined: 8/10/14
#21Jessie Mueller's Family??
Posted: 8/11/14 at 12:01amWell, if NY can't get Jessie into a Funny Girl revival, maybe she could do it in Chicago?
#22Jessie Mueller's Family??
Posted: 8/11/14 at 12:02am
Here is Jessie as Amalia in She Loves Me (Writers Theatre - Chicago - 2010):
http://www.writerstheatre.org/she-loves-me
BTW, Rod Thomas who played Georg in this production is now in the Goodman Theatre's production of Brigadoon as Jeff the secondary male lead. He is playing opposite her dad who plays Mr. Lundie.
Updated On: 8/11/14 at 12:02 AM
BeautifulAsYouFeel
Swing Joined: 8/10/14
#23Jessie Mueller's Family??
Posted: 8/11/14 at 3:06pmShe seems like a great Amalia...wish she could reprise some of these roles in NY! Or maybe do a concert? Have any of the other Muellers been on Broadway besides Jessie and Abby?
#24Jessie Mueller's Family??
Posted: 8/11/14 at 3:16pm
^She did reprise her Jeff-Winning performance as Carrie Pipperidge in 'Carousel' at the New York Philharmonic last year.
As for other family members, I think both Jessie & Abby are the only ones who've so far actually been on Broadway (not counting one of her brothers because he did 'Peter & the Starcatcher' Off-Broadway), though her boyfriend is actually in the touring production of 'War Horse' which is currently in the middle of its last stop in Japan.
BeautifulAsYouFeel
Swing Joined: 8/10/14
#25Jessie Mueller's Family??
Posted: 8/11/14 at 3:48pmWow, hahah, that's a lot of talent for one household. Somebody should write an article about them or a video interview or something.
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