Episode 22: Celia Keenan-Bolger

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

🗓️ 19 October 2014

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

The three time Tony nominee talks "Spelling Bee," "The Glass Menagerie," her new play "The Oldest Boy" and SO much more. She's all wit, humor, and smarts! She generously shares stories from her amazing 13 year (and counting) career.

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0:00.0	I'm Annal Lee Ashford.
0:01.0	Hi, this is Queen Leslie.
0:03.0	I'm Robin de Hesuze.
0:03.4	Queen Leslie Margarita.
0:05.0	Hi, I'm Eden Espinoza.
0:06.2	I'm Anthony Rap.
0:06.8	Hi, I'm Laura Osniss.
0:08.2	I'm Katie Finneran.
0:09.2	Hi, I'm Tanya Pinkin.
0:10.4	I'm Karen Levo, and you are listening to The Theater People Podcast.
0:19.9	Hello, fellow theater people.
0:21.1	Welcome to episode 22 of the Theater People podcast.
0:24.0	I'm Patrick Hines, your host.
0:26.3	We waited and waited and waited to ask today's guest Celia Keenan Bolger to be on our show.
0:32.6	All of us at the podcast are crazy about her, but we didn't quite know how to get in touch
0:36.4	with her, And honestly, I
0:37.6	couldn't handle the idea of her saying no. That does happen sometimes. After months of hemming and
0:42.7	hawing, I bit the bullet and sent her a message. Her three-word reply came less than an hour
0:47.1	later. I'd love to. I died. Like so many people, I discovered Celia when she made her
0:53.4	Broadway debut in the 25th annual Putnam County Spelling Bee back in 2005.
0:58.1	She was at once hilarious and heartbreaking.
1:01.0	There's one moment of her performance that has stuck with me ever since.
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