If you need any proof that Donna Murphy loves a challenge, look no further than her Broadway resume. The versatile actress took home her first of two Best Actress Tony Awards in 1994 for creating the role of Fosca, a sickly, ugly and obsessive lover in Stephen Sondheim’s Passion. Two years later, she earned her second Tony as British schoolteacher Anna Leonowens in the revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein classic The King and I. She wowed audiences in Wonderful Town and Lovemusik (two shows that would rarely be mentioned in the same sentence!) along with films like Spider-Man 2, The Fountain and The Nanny Diaries. Now Murphy has earned her fifth Tony nomination in Roundabout Theatre Company's production of The People in the Picture. In a demanding, time-traveling role, she plays Raisel/Bubbie, a 1970s grandmother who shares stories from her past as a star of Yiddish theater and film in pre-World War II Poland, including the difficult choices she made as the Holocaust loomed. Broadway.com caught up with this beloved star to talk about the challenges of being a working mom, why she never does anything twice and how Bubbie lured her back to Broadway.
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Monday, June 6, 2011
People in the Picture Star Donna Murphy on Playing a Bubbie and Not Doing ?The White Color Purple?
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