Episode 11: Katie Finneran

Theater People

Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

Tony Awards, Nyc, Musicals, Actors, Creative, Arts, Plays, Writers, Broadway, Theater, Society & Culture, Interview, Comedy, Producers, Performing Arts

4.8 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2014

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

The hilarious (and blindingly gorgeous) two-time Tony winner talks about dropping out of Carnegie Mellon to study in NYC with Uta Hagen, balancing career and motherhood, how to win a Tony with just two scenes of material. beating out movie stars for the role of Miss Hannigan in the recent revival of "Annie," and her upcoming show at 54 Below. Oh, and she has a bunch of tips for performers just starting out!

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0:00.0	I'm Annalee Ashford.
0:00.9	Hi, this is Queen Leslie Bolger.
0:03.5	Queen Leslie Margarita.
0:05.1	Hi, I'm Eden Espinoza.
0:06.4	I'm Katie Finneran.
0:07.5	Hi, I'm Laura Osniss, and you're listening to Theater People.
0:20.1	Hello, fellow theater people.
0:21.5	Welcome to episode 11 of the Theater People podcast.
0:23.7	I'm Patrick Hines, your host.
0:25.5	I have to admit I was intimidated at the thought of interviewing Katie Thinneran for today's show.
0:30.0	I'd seen both of her Tony Award-winning performances, noises off and promises promises,
0:34.3	the latter win having earned her near legendary status because it was accomplished
0:37.6	by appearing in just two scenes in the second half of the show.
0:41.3	Her resume is a mile long, she's thrived in theater, television, and film, and did I mention
0:45.9	that she's blindingly gorgeous?
0:47.6	So, yeah, I was nervous.
0:49.1	But as you're about to hear, I had no reason to be.
0:51.3	Within seconds of meeting her, we were hugging and giggling like old girlfriends.
0:54.8	So without any further ado, I present the delightful, the hilarious, the glorious Katie Finneran,
0:59.6	who, I need to mention, will be performing her solo show at 54 Below, May 28th to the 31st.
1:06.4	It ain't far this here life is driving me nuts.
1:11.3	While we get peanuts, she's living fat.
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