Molly Shannon Joins HBO Series After PROMISES PROMISES
By: Nicole Rosky Nov. 02, 2010
According to Deadline.com, PROMISES, PROMISES' Molly Shannon will be joinning the cast of an HBO comedy by Simpsons' Tim Long after her Broadway run. The title of the series remains unknown; however, Shannon will play a nun who joined the convent after getting her heart broken at 18.
Long said of the character "It's James Joyce meets Judd Apatow -- a female 40-Year-Old Virgin with a huge dollop of Catholic weirdness thrown in," Long said. Shannon, of course, knows a thing or two about playing offbeat characters of the Catolic faith having played awkward school girl Mary Katherine Gallagher on SNL. The show will also showcase Shannon's singing talent. It "will be outrageously funny -- it's Molly Shannon, for crying out loud -- but it'll also be a serious look at a woman who's 40 but emotionally still in her teens and who needs to get wise very quickly."
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The SNL alumnus is currently making her Broadway debut in the smash hit musical comedy PROMISES, PROMISES as Marge MacDougall for a limited week run, which continues through January 2, 2011. This new production of PROMISES, PROMISES, directed and choreographed by Tony and Emmy Award winner Rob Ashford with Neil Simon's funny and touching book and Burt Bacharach and Hal David's hit-packed score, began previews at the Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway) Saturday, March 27, 2010, and opened on Sunday, April 25, 2010.
Molly Shannon spent six seasons as a member of the repertory company on "Saturday Night Live," primarily known for the eclectic characters she created, such as Mary Katherine Gallagher and Sally O'Malley, and her parodies of Courtney Love, Liza Minnelli, Monica Lewinsky, and Meredith Vieira. In 2000 she received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program. Prior to joining "SNL," Shannon appeared at The Up Front Comedy Theater in Los Angeles in The Rob and Molly Show, an improvisational show she co-wrote with Rob Muir. This year Shannon was featured as a recurring guest star on FOX's smash-hit series "Glee" where she traded barbs with Jane Lynch's prickly Sue Sylvester. Shannon was also included in the "all-star" group of female "SNL" alumnae who came back this year for Betty White's Emmy-winning hosting gig where Shannon reprised her classic character Terry Rialto of public radio's "Delicious Dish." Next year Shannon will be seen on the big screen in director Jake Kasdan's new comedy Bad Teacher alongside Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel and Justin Timberlake. Shannon's other film credits include Superstar portraying everybody's favorite Catholic schoolgirl Mary Katherine Gallagher; Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette; Year of the Dog; Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby; Evan Almighty; Igor; Keenen Ivory Wayans' Little Man; Scary Movie 4; Ron Howard's How the Grinch Stole Christmas; A Night at the Roxbury; Analyze This; Happiness; Never Been Kissed; The Good Boy!; Serendipity; Osmosis Jones; The Santa Clause 2 and the cult comedy classic Wet Hot American Summer. On television, Shannon has been seen in the U.S. version of the popular Australian sitcom "Kath and Kim," as well as "Cracking Up," "Will & Grace" with Sean Hayes, "Sex and the City," "Seinfeld," "Pushing Daisies" with Kristin Chenoweth and "30 Rock" among many others. Shannon's television movies include "More of Me," "12 Days of Christmas Eve," and "The Music Man" with Kristin Chenoweth produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron. Born in Shaker Heights, Ohio, Molly earned a BFA in drama from New York University's prestigious Tisch School of the Arts.
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