very cute Kelli O'Hara article in Parade

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very cute Kelli O'Hara article in Parade

Posted: 6/22/08 at 1:14pm

http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2008/edition_06-22-2008/2Kelli_O_Hara

I really hope she gets to play Eliza!

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Updated On: 6/22/08 at 01:14 PM

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re: very cute Kelli O'Hara article in Parade

Posted: 6/22/08 at 2:06pm

This is a really cute article! I'm glad Kelli is getting a lot of press- she deserves it!

And, ditto on her playing Eliza.

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Posted: 6/22/08 at 2:07pm

Aww, the pictures are adorable.

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Posted: 6/22/08 at 2:11pm

I wish that i'd have such a grand Broadway entrance (come on Friday, first job on Monday)! Great article.

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#5

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Posted: 6/22/08 at 2:42pm

I really hope this production comes to Fruition!

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Posted: 6/22/08 at 2:49pm

<3 Kelli

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#7

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Posted: 6/22/08 at 6:50pm

Um, who's called her a "modern-day Mary Martin"?

She hasn't had shows written about her, and hasn't won a single Tony that she's been nominated for (when Martin won 3 of her 4). O'Hara also lacks the warmth to her voice that Martin had. And, last I checked, Martin toured multiple times, and O'Hara has once.

Otherwise nice article about a great singer (even if I am not a fan).

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#8

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Posted: 6/22/08 at 6:55pm

True, Kelli hasn't won a Tony but being nominated for 3 by the time you're 32 isn't so bad- I mean that's one for every decade she's been alive. Plus, you know, she can act too.

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Posted: 6/22/08 at 7:06pm

Chita Rivera didn't win a Tony until her fifth nomination, and that doesn't mean she's not talnted.

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Posted: 6/22/08 at 7:08pm

Every day, I envy Kelli O'Hara more and more. Beautiful, talented, wonderful career, makes sopranos look great. AUGH! I'm such a speck on humanity. XP

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Posted: 6/22/08 at 7:40pm

becoz_i_knew_you-
When did I say she wasn't talented? I just said the comparision of her to Mary Martin isn't very accurate.

A Modern Day Barbara Cook, sure. Mary Martin, no.

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#12

re: very cute Kelli O'Hara article in Parade

Posted: 6/22/08 at 7:54pm

that was a cute article

ever beautiful

#13

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Posted: 6/23/08 at 5:58am

chinkie...that was great! Great picture of her, too :)
I didn't know Kelli was so assertive, she seems so mild...good for her!
It's really too bad that she has not been given a Tony, yet, because she deserves one, especially for SP. I guess this is because she is so low key about her career;if she made more noise, maybe they would award her (like other actors who currently won....
Her time will come, she's still young :)

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re: very cute Kelli O'Hara article in Parade

Posted: 6/23/08 at 10:15am

Such a cute picture! Nice article as well.

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Posted: 6/23/08 at 2:46pm

If she does play Eliza on Broadway (which would be out-of-this-world awesome), she could very well win her long-deserved Tony.

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Posted: 6/23/08 at 3:10pm

My Fair Lady is long overdue for a Broadway revival. Let's get it together already.

I would LOVE to see Kelli O'Hara play Eliza in such a revival, but I don't know that I want it more than for Laura Benanti to do it. I want both! LOL



(Off-topic, but since you went there:

-- "I guess this is because she is so low key about her career;if she made more noise, maybe they would award her (like other actors who currently won.... "

You're right. "more noise". That's exactly why Ms. LuPone won her sincerely deserved Tony. Jesus.)

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Posted: 6/23/08 at 3:30pm

I never even thought of Laura Benanti. Either way, I'd be there in a heartbeat.

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Posted: 6/23/08 at 4:17pm

-- "Either way, I'd be there in a heartbeat."

Ditto, jennyish.


Aside from the amazingness of Kelli O'Hara as Eliza, I'm just thrilled to hear that producers are trying to build a revival around her because it means My Fair Lady might finally be back on Broadway soon!

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re: very cute Kelli O'Hara article in Parade

Posted: 6/24/08 at 10:11pm

I think Laura would be awesome, and the part befits her better.

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#20

re: very cute Kelli O'Hara article in Parade

Posted: 6/24/08 at 10:16pm

I definitely tend to agree with the Mary Martin comparison more than Barbara Cook. I think Cheno is the modern day Barbara Cook/Barbara Harris.

Such a cute article! Thanks for sharing!!!

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#21

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Posted: 6/24/08 at 10:31pm

Kelli O'Hara was PERFECTION as Eliza in the NY Philharmonic performance in 2007. Absolute PERFECTION.

I will be ecstatic if this comes to pass.

I ADORE her.
Absolutely ADORE her.

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