{"id":31931,"date":"2025-07-30T07:29:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T07:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/31931\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T07:29:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T07:29:13","slug":"celebrity-news-gilmore-girls-star-lauren-graham-supports-kelly-bishop-at-a-chorus-line-50th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/31931\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity news: Gilmore Girls star Lauren Graham supports Kelly Bishop at A Chorus Line 50th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/celebrity.nine.com.au\/latest\/gilmore-girls-cast-then-and-now\/9fda2d69-5c17-4d9a-873e-284087a17e23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"G\ufeffilmore Girls\">G\ufeffilmore Girls<\/a> actress <a href=\"https:\/\/honey.nine.com.au\/money\/gilmore-girls-cast-net-worth-ranking\/1b5f12c9-bb31-4a30-8ec8-078a370a3fe0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Kelly Bishop\">Kelly Bishop<\/a> had the support of a special co-star on one of the biggest nights of her career.<\/p>\n<p>Bishop was included in the 50th anniversary show of the <a href=\"https:\/\/honey.nine.com.au\/videos\/celebrities\/tony-awards-2025-stars-of-broadway-hit-the-red-carpet\/cmboc5s0c000o0gnz7eciuafz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Broadway musical\">Broadway musical<\/a> A Chorus Line at the Shubert Theatre on July 27, the same place the show first opened in 1975.<\/p>\n<p>She played the role of Sheila Bryant in the original show. \ufeff<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/product-reviews\/style\/best-denim-jeans-list\/5cca878d-9871-4f7d-810a-a1c00ae20ce1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The denim jeans we&#8217;d buy again (and again)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/19302c04-1e15-4735-a6f8-aa4c6e029924.png\"  alt=\"Kelly Bishop and Lauren Graham \"\/>Kelly Bishop and Lauren Graham at the 50th anniversary celebration. (Instagram)<\/p>\n<p>In her later career, the actress was best known for her role as Emily Gilmore, playing the on-screen mother of \ufeffLauren Graham&#8217;s character Lorelai Gilmore.<\/p>\n<p>Graham was part of the 50th anniversary celebration in support of her on-screen mother, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DMtI56lPpeV\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=2a2e3e2f-b080-4a83-81d3-2e4fa91b5721\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"posting to Instagram\">posting to Instagram<\/a> to commemorate the moment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was beyond thrilling to get to introduce Ms. Kelly Bishop at the 50th Anniversary of A Chorus Line at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/shubertorg\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@shubertorg<\/a> theatre Sunday night,&#8221; the post read.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The performances were incredible, magical, inspiring! Also, this photo of us is wack because in real life Kelly is about 1\/16 my size. XL.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A Chorus Line debuted in the Public Theatre in 1975 before it moved to Broadway, where it immediately became an instant sensation. \ufeff<\/p>\n<p>The production ran a record-breaking 6137 performances over 15 years, making it the longest-running Broadway show ever at the time.<\/p>\n<p>It won nine Tonys and a Pulitzer Prize. It also sparked a film adaptation and a 2006 Broadway revival.<\/p>\n<p>Gilmore Girls ran for \ufeffseven seasons and was quickly beloved by the masses after the first season aired in 2000.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/honey.nine.com.au\/latest\/coldplay-kiss-cam-controversy-is-it-ok-to-have-a-relationship-with-your-boss\/4c335230-021d-4340-b841-4367af9995cb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Expert&#8217;s warning after Coldplay kiss-cam controversy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/7f944467-9c51-40e5-bcc0-be710c433a2e.jpeg\"  alt=\"Cast of Gilmore Girls \"\/>Gilmore Girls ran for seven seasons from 2000 to 2007.  (Getty)<\/p>\n<p>The show ran until 2007 before Netflix rebooted it in 2016 for Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/entertainment\/latest\/ninecomau-whats-app-signup\/421c4156-5b58-42a0-9c4e-e65401b4e271\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FOLLOW US ON WHATSAPP HERE<\/a>: Stay across all the latest news from your favourite shows via our WhatsApp channel. No comments, no algorithm and nobody can see your private details.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"G\ufeffilmore Girls actress Kelly Bishop had the support of a special co-star on one of the biggest nights&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31932,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134],"class_list":["post-31931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}