Isabel Keating

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Isabel Keating
Born
Savannah, Georgia, United States
Awards Drama Desk Award, Theatre World Award, Helen Hayes Award
Website isabelkeating.com

Isabel Keating is an American actress and singer. She is known for her performance as Judy Garland in the original Broadway production of The Boy from Oz , which earned her a Tony Award nomination and a Drama Desk Award.

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Career

Broadway

Keating made her Broadway debut in 2003, in Enchanted April . She replaced Molly Ringwald in the role of Rose Arnott [1] after having created the leading role of Lotty Wilton in the play's world-premiere production at Hartford Stage Company in Hartford, Connecticut. [2]

Keating is widely acclaimed for her portrayal of Judy Garland in the 2003 Broadway production of The Boy From Oz , in which she starred opposite Hugh Jackman (who played Peter Allen). For her performance she received a Tony Award nomination [3] and won a Drama Desk Award [4] and Theatre World Award. [5]

She joined the Broadway cast of Hairspray , directed by Jack O'Brien, in the role of Velma Von Tussle in June 2006 [6] and stayed with the production through August 2007. [7]

Keating played Peter Parker's Aunt May and other characters in the Broadway production of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark , directed by Julie Taymor. [8]

From 2014 to 2015, Keating appeared on Broadway in Terrence McNally's hit comedy It's Only a Play , directed by Jack O'Brien.

She played Madame Morrible in Wicked on Broadway from January through November 2018 [9] [10] after performing the same role in the U.S. National Tour. [11]

In 2024, she returned to Broadway in Doubt: A Parable as the understudy for Sister Aloysius, but later temporarily took over the role in early previews, replacing Tyne Daly, who departed the production after a medical emergency. [12]

Other theatre

Keating has performed at Theatre Previews at Duke, where she starred in Gore Vidal's On the March to the Sea opposite Chris Noth, Charles Durning, Richard Easton, Michael Learned and Harris Yulin; [13] at the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven, Connecticut, in Tom Stoppard's Travesties opposite Sam Waterston; [14] and at the Paper Mill Playhouse, in Millburn, New Jersey, in Wendy Kesselman's stage version of The Diary of Anne Frank .

She won the 2000 Helen Hayes Award for Best Actress for her performance in Tom Stoppard's play Indian Ink at the Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C. [15]

Keating 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, [16] and played the Duchess of Berwick in the Oscar Wilde comedy Lady Windermere's Fan directed by Moisés Kaufman in 2005 at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Williamstown, Massachusetts. [17]

Film and television

Keating co-starred in Indignation —James Schamus's feature film directorial début, based on Philip Roth's novel—opposite Logan Lerman and Sarah Gadon. [18] The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2016 and was theatrically released on July 29, 2016. [19]

She has guest-starred in episodes of 3 lbs (2006), [20] Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2008), [21] The Path (2016), and New Amsterdam (2021) and appeared in films including The Nanny Diaries [22] and The Life Before Her Eyes . [23]

Acting credits

Theatre

YearShowRoleVenue
1984 La Ronde Sweet Young Thing The Studio Theatre (Washington, D.C.)
1986 The Miss Firecracker Contest PopeyeBristol Valley Playhouse (Naples, NY)
1986–1987 The Slab Boys Trilogy LucilleThe Studio Theatre (Washington, D.C.)
1989The Bright and Bold Design
1990In Perpetuity Throughout the UniverseChristine
1994Waiting at the Water's EdgeViOff-Broadway: The Ohio Theatre
Written and SealedNancyOff-Broadway: Puerto Rican Traveling Theater
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice Little VoiceThe Studio Theatre (Washington, D.C.)
1995 Slavs! Katarina
Three Sisters Irina
Chilean HolidayDigna Actors Theatre of Louisville (Louisville, KY)
1997One Foot on the FloorLaVita Terrafamilia Denver Center for the Performing Arts (Denver, CO)
1998 Once in a Lifetime Florabel LeighOff-Broadway: Atlantic Theater Company
1999 Indian Ink Flora CreweThe Studio Theatre (Washington, D.C.)
2000 Enchanted April Lottie Wilton Hartford Stage (Hartford, CT)
2001 Dinner with Friends Beth Old Globe Theatre (San Diego, CA)
2003 Enchanted April Rose Arnott (replacement)Broadway: Belasco Theatre
2003–2004 The Boy from Oz Judy Garland Broadway: Imperial Theatre
2005 Travesties Nadya Long Wharf Theatre (New Haven, CT)
On the March to the SeaMinna HinksTheatre Previews at Duke (Raleigh, NC)
Lady Windermere's Fan Duchess of Berwick Williamstown Theatre Festival (Williamstown, MA)
2006 The Diary of Anne Frank Edith Frank Paper Mill Playhouse (Millburn, NJ)
2006–2007 Hairspray Velma Von Tussle (replacement)Broadway: Neil Simon Theatre
2009A Lifetime BurningLydia FreemantleOff-Broadway: Primary Stages
2010–2014 Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Aunt May/Mrs. Gribrock/MaxieBroadway: Foxwoods Theatre
2014 Travesties NadyaBay Street Theater (Sag Harbor, NY)
2014–2015 It's Only a Play Virginia Noyes/Julia Budder (standby)Broadway: Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre,
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
2016–2017 Wicked Madame MorribleU.S. National Tour
2018Broadway: Gershwin Theatre
2019 Because of Winn Dixie Franny Block Goodspeed Opera House (East Haddam, CT)
2024 Doubt: A Parable Sister Aloysius (u/s)Broadway: Todd Haimes Theatre
The Queen of Versailles Debbie Debbie Emerson Colonial Theatre

Film and television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999Dead BrokeForensics Specialist
MagnetismShort film
2004 58th Tony Awards HerselfTV special
American Masters Judy Garland Episode: "Judy Garland: By Myself"
2006 3 lbs Rosemary DonovanEpisode: "Bad Boys"
2007 The Nanny Diaries Paranoid Mom
The Life Before Her Eyes Maureen's Mother
2008 Law & Order: Criminal Intent JanineEpisode: "Please Note We Are No Longer Accepting Letters of Recommendation from Henry Kissinger"
2016 The Path Jeanette KempEpisode: "Breaking and Entering"
Indignation Miss Clement
2021 New Amsterdam Mary WheelerEpisode: "More Joy"

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2000 Helen Hayes Award Outstanding Lead Actress in a Resident Play Indian Ink Won [24]
2004 Audie Award Outstanding Achievement in Fiction NarrationHissy Fit by Mary Kay AndrewsFinalist
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical The Boy from Oz Nominated [25]
Theatre World Award Outstanding Debut Performance in a Broadway ProductionWon [5]
Drama League Award Distinguished Performance Nominated [26]
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Won [4]
Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Musical Nominated [3]

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