Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Kristin Chenoweth - appeared in holiday romantic comedy

Kristin Chenoweth as Olive Snook in Daisies comedyKristin Chenoweth as Olive Snook in Daisies comedyKristin Chenoweth appeared in the 2008 holiday romantic comedy film Four Christmases, playing the sister of Reese Witherspoon's character.

Kristin also appeared on the Fox News Channel's 2008 special "A Fox and Friends Christmas", where Kristin sang "Do You Hear What I Hear?" from her Christmas album 'A Lovely Way to Spend Christmas'.

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Kristin Chenoweth - co-hosted on an episode of The View

Kristin Chenoweth as Olive Snook in Daisies comedyIn February 2007, Kristin Chenoweth co-hosted on an episode of The View and was invited back after performing a song from The Apple Tree on the show. Chenoweth was also featured briefly in the 1st season finale of Ugly Betty.

In fall 2007, Kristin became a member of the cast of the ABC show Pushing Daisies. The comedic drama is the story of Ned, a man who can bring the dead back to life. Chenoweth plays Olive Snook, a co-worker and neighbor of Ned's who is in love with him. Chenoweth sang "Hopelessly Devoted To You" (originally performed by Olivia Newton-John in the musical film Grease) in the 2nd episode of season 1.

Kristin has received good reviews including many that say Kristin is perfect for the role. Kristin Chenoweth received an Emmy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 2008 for Chenoweth' role as Olive in Pushing Daisies.

On February 24, 2008 Kristin sang "That's How You Know" from the movie Enchanted at the 80th Annual Academy Awards in the Kodak theatre.

Monday, December 22, 2008

Kristin Chenoweth appeared in Nora Ephron's

Kristin ChenowethKristin Chenoweth appeared in Nora Ephron's 2005 film version of Bewitched.

The film's star, Nicole Kidman, had attended a performance of Wicked and was so impressed with Chenoweth's charisma and stage presence that Kidman asked Ephron to cast Chenoweth in the film.

Kristin Chenoweth got the part of Maria Kelly, Kidman's character's best friend. In 2006, she appeared in five films including The Pink Panther, RV, Stranger Than Fiction, Running with Scissors and Deck the Halls.

Kristin Chenoweth also appeared as Mr. Noodle's Sister Ms. Noodle in Sesame Street's Elmo's World television series alongside Michael Jeter and Bill Irwin.

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Kristin Chenoweth - part of ABC's An American Celebration at Ford's Theater

Kristin ChenowethKristin Chenoweth was a part of ABC's An American Celebration at Ford's Theater with Kelsey Grammer, NBC's Salute to the Olympic Winners, The Kennedy Center Gala honoring Julie Andrews, and an episode of Frasier on NBC.

Kristin Chenoweth also starred as Marian Paroo in the ABC television production of Meredith Willson's The Music Man, opposite Matthew Broderick.


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Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Kristin Chenoweth - Television - sitcom, Kristin, for NBC

Kristin ChenowethIn television, Kristin Chenoweth starred in a short-lived sitcom, Kristin, for NBC that ran for six episodes (13 were filmed).

It was a mid-season replacement in 2001 that co-starred Jon Tenney. Beginning in the sixth season (2004–2005) of The West Wing, Kristin Chenoweth had a recurring role playing media consultant Annabeth Schott, and became a main cast member in the show's seventh and final season (2005-2006).

Chenoweth performed "For Good," a song Chenoweth had sung in Wicked, at the memorial service for her friend and West Wing costar John Spencer.

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Kristin Chenoweth played Elizabeth in the pre-Broadway

Kristin ChenowethKristin Chenoweth played Elizabeth in the pre-Broadway workshop in Mel Brooks' Broadway adaptation of his film Young Frankenstein, however, due to her Pushing Daisies commitments, Chenoweth was unable to appear in the production.

Similarly, in 2008 Kristin Chenoweth had been scheduled to reprise her role as Cunegonde in an English National Opera production of Candide, but Chenoweth had to pull out because of the resumption of filming.

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Kristin Chenoweth - starred on Broadway

Kristin ChenowethFr Dec. fourteen, 2006 to March eleven, 2007, Kristin Chenoweth starred on Broadway in a production of The Apple Tree and received rave reviews for her performance.

On 19 January 2007, Kristin performed a solo concert at The Metropolitan Opera in New York, only the 3rd musical theatre star ever to present a solo concert at the Met, following Barbara Cook and Yves Montand.

Kristin has also performed leading roles at the Goodspeed Opera House and the Guthrie Theatre, and Chenoweth was chosen by the late Jerome Robbins as the guest soloist in his West Side Story Suite of Dances at New York City Ballet.

Kristin Chenoweth hosted the 52nd Annual Drama Desk Awards on 20 May 2007.

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Kristin Chenoweth played Cunegonde

Kristin ChenowethKristin Chenoweth played Cunegonde in a revival of Candide, directed by Lonny Price in 2004. Price's semi-staged concert production with the New York Philharmonic under conductor Marin Alsop, ran for four performances between 5 May 2004 and 8 May 2004.

The production featured Paul Groves as Candide, Sir Thomas Allen as Dr. Pangloss, Tony Award winner Patti LuPone as the Old Lady, with choruses from both Westminster Choir College and the Juilliard School completing the performance cast, and was also broadcast on PBS's Great Performances.

A performance of the rarely sung duet "We Are Women" between Cunegonde and the Old Lady was included in the production.

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Running with Scissors

Kristin Chenoweth in Running with Scissors as Fern Stewart.

Running With Scissors is a 2006 Golden Globe-nominated comedy-drama film based on the memoir of the same name by Augusten Burroughs directed by Ryan Murphy starring Joseph Cross, Annette Bening, Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Evan Rachel Wood, Gabrielle Union and Alec Baldwin.

Running with Scissors tell about... Based on the memoir Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs, the film is a semi-autobiographical account of Burroughs' childhood. His mother (Annette Bening), perceiving an ill-fated upbringing, places him under the care of her unorthodox psychiatrist, Dr. Finch (Brian Cox), the eccentric patriarch of an oddball family. Young Augusten Burroughs absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an alcoholic father and an unstable mother, he's handed off to his mother's therapist, Dr. Finch, and spends his adolescent years as a member of Finch's bizarre extended family.


Running With Scissors - Official HD Movie Trailer




What a wild romp!,Running with Scissors takes you inside the memories of Augusten, an endearing kid growing up under the roof of a dysfunctional household only to find himself uprooted and transplanted into another equally troubled one. The real unsettling twist is that his new surroundings are even more questionable and more Edward Gory than he could ever imagine.

From there the film is a wild romp of scenes that build on each other until every mentally challenged character is a pile of screaming chaos. As complex and unattractive as that sounds Running with Scissors is a must see, after all it is a comedy. It is highly-stylized and fashion conscious from the costume design to the glossy editing. The technical aspects of the film are as redeeming as the grade of the entire cast led by Annette Bening's iconic performance. I hope you'll find it as enjoying and engrossing as I did.

Friday, December 5, 2008

Kristin Chenoweth - Career - Theatre 2003

Kristin ChenowethIn 2003, Kristin Chenoweth performed songs from her album Let Yourself Go in concert 4 Lincoln Center's 5th American Songbook. Chenoweth also performed in City Center Encores! 10th Anniversary Bash. In London, Kristin was involved in Divas at Donmar for director Sam Mendes, then appeared in the Actor's Fund Benefit Concert of the musical Funny Girl in New York City.

In October 2003, Kristin Chenoweth returned to Broadway in Wicked, the smash hit musical about the early years of the witches of Oz. Chenoweth was nominated for a Tony Award as Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her performance as Glinda. After playing Glinda for nine months (not including the years leading up to the Broadway run where she played the role in all of the show's workshops), Kristin left Wicked on 18 July 2004 along with co-stars Joel Grey and Norbert Leo Butz. Chenoweth was replaced by Jennifer Laura Thompson.

Monday, December 1, 2008

Kristin Chenoweth - Career - Theatre

Kristin ChenowethKristin Chenoweth made her Broadway debut in a production of Molière's Scapin starring Bill Irwin, followed in the spring of 1997 by the musical Steel Pier by John Kander and Fred Ebb, for which she won a Theatre World award. The following season, Chenoweth appeared in the City Center Encores! production of the George and Ira Gershwin musical Strike Up the Band and the Lincoln Center Theater production of William Finn's A New Brain. She has performed several times on the radio program A Prairie Home Companion.

During the 1998–1999 season, Kristin Chenoweth performed in the Broadway revival of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown as the title character's little sister, Sally, a character that was not present in the original production. (That character replaces the obscure Peanuts character Patty, not to be confused with Peppermint Patty.) The production won Chenoweth the Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards as the season's Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Chenoweth then starred in the Broadway comedy Epic Proportions, followed by appearances in ABC's television adaptation of the musical Annie (as Lily St. Regis), and in the leading role of Daisy Gamble in the City Center Encores! production of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever.