Katie Finneran in GREY GARDENS?

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 6/21/10 at 12:35pm

Does anyone else think Finneran would be perfect in GREY GARDENS?

She's a natural for the kookiness of the second act, but she also has the right amount of sincerity and poise to pull of act one. Her voice (not really showcased in PROMISES, PROMISES) is pretty great too.

Here's hoping we see much more of her in the years to come!

Updated On: 6/21/10 at 12:35 PM

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 6/21/10 at 12:40pm

I don't think she can hit the notes though. But she can handle the acting for sure.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 6/21/10 at 12:42pm

She's had me since PIG FARM.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 6/21/10 at 12:42pm

She's not right for it. I love her, but no.

[AC126748]

Posted: 6/21/10 at 12:50pm

Is her voice strong enough for the score?

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 6/21/10 at 1:00pm

People think of her as an actress who can just carry a tune because she hasn't done as many musicals in New York, but Finneran has a really great voice (she went to Carnegie Melon for musical theatre for a year before dropping out.)

Her Sally Bowles in the CABARET revival was particularly well sung. There's no doubt in my mind she could handle the score to GREY GARDENS.

Updated On: 6/21/10 at 01:00 PM

[bjh2114]

Posted: 6/21/10 at 1:17pm

There's no doubt in my mind she could handle the score to GREY GARDENS.

Just because she CAN sing doesn't mean she has the right vocal type. Sally Bowles and Marge Macdougal are VERY different than the Edies. She could handle Revolutionary Costume, Hominy Grits and Around the World, but I can't hear her doing Will You? or Another Winter in a Summer Town.

[newintown]

Posted: 6/21/10 at 1:48pm

A) She's too young, and B) the show will never be revived in New York (I disclose: I love the show). Purposeless speculation.

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 6/21/10 at 1:52pm

Believe it or not, there are places shows are produced other than New York, newintown.

[newintown]

Posted: 6/21/10 at 1:55pm

I believe it, but she's still too young.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 6/21/10 at 4:25pm

Out there, there's a world outside of Yonkers

[B3TA07]

Posted: 6/21/10 at 4:48pm

I'm intrigued

Updated On: 6/21/10 at 04:48 PM

[Piper3500]

Posted: 6/23/10 at 12:13am

"I believe it, but she's still too young."

i don't know why they would have made the movie so different then. Drew Barrymore is not "too young" and she played all facets of Little Edie. I know Christine Ebersole is 57 but it doesn't mean all people playing Little Edie have to be 57. If they have the acting chops and can carry off a role going from 1941-1973 so be it.

[BroadwayBound115]

Posted: 6/23/10 at 2:05am

I think she could pull off Little Edie (first act) just fine. I think she'd also make a great Charlotte in A Little Night Music. Shoot, now I am just casting her in all of Erin Davie's previous roles. But looks aside, I think she would nail the dry humor Charlotte needs.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 6/23/10 at 3:59am

Wow, BroadwayBound, Finneran as Charlotte is sort of an inspired idea. Not sure if it'd work or not but it'd be great to find out, of course in this production she's more likely to get cast as Desiree (well, understudy) than Charlotte.

Somethingwicked, I actually think she would be brilliant in this role. I'm not sure about her voice, but I wouldn't mind seeing a not as perfectly sung Big Edie in Act I to see a brilliant and wonderful acting job throughout. I think she'd be able to handle all aspects of the role beautifully and with her the part would be comedy gold (I think she might even find laughs where Ebersole didn't, as brilliant as the latter was in the part). Love it! Now how do we make this happen?

[newintown]

Posted: 6/23/10 at 9:28am

Piper, all due respect, but what are you talking about? Do you know the musical? The track being discussed is Big Edie in Act I and Little Edie in Act II, both characters well into their 50s.

That's why Finneran is too young. It has nothing to do from playing younger to older. That's the HBO movie version of the story, not the stage show.

[Piper3500]

Posted: 6/23/10 at 11:33am

^yes i am aware. and i still think Kate can be made to look older.