Isabel Keating

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awards = Drama Desk Award, Theatre World Award, Helen Hayes Award

Isabel Keating is an American actress and singer.

Acting career

Keating is widely acclaimed for her portrayal of Judy Garland in the 2003 Broadway theatre production of "The Boy From Oz", starring opposite Hugh Jackman, for which she received a Tony Award nomination [cite web|url=http://www.tonyawards.com|title=The Amercian Theatre Wing's Tony Awards -- Official website|accessmonthday=12 June|accessyear=2004|] (Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical) and for which she won the Drama Desk Award [cite web|url=http://www.dramadesk.org|title=Drama Desk Awards -- Official website|accessmonthday=12 June|accessyear=2004|] and the Theatre World Award. On Broadway, she also starred in "Enchanted April", replacing Molly Ringwald in the role of Rose Arnott [ [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/80175.html Oz's Judy Garland Fills in at Broadway's Enchanted April] , Playbill.com, June 16, 2003. Retrieved 2008-01-03.] after having created the leading role of Lotty Wilton in Matthew Barber's play in its world premiere production at Hartford Stage Company in Hartford, CT. [ [http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Star_File.aspx?CI=35240 Star File] , Broadway.com, March 9, 2004. Retrieved 2008-01-03.] Keating played the Duchess of Berwick, in the Oscar Wilde comedy, "Lady Windermere's Fan" in 2005 at the Williamstown Theater Festival in Williamstown, MA. [cite web|url=http://theater2.nytimes.com/2005/07/11/theater/reviews/11wind.html|title=High-Flying Epigrams Whiz By Like Arrows|accessmonthday=11 July |accessyear=2005|] She joined the cast of "Hairspray" in the role of Velma Von Tussle in June 2006. [ [http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=531156 New cast members for "Hairspray"] , Broadway.com, June 12, 2006. Retrieved 2006-09-24.] Keating starred in Gore Vidal's "On the March to the Sea" opposite Chris Noth, Charles Durning, Richard Easton, Michael Learned and Harris Yulin at Theatre Previews at Duke [cite web|url=http://www.cvnc.org/reviews/2005/022005/March.html|title=Gore Vidal's On the March to the Sea Is an Invigorating Civil War Drama|accessmonthday=1 March|accessyear=2005|] as well as at the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven, CT, in Tom Stoppard's "Travesties" opposite Sam Waterston, [ [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/92330.html Hewitt, Stephenson, Keating, More Join Sam Waterston for Long Wharf's Travesties] , Playbill.com, April 14, 2005. Retrieved 2008-01-03.] and at the Paper Mill Playhouse, in Millburn, NJ, in Wendy Kesselman's stage version of "The Diary of Anne Frank". She won the 2000 Helen Hayes Award for Best Actress for her work in Tom Stoppard's "Indian Ink" at The Studio Theatre in Washington, DC. [ [http://www.helenhayes.org/sub/nr.cfm Nominees and Recipients] , HelenHayes.org, Retrieved 2008-01-23.] Notably, she appeared as Vi in Lucinda Coxon's "Waiting at the Water's Edge" in its American premiere, directed by Nela Wagman for the Watermark Theatre Company. [cite web |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9901E2DB153AF93BA35755C0A962958260&scp=1&sq=waiting+at+the+water%27s+edge&st=nyt |title= In Performance; Theater |publisher=The New York Times |date=1994-06-08 |accessdate=2008-05-08] On television, she guest starred opposite Stanley Tucci in the highly acclaimed but short-lived CBS network series "3 lbs" [cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0883414/|title=3 lbs. Bad Boys (2006)|accessmonthday=19 December|accessyear=2006|] and opposite Vincent d'Onofrio in "". [cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1031388/|title=Law & Oder: Criminal Intent Please Note We Are No Longer Accepting Letters of Recommendation from Henry Kissinger (2008)|accessmonthday=19 September|accessyear=2008|] Keating also appears in the films "The Nanny Diaries" [ [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/347615/The-Nanny-Diaries/cast The Nanny Diaries Acting Credits at The New York Times] , nytimes.com, January 4, 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-04.] and "The Life Before Her Eyes". [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0815178/ Life Before Her Eyes (2007)] , imdb.com, Retrieved 2008-01-23.]

Theatre roles

*"La Ronde" (Sweet Young Thing) - The Studio Theatre, Washington, DC (1984)
*"The Miss Firecracker Contest" (Popeye) (1986)
*"The Slab Boys" Trilogy (Lucille) - The Studio Theatre, Washington, DC (1986/7)
*"The Bright and Bold Design" - The Studio Theatre, Washington, DC (1989)
*"In Perpetuity Throughout the Universe" (Christine) - The Studio Theatre, Washington, DC (1990)
*"Waiting at the Water's Edge" (Vi) - Watermark Theatre Company at the Ohio Theatre, Off Broadway (1994)
*"Written and Sealed" (Nancy) - The Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre, Off Broadway (1994)
*"The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice" (Little Voice) - The Studio Theatre, Washington, DC (1994)
*"Slavs" (Katarina) - The Studio Theatre, Washington, DC (1995)
*"Three Sisters" (Irina) - The Studio Theatre, Washington, DC (1995)
*"Chilean Holiday" (Digna) - Actors Theatre of Louisville, Humana Festival, Louisville, KY (1995)
*"One Foot on the Floor" (LaVita Terrafamilia) - Denver Center Theatre Denver Center for the Performing Arts (1997)
*"Once in a Lifetime" (Florabel Leigh) - Atlantic Theater Company, Off Broadway (1998)
*"Indian Ink" (Flora Crewe) - The Studio Theatre, Washington, DC (1999)
*"Enchanted April" (Lottie Wilton) - Hartford Stage, Hartford, CT (2000)
*"Dinner With Friends" (Beth) - Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA (2001)
*"Enchanted April" (Rose Arnott) (replacement) - Belasco Theatre, Broadway (2003)
*"The Boy from Oz" (Judy Garland) - Imperial Theatre, Broadway (2003-2004)
*"Travesties" (Nadya) - Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT (2005)
*"On the March to the Sea" (Minna Hinks) - Theatre Previews at Duke, Raleigh, NC (2005)
*"Lady Windermere's Fan" (Duchess of Berwick) - Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA (2005)
*"The Diary of Anne Frank" (Edith Frank) - Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, NJ (2006)
*"Hairspray" (Velma Von Tussle) - Neil Simon Theatre, Broadway (2006/2007)

Filmography

*"Dead Broke" (1999)
*"Magnetism" (1999)
*"The 58th Annual Tony Awards" (2004) (TV) Herself
*"American Masters" (2004) (TV) Judy Garland [episode "Judy Garland: By Myself"]
*"3 lbs" (2006) (TV) Rosemary Donovan [episode "Bad Boys"]
*"The Nanny Diaries" (2007) Paranoid Mom
*"The Life Before Her Eyes" (2007) Maureen's mother
*"" (TV) (2008) Janine [episode "Please Note We Are No Longer Accepting Letters of Recommendation from Henry Kissinger"]

Awards and nominations

Tony Award

* Nominated: Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, "The Boy from Oz" (2004)

Drama Desk Award

* Won: Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, "The Boy from Oz" (2004)

Drama League Award

* Nominated: Distinguished Performance, "The Boy from Oz" (2004)

Theatre World Award

* Won: Outstanding Debut Performance in a Broadway Production, "The Boy from Oz" (2004)

Outer Critics Circle Award

* Nominated: Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, "The Boy from Oz" (2004)

Helen Hayes Award

* Won: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Resident Play, "Indian Ink" (2000)

Audie Awards

* Finalist: Outstanding Achievement in Fiction Narration, "Hissy Fit" by Mary Kay Andrews (2004)

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title=Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
years=2003-2004
for "The Boy from Oz"
before=Jane Krakowski
for "Nine"
after=Jan Maxwell
for "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"

Notes

External links

* [http://www.isabelkeating.com/ Isabel Keating homepage]
*imdb name|1118572|Isabel Keating
* [http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?id=108222 Isabel Keating at Internet Broadway Database]
* [http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=33724 Isabel Keating Interview by Beth Stevens on Broadway.com]