It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood because we are joined by Tony-winner Celia Keenan-Bolger. You Might Know Her From Diane and Broadway productions of To Kill a Mockingbird, The Glass Menagerie, Peter and the Starcatcher, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Celia opened up to us about the complicated feelings around rejoining the Broadway production of To Kill a Mockingbird post-COVID lockdown and the murder of George Floyd. We also dug into her performance in one of our favorite movies of the last few years, Diane, how it feels to be an adult who continues to make a career playing younger folk, and whether she really originated the Toaster in the Brave Little Toaster musical. Celia was a total dreamboat.

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Real World LA getting reunion treatment a la Real World Homecoming:New York

Tami Roman got an abortion and got her jaw wired shut

Tami and Beth #1 are both lifetime reality stars

Beth #2 who replaced David wore this iconic lesbian shirt "I'm not gay, but my girflriend is"

Dominic is an investment banker, Aaron works for Disney or some shit

Justin Bieber has a new music video "Ghost" starring Diane Keaton

Diane Keaton has a book of clown paintings called Clown Paintings

Diane Keaton loves horses

Starred opposite former YMKHF guest, Mary Kay Place (Ep 22) in the Kent Jones film, Diane

Diane had a bevy of women in it: Deirdre O'Connell, former YMKFH guest, Joyce Van Patten (Ep 36), Phyllis Somerville, Andrea Martin, and Estelle Parsons

Won a Tony for playing Scout Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird on Broadway opposite Jeff Daniels

We lost the great Phyllis Somerville in 2020

Death of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor led to a reckoning with racism on Broadway: "We See You White American Theatre"

The Scott Rudin situation

Aug 2019 there was a motorcycle backfire in TImes Square people thought was a mass shooting so they fled into the theater for safety

Celia has played a child multiple times: Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Peter and the Starcatcher, The Glass Menagerie.

Leslye Headland's play Bachelorette

Celia's podcast, Sunday Pancakes has an intimate conversation with Kelli O'Hara. Celia originated the role of Clara in The Light in the Piazza, but the role was ultimately recast with O'Hara (who was originally in the ensemble) when it moved to Broadway.

Kelli O'Hara on Sunday Pancakes

Siblings are both in the biz and are openly queer (Maggie KB and Andrew KB)

Bachelorette the play was turned into a movie starring Kirsten Dunst and Lizzy Caplan

Adult audition song: "I Think I May Want to Remember Today" Richard Maltby and David Shire

Kid audition song: "When We Grow Up" Free to Be You and Me

OG Law and Order and SVU. She played sister of former guest, Samantha Mathis Ep 1, and acted opposite Ann Curry, who was excellent

Top 3 performances of all time: Helen McRory in Uncle Vanya at BAM; Fun Home (off or on Broadway), Circle Mirror Transformation (Tracee Chimo, Heidi Shreck, Reed Birney)

Played Eponine in 2005 Les Miserables

"On My Own" versions: 1) Lea Michelle 2) Samantha Barks 3) Katie Holmes

Lea Michelle did Ragtime with Celia's brother Andrew

Deirde O'Connell is the woman we would all drop everything to see (in fact she's in Dana H. on Broadway right now go see her!)

The Gilded Age stars tons of theatre folk: Christine Baranski, Carrie Coon, Audra McDonald, Cynthia Nixon, Kelli O'Hara, Donna Murphy, Katie Finneran

Celia was NOT in The Brave Little Toaster musical reading

Connecting this week's guest to next week's guest:

Celia Keenan-Bolger Was in Diane with Joyce Van Patten

Who was in the original Broadway production of Brighton Beach Memoirs with Mandy Ingber

Who was in Teen Witch with Zelda Rubinstein

Who was in Poltergeist with NEXT. WEEK'S. GUEST.

We all hate Jerry Van Dyke but we do like Craig T Nelson

Correction: Coach was on ABC not NBC

Bunnicula is IMPORTANT (sadly written by a married couple: Deborah and James Howe)

Rikki Tikki Tavi or Tikk Tikki Tembo

Serendipity: children's book on the Loch Ness Monster

WTF is the Apple Cart Kids??

Anne recommends listening to EB WHite read you Charlotte's Web