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Blair Brown

Birth Place: Washington, DC.

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Broadway: The Parisian Woman, Copenhagen (Tony Award), James Joyce’s The Dead, Cabaret, The Secret Rapture, The Threepenny Opera. Off-Broadway/regional: Mary Page Marlowe (Second Stage Theater / Steppenwolf), On The Shore of the Wide World, Nikolai And The Others, The Clean House, Arcadia, The Tempest (McCarter Theatre), A Little Night Music (Kennedy Center), Humble Boy, Camino Real (Williamstown), My Life as a Fairy Tale (LCF), Comedy of Errors (NYSF), The Skin of Our Teeth (Old Globe), seasons at Stratford-Ontario and Guthrie Theater. Film: My Art, Speed of Thought, Dark Matter, The Sentinel, Dogville, Space Cowboys, The Astronaut’s Wife, Altered States, Continental Divide, Strapless, Stealing Home and A Flash of Green. TV includes: “Orange Is The New Black,” “Jack Ryan,” “Elementary,” “Limitless,” “Forever,” “Person of Interest,” “The Affair,” “Fringe,” “The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd” (5 Emmy nominations), “ER,” “ED,” “The Ultimate Life,” “Kennedy,” “A Season in Purgatory,” “The Good Policeman,” “Hands of a Stranger,” “Follow the Stars Home,” “In His Life: The John Lennon Story,” “Convictions, “Gifts of Love,” “To Walk Again: The Eddie Keating Jr, Story,” “Missing Parents,” “Majority Rules,” “Extremely Close Up,” “Those Secrets,” “Space.” Directing: Rosemary and I (Passage), Lovely Day (Play Co.) and A Feminine Ending (PCS). Narrator of more than 50 documentary films and audio books.

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Blair Brown STAGE CREDITS

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2022
Ms. Innes

[Off-Broadway]
2021
Performer

[Off-Broadway]
Second Stage Theater New York Premiere, 2018
Mary Page Marlowe

[Off-Broadway]
Project Shaw One Night Only Production, 2018
Mrs. Higgins

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2017
Jeanette

[Off-Broadway]
Atlantic Theater Company New York Premiere, 2017
Ellen Holmes

[New York]
Gingold Theatrical Group's Project Shaw Production, 2017
Performer

[New York]
MasterVoices One Night Production, 2017
The Narrator

[New York]
World Premiere, 2005
Mother

[Regional (US)]
Sondheim Festival Production, 2002
Desiree Armfeldt

[Regional (US)]
Regional Production, 2000
Gretta Conroy

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2000
Margrethe Bohr

[Broadway]
Broadway Transfer, 2000
Gretta Conroy

[Broadway]
Roundabout Revival, 1998
Fraulein Schneider [Replacement]

Fraulein Schneider [Replacement]

Fraulein Schneider [Replacement]

Fraulein Schneider [Replacement]

Fraulein Schneider [Replacement]

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1995
Hannah Jarvis

[Broadway]
1989
Isobel Glass

[Broadway]
Lincoln Center Revival, 1976
Polly Peachum [Replacement]

Lucy Brown


Blair Brown Movies

[1972]L'obsédée sexuelle (Brutalités amoureuses) Jo-jo

[1973]The Paper Chase Miss Farranti

[1977]The Choirboys Kimberly Lyles

[1980]Altered States Emily Jessup

[1980]One-Trick Pony Marion

[1981]Continental Divide Nell Porter

[1984]A Flash of Green Kat Hubble

[1988]Stealing Home Ginny Wyatt

[1989]Strapless Dr. Lillian Hempel

[1992]Passed Away Amy Scanlan

[1999]The Astronaut's Wife Shelly McLaren

[2000]Space Cowboys Dr. Anne Caruthers

[2003]Dogville Mrs. Henson

[2005]Loverboy Jeanette Rawley

[2006]The Treatment Miss Callucci

[2006]Griffin & Phoenix Eve

[2006]The Sentinel National Security Advisor

[2007]First Born Laura's Mother

[2007]Dark Matter Hildy

[2011]The Speed of Thought Bridger


Blair Brown TV Shows

Ed Mary Burton

Fringe Nina Sharp, Alternate Nina Sharp

Limitless Marie Finch

Orange Is the New Black Judy King

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd Molly Dodd, Lorna LaSalle

The Whiteoaks of Jalna Pheasant Vaughan

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Commonwealth Shakespeare Company The Cast And Creative Team Of Shakespeare's MACBETH For Shakespeare On The Common

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (CSC) and Steven Maler, Artistic Director, announce the complete cast and creative team for this summer's production of Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth on the Boston Common.

Blair Brown, Mary Beth Peil, John-Andrew Morrison & More to Take Part in Gingold's IRISH POETRY SLAM 2023

Gingold Theatrical Group will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with an Irish Poetry Slam, held on Friday March 17, 2023, from 6:00-7:30pm ET.

The 2023 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Names 10 Finalists Including Zadie Smith, Francisca Da Silveira & More

The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has announced 10 Finalists for its prestigious playwriting award, the oldest and largest international prize awarded to women+ playwrights.

Anthony Rapp's WITHOUT YOU Opens Tonight at New World Stages

Without You, written and performed by Anthony Rapp, directed by Steven Maler with musical direction by Daniel A. Weiss opens on Wednesday, January 25, 2023 at New World Stages. See how to purchase tickets!

Listen: Patti LuPone, Laurence Fishburne, Christopher Walken & More to be Featured in RADIO PLAY REVIVAL Season 2

Listen to RADIO PLAY REVIVAL podcast Season 2, which launched on December 25th, 2022.

How Many Tom Stoppard Plays Have Been Performed on Broadway?

Leopoldstadt marks the 19th production of a Tom Stoppard play to open on Broadway since Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead opened 55 years ago. Stoppard has won four Best Play Tony Awards, more than any other playwright in history. What are the 18 other productions of Tom Stoppard plays to open on Broadway? Let's take a look back!

Words From the Wings: Noah Reid Shares His Broadway Experience in the COVID Era, and More!

We're chatting with Noah Reid, who just wrapped up his performance in The Minute, which closed on Broadway on Sunday, July 24.  Noah told us all about his backstage rituals, what it's like performing on Broadway in the COVID era, and much more.

THE MINUTES Enters Its Final Two Weeks Of Broadway Performances

THE MINUTES by Tony Award & Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts, directed by Tony Award winner Anna D. Shapiro will conclude its limited Broadway engagement on Sunday, July 24. To date, the production has raised nearly $130,000 from a portion of tickets sales to support global humanitarian organization Save the Children’s Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund.

THE MINUTES On Broadway to Require Audience Masking Through the End of its Run

Steppenwolf’s production of THE MINUTES on Broadway will continue to require audiences to wear masks through the final performance on Sunday, July 24.

James Vincent Meredith to Join THE MINUTES on Broadway

THE MINUTES by Tony Award & Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts, directed by Tony Award winner Anna D. Shapiro, will welcome celebrated actor James Vincent Meredith (The Skin of Our Teeth, The Book of Mormon) back to Big Cherry.

THE MINUTES Raises $78K to Support Save the Children's Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund

THE MINUTES on Broadway announced today that from a portion of tickets sales $78,830 has been raised thus far to support global humanitarian organization Save the Children’s Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund.

Sunday Morning Michael Dale: Witnessing History with All The Mournful Voices and Getting a History Lesson with Citizen Wong

Immersive All The Mournful Voices takes audience members to a time that tore the country apart just as it was beginning to heal and Citizen Wong celebrates a 19th Century activist for Chinese American rights.

THE MINUTES on Broadway Raises $27K to Support Save the Children's Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund

THE MINUTES on Broadway announced today that from a portion of tickets sales $27,000 has been raised thus far to support global humanitarian organization Save the Children’s Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund.

Photos: A SCHITT'S CREEK Reunion at THE MINUTES Opening Night!

Dan Levy and Noah Reid, former co-stars of Schitt's Creek reunited last night at the opening of The Minutes on Broadway and we've got the pics to prove it!

Photos: On the Red Carpet for THE MINUTES Opening Night

Tracy Letts' The Minutes, the newest work from the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of August: Osage County, has officially opened on Broadway last night at Studio 54. BroadwayWorld was there for the special occasion and you can check out photos from the red carpet arrivals .

VIDEO: Inside Opening Night of THE MINUTES

Tracy Letts' The Minutes, the newest work from the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of August: Osage County, has officially opened on Broadway! All new footage has been released from the red carpet and curtain call. Check out the video here!

VIDEO: Watch Scenes from THE MINUTES on Broadway

Tracy Letts' The Minutes, the newest work from the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of August: Osage County, has officially opened on Broadway! All new video has been released featuring clips from the show.

Wake Up With BWW 4/18: THE MINUTES Opens on Broadway, HAMILTON Postpones Tour Stops, and More!

Last night, The Minutes officially opened on Broadway! Below, check out all of the reviews for Tracy Letts' new play! Plus, Hamilton postpones its tour due to a flu outbreak within the company, and more.

Photos: First Look at Tracy Letts' THE MINUTES on Broadway

Get a first look at the Broadway production of Tracy Letts' The Minutes, the newest work from the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of August: Osage County. 

Review Roundup: THE MINUTES Opens on Broadway

Read the reviews for Steppenwolf's production of Tracy Letts' new play THE MINUTES which opened on Broadway at Studio 54, starring Ian Barford, Blair Brown, Cliff Chamberlain, K. Todd Freeman, Tracy Letts, Danny McCarthy, Jessie Mueller, Sally Murphy, Austin Pendleton, Noah Reid, Jeff Still.

Blair Brown FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Blair Brown's next show will be The Minutes which opens on 4/17/2022 on Broadway.

Blair Brown has appeared on Broadway in 8 shows.

Blair Brown has not appeared in the West End

Blair Brown has been nominated for several awards throughout her career. She was nominated for the Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical category at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for her performance in "James Joyce's The Dead". Additionally, she received a nomination for the Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play category at the Tony Awards for her role in "Copenhagen".

Blair Brown has won the Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play for her role in "Copenhagen."

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