Kate Baldwin

[BWayFanatic]

Posted: 4/7/11 at 7:07pm

"How are Things in Glocca Morra" came up on my iPod this morning. I almost forgot how amazing Kate Baldwin was in Finian's Rainbow.

Did anyone go to her "American Songbook" concert, I'd love to have been there!

I hope she comes back to the boards soon, I'd sure love to see her live again.

[ABB2357]

Posted: 4/7/11 at 7:39pm

I agree. Her performance in FINIAN'S was star-making, and it only goes to show since she seems to have booked every workshop/reading/benefit/concert available to her since the show closed. Glad to know she took the opportunity and ran with it! She's incredibly talented and her solo CD is great too.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 4/7/11 at 8:47pm

I thought this was going to announcing she'd had her baby. Oh well...she is wonderfully talented and I cannot wait to see her on Broadway again

[ABB2357]

Posted: 4/7/11 at 11:43pm

Speak of the devil:

"Tony® Award nominee Kate Baldwin to offer Master Class

Star of Finian’s Rainbow will teach musical theatre technique in an intimate one-on-one setting.

Tony® Award nominee Kate Baldwin (Finian’s Rainbow) will offer a musical theatre master class on Monday, April 18th from 6:00 to 10:00pm at the Davenport Studio in Midtown Manhattan.

In this intimate class, participants will have the opportunity to perform and then work with Ms. Baldwin one-on-one to improve style, technique, and performance quality. The class will conclude with a Q&A session.

Tuition is $125, space is strictly limited and participants will be reviewed upon applying. A small number of auditor spots are also available for $30. To register for the class, and for more information, please visit http://www.broadwayspace.com/page/broadwayspace-master-class.

About Kate Baldwin

Kate Baldwin is a veteran of both regional and Broadway stages alike. However, it was her starring role in the latest revival of Yip Harburg’s and Burton Lane’s hit classic musical, Finian’s Rainbow that proved her to be in the same league as Broadway’s finest, garnering her Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations.

Kate has dazzled audiences nationwide with her compelling portrayal of some of musical theater’s most endearing roles. She appeared in the Broadway casts of The Full Monty, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Wonderful Town. She was seen in the touring production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Henry V at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, I Do! I Do! at Westport Country Playhouse, She Loves Me at the Willliamstown Theatre Festival, The Women at San Diego's Old Globe, and South Pacific at Arena Stage, earning a Helen Hayes Award nomination.

In 2009, she released her debut album on PS Classics entitled, “Let’s See What Happens” which features songs from both stage and feature films. Her concert work includes several appearances with Stephen Sondheim in his critically acclaimed evening, “A Conversation with Stephen Sondheim.” She has appeared with the NY Pops, the National Symphony Orchestra and at the legendary nightclubs Feinstein's and Birdland, as well as the American Songbook Series at Lincoln Center."

[Michelle616]

Posted: 4/8/11 at 12:16am

I also read this hoping it was announcing that she gave birth.

She must be due soon, but this looks really great, I might have to go audit this, especially for only 30 bucks.

[madbrian]

Posted: 4/8/11 at 9:39am

Some day, if The King & I is ever revived again, I hope Kate is cast as Anna.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 4/8/11 at 10:01am

^ I second that so much.

[HistoryBoy2]

Posted: 4/8/11 at 10:11am

Someone revise She Loves Me with Kate as Amalia.

Thank me later.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 4/8/11 at 10:17am

She was wonderful as Amalia in the Huntington's production of She Loves Me back in 2008. I, for one, would not object to a Broadway revival with her.

[timote316]

Posted: 4/8/11 at 3:13pm

She was indeed wonderful in the Huntington's production, as was Brooks Ashmanskas as Georg. Actually, everything about the production was lovely... it's really too bad it wasn't picked up by Roundabout or someone outside Boston (beyond Williamstown, where it played after).

[BWayFanatic]

Posted: 4/8/11 at 4:56pm

Kate as Anna in "The King and I" would be perfection. I can't think of a role she'd be so well suited for!

And thanks for that find on the master class ABB. I won't be in the city that day, but I'm making my sister go instead. That's so cheap!

[perfectlymarvelous]

Posted: 4/8/11 at 5:21pm

Kate would be so perfect as Anna in The King and I. I'd also really love to see her as the Baker's Wife in Into the Woods at some point.

[AC126748]

Posted: 4/8/11 at 5:28pm

I guess I'm the only person who finds her to be deathly boring, both vocally and acting-wise.