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Tony Nominees Celia Keenan-Bolger & John Ellison Conlee Welcome Son!

By: May. 11, 2015
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Power stage couple and Tony nominees Celia Keenan-Bolger and John Ellison Conlee have officially welcomed their first child!

Keenan-Bolger shared the news on Instagram today, posting the image to the left, along with the caption below, that she gave birth last month to a son, William.

She posted: "You guys, this happened. William Emmet Conlee was born 4/29 at 10:21am. 8lbs 2oz and 20 3/4in. We are IN LOVE."

BroadwayWorld wishes a warm congratulations to the pair!

Keenan-Bolger's Broadway credits include The Glass Menagerie (Tony Award nomination, Drama Desk Award), Peter and the Starcatcher (Tony and Drama Desk nomination/also off-Broadway), Les Miserables (Drama Desk nomination), 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Drama Desk, Theatre World awards; Tony Award nomination/also Off-Broadway). Off-Broadway: Merrily We Roll Along, A Small Fire, Bachelorette,Saved, Kindertransport, Little Fish, Summer of '42. Regional: The Glass Menagerie (American Repertory Theater), Betty's Summer Vacation(Bay Street Theatre), Creating Claire (George Street Playhouse), Peter and the Starcatcher (La Jolla Playhouse), The Light in the Piazza (The Goodman Theatre), Sweeney Todd (The Kennedy Center), Our Town (The Intiman Theatre), The Crucible (Trueblood Theatre). Film:Sundowning, Mariachi Gringo, Education of Max Bickford. TV: Nurse Jackie, Heartland, Law & Order.

Conlee's credits include Watson(s) in The(curious case of the)Watson Intelligence at Playwrights Horizons(2014 Obie Award),Murder Ballad(MTC/Union Square), and The Madrid (MTC). Recent film and tv work includes the upcoming films When I Live My Life Over Again and Ned Rifle. Broadway: The Full Monty (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics nominations), The Constant Wife, and 1776. Off Broadway includes Pig Farm (Roundabout), Ethan Lipton's LUTHER (Clubbed Thumb), The Butter and Egg Man, Once in a Lifetime, and The Bald Soprano(Atlantic). Many with NYSF in the park, and at Williamstown. Other film and tv credits include recurring roles on Parks & Recreation, and Brotherhood(Showtime). NCIS:LA, Common Law, Medium, Dirty Sexy Money, Law & Order,Third Watch, Spin City, and others, and the films Serendipity, The Rebound, Trust The Man, Kinsey, Brief Reunion, the recent documentary Showing Up, and the film So Close, which he also co-produced. He received his MFA from NYU and is married to multiple Tony nominee, actress Celia Keenan Bolger.







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