Question about Katie Finneran, her pregnancy, and Marge McDougal

[adamgreer]

Posted: 8/30/10 at 5:54pm

Is she noticeably pregnant? It sounds like she is.

So, does the scene take on a new dynamic, with an obviously pregnant woman drinking away in a bar on Christmas, trying to pick up men? Does she work it into her character or just ignore it?

I'm curious how the scene plays now.

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

Posted: 8/30/10 at 5:58pm

She doesn't look Pregnant. I saw the show the day that announced she was leaving and she looked the same.

[D2]

Posted: 8/30/10 at 6:00pm

I saw the show on Friday night, and what ^^^DCR^^^ said.

[timote316]

Posted: 8/30/10 at 6:46pm

I saw the show last week... and had no idea she was pregnant until now. So, third what DCR said.

[bwayfan7000]

Posted: 8/30/10 at 6:49pm

I saw the show last weekend as well. Though she didn't look pregnant to me, she was wearing fairly baggy clothes at the stagedoor.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 8/30/10 at 7:03pm

Thanks, everyone!

If she was showing, it might have been interesting to see her work it in to the character.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 8/30/10 at 7:43pm

I assumed the choice of early October as her final performance was deliberately made so she wasn't visibly pregnant while playing a drunken barfly.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 8/30/10 at 8:16pm

Plus, anyone who has seen the show is quite aware that her dance sequence IS quite physical. Modifying it from its original form would be a disgrace. She's leaving in a little over a month -- right before this would have had to be done.

By the way... Chita Rivera played Anita in the original Broadway production of WEST SIDE STORY till she was 5 months pregnant -- and yes (per Chita), the choreography was not modified at all for her due to this.