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#26

Kelli O'Hara: 'I don't want to be as ambitious as Kristin Chenoweth!'

Posted: 8/9/11 at 12:02pm

But there's no cast mentioned anywhere in that article.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain. -Kad
#27

Kelli O'Hara: 'I don't want to be as ambitious as Kristin Chenoweth!'

Posted: 8/9/11 at 12:03pm

I think by "found work," the poster is assuming that O'Hara will be in contention for the concert, as it reflects other jobs she's had.
"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
#28

Kelli O'Hara: 'I don't want to be as ambitious as Kristin Chenoweth!'

Posted: 8/9/11 at 12:04pm

^ That's what I figured, but there's still no mention of an actual cast being in place.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain. -Kad
#29

Kelli O'Hara: 'I don't want to be as ambitious as Kristin Chenoweth!'

Posted: 8/9/11 at 12:11pm

No, there's not. I was just going off my assumption of what the poster was trying to convey. That said, Gary Griffin is directing: we might get Cheno as Maria.
"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
#30

Kelli O'Hara: 'I don't want to be as ambitious as Kristin Chenoweth!'

Posted: 8/9/11 at 12:16pm

This might actually be a terrible idea, but I could almost see Cheno as the Baroness.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain. -Kad
#31

Kelli O'Hara: 'I don't want to be as ambitious as Kristin Chenoweth!'

Posted: 8/9/11 at 1:20pm

Talk about seriously being cast against type!
Kelli O'Hara as Regan
"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
#32

Kelli O'Hara: 'I don't want to be as ambitious as Kristin Chenoweth!'

Posted: 8/9/11 at 1:29pm

This screams miscasting.

Bright and sunny O'Hara making her professional Shakeperian debut as one of the darkest roles in the entire theatrical cannon?
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.

Updated On: 8/9/11 at 01:29 PM

#34

Kelli O'Hara: 'I don't want to be as ambitious as Kristin Chenoweth!'

Posted: 8/9/11 at 1:37pm

I couldn't agree more, SomethingWicked. I've never thought Kelli was that great of an actress, but there are certain Shakespearean roles I could probably buy her in (maybe Hermione in THE WINTER'S TALE). She might be able to convince, to a degree, as Cordelia, even though I don't think she has the depth. But Regan? Why not Lady Macbeth then?
"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

Updated On: 8/9/11 at 01:37 PM

#37

Kelli O'Hara: 'I don't want to be as ambitious as Kristin Chenoweth!'

Posted: 8/9/11 at 1:59pm

^ That's something I could conceivably see happening. It does seem like a huge gamble to be making your professional Shakespearean debut in such a dark role.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain. -Kad
#38

Kelli O'Hara: 'I don't want to be as ambitious as Kristin Chenoweth!'

Posted: 8/9/11 at 2:00pm

If she pulls it off, it will be a coup and people will see her in a new light--much like if Lauren Ambrose pulls of Fanny. But right now it seems like a big "if".
"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
#39

Kelli O'Hara: 'I don't want to be as ambitious as Kristin Chenoweth!'

Posted: 8/9/11 at 2:47pm

I just bought my tickets to see KING LEAR, and am fascinated to see her in the role.

A quick check of Kelli's schedule and you'll see that she's actually steadily working with concert appearances and other projects. I would imagine this gives her the flexibility she likely desires as a wife/mom, and the opportunity to have interesting, steady work and exposure to a widening circle of audiences.

Anybody who knows me, knows that I adore Kelli and her work. I think she outshines Kristin Chenoweth... and has a more interesting range of roles available to her.
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

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