Podcast appearances and mentions of Jayne Houdyshell

In this week's episode, Joel Crump is having a Broadway extravaganza!! He is at the OPENING NIGHT RED CARPET of The Wiz, Suffs, Stereophonic, Cabaret, The Heart of Rock and Roll, Uncle Vanya, and The Great Gatsby!! He interviews William Jackson Harper, Melissa McCarthy, Stephanie Mills, Jeremy Jordan, Eva Noblezada, Juliana Canfield, Corey Cott, Jayne Houdyshell, Will Brill, JaQuel Knight, Gayle Rankin, Hannah Cruz, and McKenzie Kurtz! Joel also discusses what's happening this week on Broadway (Apr. 20-26)! Indulge in Broadway buzz like never before with "The Weekly Dose of Joel: Everything Broadway and More." This podcast, brought to you by the Broadway Podcast Network and Broadway Time, delivers the latest news, theater history, and exclusive interviews with Broadway stars, all in one podcast! Don't miss out on your front-row seat to the magic of Broadway! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who wanted a bleak; performance driven family drama?! This week on Bottom of the Stream we focus on The Humans; a 2021 movie written and Directed by Stephen Karam. Starring; Richard Jenkins; Jayne Houdyshell and Amy Schumer, listen in to hear what we made of this tale of a family gathering for Thanksgiving dinner only to discover everyone has a secret to hide and all is not what it seems…   Bottom of the stream is a weekly podcast, hosted by film lovers Adam and Nick, exploring the parts of Netflix that most people don't go to in a bid to find out what hidden gems are lurking down there Every week we rank the films we watch against each other and place them in what we like to call THE STREAM TABLE which can be found on our website  www.bottomofthestream.com Follow us on Twitter, instagram and letterboxed at @bots_podcast  Please consider supporting the show on Patreon, If you do we will give you lots of bonus content including early access to the episodes. Check it out over at www.patreon.com/bottomofthestream   We also now have a discord so join us to hang out https://discord.gg/wJ3Bfqt    

It's another four film @EchoChamberFP https://www.instagram.com/echochamberfp/ this week!!! Apple TV+ & A24 bring us a film about the trauma of war, Signature Films has a relationship break-up joint, set at Christmas. While Disney+ revisit fairytale fifteen years later, and Netflix take us into the world of dreams! This episode has: Causeway Watch Review: Here. https://youtu.be/_8OMDfm2D7A Toronto International Film Festival: 10th September 2022 Theatrical Release Date: 28th October 2022 Digital Release Date: 4th November 2022 Director: Lila Neugebauer Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Brian Tyree Henry, Linda Emond, Jayne Houdyshell, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Russell Harvard Running Time: 92 min Cert: 15 Trailer: Here. https://youtu.be/VojBOTd6Euo Watch via Apple TV+: Here. https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/causeway/umc.cmc.30p2zn6vd14159dorn1vo68el ------------ Bar Fight Watch Review: Here. https://youtu.be/1-X-11OoiXA Theatrical Release Date: 11th November 2022 Digital Release Date: 11th November 2022 Director: Jim Mahoney Cast: Melissa Fumero, Luka Jones, Rachel Bloom, Julian Gant, Vik Sahay, Daniel Dorr, Shontae Saldana, Patrick Byas, Dot-Marie Jones, Hope Lauren, Caroline Harris, Mitzi Akaha, Nick Psinakis, Dino Nicandros Running Time: 84 min Cert: 18 Trailer: Here. https://youtu.be/WCUELVOuA_E Watch via Apple TV+: Here. https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/bar-fight/umc.cmc.2dqzm2xgwpumezewt3vhjapmn Website: Here. https://www.barfight.movie/ ------------ Disenchanted Watch Review: Here. https://youtu.be/wDmMqZN7-oQ El Capitan Theatre Premiere: 16th November 2022 Digital Release Date: 18th November 2022 Director: Adam Shankman Cast: Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, Gabriella Baldacchino, Rachel Duff, Idina Menzel, James Marsden, Maya Rudolph, Kolton Stewart, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jayma Mays, Oscar Nuñez, Alan Tudyk, Griffin Newman Running Time: 118 min Cert: PG Trailer: Here. https://youtu.be/dRuwjZJ-DQw Watch via Disney+: Here. https://www.disneyplus.com/movies/disenchanted/5rnVhiRFkaqL?cid=DTCI-Synergy-Disneycom-Site-Awareness-Originals-US-Disney-Disenchanted-EN-HomeScreenBanner-Stream_on_DisneyPlus_button_Disenchanted_movie_page-NA Website: Here. https://disneyplusoriginals.disney.com/movie/disenchanted Twitter: @enchanted https://twitter.com/enchanted Facebook: Here. https://www.facebook.com/DisneyEnchanted/ Instagram: @disneyenchanted https://www.instagram.com/disneyenchanted/ ------------ Slumberland Watch Review: Here. https://youtu.be/s34c4DT3ma0 Theatrical Release Date: 11th November 2022 Digital Release Date: 18th November 2022 Director: Francis Lawrence Cast: Jason Momoa, Marlow Barkley, Chris O'Dowd, Kyle Chandler, Weruche Opia, Cameron Nicoll, Antonio Raine Pastore, India de Beaufort, Chris D'Silva, Leslie Adlam, Jamillah Ross, Tonya Cornelisse, Humberly González, Michael Blake, Izaak Smith, Owais Sheikh Running Time: 117 min Cert: PG Trailer: Here. https://youtu.be/FBnkVJslRGo Watch via Netflix: Here. https://www.netflix.com/title/81220825 Website: Here. https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/slumberland-release-date-cast-news ------------ *(Music) 'Stakes Is High' by De La Soul - 1996 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eftv/message

Jayne Houdyshell Talks "Causeway" Streaming Now On Apple Tv + Performing On Broadway and More  Connect with us on our website for more amazing conversations!  www.brettallanshow.com  Got some feedback? Let us know! openmicguest@gmail.com  Follow us on social media! IG https://www.instagram.com/brettallanshow/ FB https://www.facebook.com/thebrettallanshow/ Twitter https://twitter.com/brettallanshow Consider giving us a kind rating and review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1486122533?mt=2&ls=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Keener and KK as they take a deeper look into the life and death of Bunny Folger. Ben Smith, the writer of episode three, explains the original plan for the episode and why it changed. Showrunner and Co-Creator John Hoffman and actress Jackie Hoffman come back to help us humanize Bunny and understand her motivations. And of course, we talk to the Tony award-winning actress Jayne Houdyshell, who brought Bunny Folger to life and helps her live on through the voice Mrs. Gambolini. Is there anything to know about her mysterious relationship with Ivan, the waiter at the Pickle Diner? And who might be next on our killer's hit list? Email us YOUR theories and guesses at onlymuders@strawhutmedia.com From Straw Hut Media

Peter & Nathan turn to Sondheim's 1971 iconic Follies, a show that takes a loving—but brutal—look at nostalgia, camp, the power of memory, and the danger of looking back.   We talk about: The role of nostalgia and the warning articulated in Follies: "never look back" The nature of camp, Susan Sontag's essay "Notes on Camp" and how Follies explores campiness, drag culture, and the excesses of the 20th century Follies as a show about women and women's bodies Ghosts, the communion of saints, and the past's impact on the present The spirituality of aging, what it means to be fully alive, and the power of endurance You'll hear: The Prologue, "Beautiful Girls," "Broadway Baby," and "In Buddy's Eyes" as performed by Bernadette Peters, Jayne Houdyshell, Michael Haynes and the company of the 2012 Broadway Revival production The late, great Barbara Cook singing "Losing My Mind" from the 1985 Concert Recording The legendary Elaine Stritch performing "I'm Still Here"—which you have to watch on YouTube and then find all the other women in red singing their Sondheim tributes: https://youtu.be/3Xz1TUgdG6A

Our very first super villain, Kelly Hu, joins us on the show today. You Might Know Her From X2: X-Men United, The Scorpion King, The Doors, Almost Perfect, Cradle 2 the Grave, and Finding Ohana. Kelly gave us all that behind the scenes intel on her strategically placed hair, the photos with camels, and the chemistry tests in order to score the role of The Sorceress in The Scorpion King with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Plus her fight scenes as Lady Deathstrike with those long ass nails, bringing backstory to The Vampire Diaries and Arrow, and breaking into the business by taking out an ad in the trades to announce her move to LA. How bad ass? Follow us on social media @damianbellino || @rodemanne  Discussed this week:  The Thing About Pam trailer on NBC/Peacock Renee Zellweger's Oscar speech  3 women hosting The Oscars: Regina Hall, Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes Nina Arianda was excellent as Viv Vance in Being the Ricardos. So was Linda Lavin Go watch The Humans (Showtime) starring former YMKHF guest, Jayne Houdyshell (ep #39) Houdyshell in The Music Man on Broadway (Jackman & Foster) Parallel Mothers is a must see for both of us Val Kilmer was GOOD in The Doors and was Damian's Batman Finding Ohana (now streaming on Netflix) Orgs in Hollywood for AAPI actors: CAPE, Gold House Announced her move to Los Angeles to coincide with her two ep arc on The Growing Pains Tia Carrere, Tamlyn Tomita, Rosalind Chao Known for her action work: The Scorpion King, No Way Back, Cradle 2 the Grave, X2 Bathtub outfit in The Scorpion King X2 fight scenes: Lady Deathstrike vs Cyclops; Lady Deathstrike vs Wolverine Stunt woman: Angela Uyeda Chyna White on Arrow and Pearl on The Vampire Diaries Sweet romcom, 2011's Almost Perfect (dir: Bertha Bay-Sa Pan) Was the face of Philadelphia cream cheese in Italy (played a Japanese woman named Kaori) Starred in Beyond the Game in 2016 opposite Lorenzo Lamas Lamas crowned Kelly Hu “Miss Teen USA”  Lamas and Kelly in Battle of the Network Stars  Bette Midler was born in Hawaii Plays Ray Manzarek's wife in The Doors opposite Kyle McLachlan (Thanksgiving scene w/ Kelly) Worked with Don Johnson: Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man + Nash Bridges  Supercut of Kelly Hu in leather in Martial Law Dancing to “Barbara Ann” at the end of Surf Ninjas Fuck Marry Kill DEATH SCENES: Jason Takes Manhattan, Cradle 2 the Grave, No Way Back Kelly Hu death scenes supercut

Tony Award winner Jayne Houdyshell (The Humans, The Music Man) stars in this Burmese tale about honesty, honor, and a highly coveted coconut tree.

In this holiday dazzler written, directed and produced by Arian Moayed, Santa keeps a closer eye on the naughty and nice lists than we think, especially during "unprecedented times." But maybe Mrs. Claus, the hardworking team at the North Pole, and one melancholy little girl might keep the man in the red suit from singing the blues. THE MAN IN RED, our first musical, features music by Butch Phelps and performances by Brian Cox, Jayne Houdyshell, Phylicia Rashad, Brandon Dirden, Javier Muñoz, Lily Santiago, Cecilia Suárez, Sue Jean Kim, Brendan Donaldson, Rodney Gardiner, and Lauren Sharpe.

The scariest non-horror movie you'll see all year, Stephen Karam's brilliant adaptation and direction of his Tony winning play "The Humans" arrived on Showtime to seemingly no deserved fanfare. The cast of six, including Beanie Feldstein, Richard Jenkins, Amy Schumer, Stephen Yeun and Queen June Squibb, works together through a symphony of micro-aggressions and private meltdowns, but it's Jayne Houdyshell, the only other carryover from the stage version and with a Tony for it to boot, who steals the show. Between the recliner moment, crying alone at the kitchen table, telling Brigid about her broken toilet seat and THE CUPCAKE SCENE, we can't celebrate this BSA enough at the beginning of an awards season where she's unlikely to get any recognition. We wrap things up this week with an important announcement about the Best Supporting Aftershow! Best Supporting Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bsapod Email: thebsapod@gmail.com Twitter: @bsapod Colin Drucker Twitter: @colindrucker Instagram: @colindrucker_ Nick Kochanov Twitter: @nickkochanov Instagram: @nickkochanov

It's hard to believe that Erik and Deirdre Blake expected Thanksgiving to be so emotional this year. As a married couple hiding truths from their children, Richard Jenkins and Jayne Houdyshell deliver masterful performances. Houdyshell originated her role on Broadway in 2016 but she was anxious to return to the role and bring new experiences […] The post Podcast: Jayne Houdyshell & Richard Jenkins On Erik and Deirdre's Expectations for Thanksgiving for ‘The Humans' appeared first on Awards Daily TV.

"Don't you think it should cost less to be alive?" Today on the show we've got a review of the new Netflix film The Power of the Dog from writer/director Jane Campion and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee. After that a look at the fascinating new Thanksgiving film from A24, The Humans, directed by Stephen Karam and Richard Jenkins, Beanie Feldstein, Amy Schumer, Jayne Houdyshell, Steven Yeun, and June Squibb. Continuing the new series, The Art of Deconstruction: Faith, Doubt & Film, filmmaker Chad Hill stops by the podcast to tell about his experiences and break down the 2016 film Silence from director Martin Scorsese and starring Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver and Liam Neeson. I also give a quick reaction to some of the other films I've been watching, including a few that played AFI Fest 2021. Films (and TV) discussed include: Holy Emy (AFI Fest)Paris, 13th District (AFI Fest)Petite Maman (AFI Fest)Squid GameShiva BabyAll Too Well: The Short FilmSpencerBelfastUndine Links Holy Emy review on ArthouseGarage.com Chad Hill's short film, Invitation, free to watch on Vimeo What is an "exvangelical"? - “Exvangelical” – a working definition. Podcast segment about the adaptation of the Silence novel Trailer for Don't Look Up Trailer for The Hand of God Connect with Arthouse Garage Instagram Facebook Twitter Letterboxd Email us at Andrew@ArthouseGarage.com Subscribe to the email newsletter: arthousegarage.com/subscribe Try Opopop popcorn! Get 10% off your first order Theme music by Apauling Productions

"Don't you think it should cost less to be alive?" Today on the show we've got a review of the new Netflix film The Power of the Dog from writer/director Jane Campion and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee. After that a look at the fascinating new Thanksgiving film from A24, The Humans, directed by Stephen Karam and Richard Jenkins, Beanie Feldstein, Amy Schumer, Jayne Houdyshell, Steven Yeun, and June Squibb. Continuing the new series, The Art of Deconstruction: Faith, Doubt & Film, filmmaker Chad Hill stops by the podcast to tell about his experiences and break down the 2016 film Silence from director Martin Scorsese and starring Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver and Liam Neeson. I also give a quick reaction to some of the other films I've been watching, including a few that played AFI Fest 2021. Films (and TV) discussed include: Holy Emy (AFI Fest)Paris, 13th District (AFI Fest)Petite Maman (AFI Fest)Squid GameShiva BabyAll Too Well: The Short FilmSpencerBelfastUndine Links Holy Emy review on ArthouseGarage.com Chad Hill's short film, Invitation, free to watch on Vimeo What is an "exvangelical"? - “Exvangelical” – a working definition. Podcast segment about the adaptation of the Silence novel Trailer for Don't Look Up Trailer for The Hand of God Connect with Arthouse Garage Instagram Facebook Twitter Letterboxd Email us at Andrew@ArthouseGarage.com Subscribe to the email newsletter: arthousegarage.com/subscribe Try Opopop popcorn! Get 10% off your first order Theme music by Apauling Productions

Clifton is excited about his latest project, the new feature film, WORTH , where he worked alongside Michael Keaton and Tate Donovan. The film was selected to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2020.Prior, Clifton worked alongside Channing Tatum in the Cohen Brother's film, Hail, Caesar!  Other films include The Unborn (Dir: Tal Lazar), I Fell In Love With The World and Giving Birth To A Butterfly (Dir: Ted Schaefer). He also appeared in the 2014 remake of Columbia Pictures' Annie (Dir: Will Gluck).TV credits include Boardwalk Empire (HBO), The Blacklist (NBC), Younger (TV Land), Friends of the People (TruTV) and guest star appearances on two web series: Alphabet Boys & One Degree of Ms. D.On Broadway, The Kennedy Center and The Ahmanson, Clifton appeared opposite the late Jan Maxwell in the Tony and Grammy nominated revival of Stephen Sondheim's FOLLIES (Dir: Eric Schaefer). The cast included Bernadette Peters, Ron Raines, Danny Burstein, Jayne Houdyshell and Mary Beth Piel. He also appeared in the original Broadway company of Amazing Grace (Dir: Gabe Barre) at the Nederlander Theatre.Learn more about Clifton and his upcoming projects:http://cliftonsamuels.com/about.html

País Estados Unidos Dirección Greta Gerwig Guion Greta Gerwig (Novela: Louisa May Alcott) Música Alexandre Desplat Fotografía Yorick Le Saux Reparto Saoirse Ronan, Timothée Chalamet, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Meryl Streep, James Norton, Louis Garrel, Bob Odenkirk, Chris Cooper, Tracy Letts, Abby Quinn, Sasha Frolova, Jamie Ghazarian, Hadley Robinson, Ken Holmes, David Arthur Sousa, Jayne Houdyshell, Jen Nikolaisen, Domenic Arduino, Tom Kemp, Mikayla S. Campbell, Edward Fletcher, Lilly Englert, Rob Lévesque, Kayla Caulfield, Cassidy Neal, Adam Desautels, Bill Salvatore, Dash Barber, Brian Tobin, Jason Mulcahy, Tom Stratford, Erin Rose, Lonnie Farmer, Robert Marsella, Bill Mootos, Yefim Somin, Adam Teper, Alexander Davis, Thomas J Berry, Scott Sederquist, Michael Cassata, Dave Maguire, Yair Koas Sinopsis Amy, Jo, Beth y Meg son cuatro hermanas en plena adolescencia, que viven con su madre en una Norteamérica que sufre lejanamente su Guerra Civil. Con sus variadas vocaciones artísticas y anhelos juveniles, descubrirán el amor y la importancia de los lazos familiares.

Folks, we’re back! Sort of. Please enjoy this end of summer clip show. We recorded this in May but wanted to drop it now to let you know we will be back with brand new interviews starting on Thursday, October 1! In the meantime, enjoy this clip show featuring bits from Ann Harada, Maryann Plunkett, Annaleigh Ashford, Jayne Houdyshell, Joyce Van Patten, Sepideh Moafi, and Lainie Kazan.  Follow us on social media: @damianbellino || @rodemanne  Discussed this week: Full Ann Harada interview  Full Maryann Plunkett interview Full Annaleigh Ashford interview Full Jayne Houdyshell interview Full Joyce Van Patten interview Full Sepideh Moafi interview Full Lainie Kazan interview

Are you a Beth or a Marmee? Fresh off playing Hannah in Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, Anne and Damian dig into the March women with theatre stalwart, Jayne Houdyshell. You Might Know Her From: Little Women, Maid in Manhattan, The Bounty Hunter, Garden State, and the Broadway productions of The Humans, Well, King Lear, and A Doll’s House Part 2. Jayne's film career is taking off, but we cover her thirty years in regional theatre before winning a Tony Award at 62! Plus, the joys of Louisa May Alcott, recreating her role in the movie version of The Humans (hi, Amy Schumer and Beanie Feldstein!), the sexual energy of John Stamos and Gina Gershon in Bye Bye Birdie, and why strangers would chase her around Manhattan saying, "Fuck you, Nora." Shit, we loved this Kansan so much. Git into it. Follow us on social media: @damianbellino || @rodemanne  Discussed this week: Jayne’s IMDB || Jayne’s IBDB Anne was trying to think of the nasty nickname for motorcycles but couldn’t get there. Isn’t “ambulance ____” but ER docs apparently call them “donor cycles”  Child’s Play 3 with  Christine Elise aka Emily Valentine in 90210, BH90210christ Anne was thinking of Elise Neal in Scream 2 Damian and Anne in a sidecar Mr. Lee’s rugelach = Lee Lee’s Rugelach By A Brother Jayne’s journey from regional->Broadway Jayne in Music Man with Sutton Foster & Hugh Jackman Jake Gyllenhaal mildly mispronouncing Jayne’s last name on Tony night Jayne is Hannah in Greta Gerwig’s Little Women (2019) Other Little Women adaptations: Jayne loves the Katherine Hepburn version (1933); June Allyson (1949); Winona Ryder (1994); PBS’s version with Maya Hawke (2018) NYC’s Zipper Factory (2001-2009) Lisa Kron’s Well directed by Leigh Silverman The Humans (Stephen Karam) on Broadway; The Humans is a movie with Beanie Feldstein, Amy Schumer, and Jayne! actor/director/friend Joe Mantello  Jayne replaced Linda Lavin in the 2011 Follies Broadway revival (suggested by Bernadette Peters) and got to sing “Broadway Baby” Maid in Manhattan from fancy trailer to honeywagon Gloucester opposite Glenda Jackson’s King Lear Jayne loved her in Marat/Sade Bye Bye Birdie revival on Broadway in 2009  Katrina Lenk in Company revival (Indecent, The Band’s Visi) Katrina performing “Omar Sharif’ from The Band’s Visit  Famous Kansans: Lois Smith, Annette Bening, Jack Willis, Shirley Knight,  On growing up in Kansas: “My whole concept of god was the horizon.”  Craft services better on Little Women than on Garden State Lucky Stiff musical Oh well shit. Shit Nora shit or Fuck you, Nora.

In Episode 7 of Cinescope Today, Chad and Eric Scull talk about Greta Gerwig's Little Women! The Cinescope Podcast on iTunes Show Notes Stats Released December 25, 2019 Dir. Greta Gerwig (co-directed Nights and Weekends with Joe Swanberg, Lady Bird) Written by Greta Gerwig Music by Alexandre Desplat (The Queen, The Golden Compass, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pts. 1 / 2, King's Speech, Moonrise Kingdom, Zero Dark Thirty, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Godzilla, The Imitation Game, The Secret Life of Pets, The Light Between Oceans, The Shape of Water, Isle of Dogs, The Secret Life of Pets 2, Black Widow, Pinocchio) Starring Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Emma Watson, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Timothée Chalamet, Chris Cooper, Bob Odenkirk, Tracy Letts, James Norton, Louis Garrel, Jayne Houdyshell Contact Eric Scull Twitter (@spielerman) MuggleCast Chad Twitter Facebook Letterboxd An American Workplace | A Retrospective The Office Podcast Cinescope Facebook Twitter Website Email thecinescopepodcast@gmail.com Note: The iTunes links provided are affiliate links, meaning that when you click on them you help to support The Cinescope Podcast by earning it a bit of money. Thank you for your support! Special Guest: Eric Scull.

JAYNE HOUDYSHELL is enjoying a full circle moment: the young girl who was so inspired by Glenda Jackson's Marat/Sade performance on PBS is now an esteemed performer sharing the stage with Jackson eight times a week in Sam Gold's epic staging of Shakespeare's King Lear. Though Houdyshell did not make her Great White Way debut until the age of 52, she has performed all across the country and is a New York stage stalwart. Since then, Houdyshell has earned acclaim in Broadway productions like Well, Follies, A Doll's House, Part 2 and more. In 2016, she earned a Tony Award for The Humans, and as previously reported, she'll reprise her role on the big screen in a film adaptation of the Stephen Karam play. Houdyshell stopped by Show People with Paul Wontorek to discuss life backstage at Lear, which theater power player she grew up with and more.

Easy and The Critic talk about "A Doll's House, Part 2" starring all of The Critic's best friends. Easy mispronounces Jayne Houdyshell's name (sorry 'bout that, Jayne), we spoil the fact that The Critic doesn't know what a spoiler is and it only took two episodes to tick the "E" button. Enjoy.

Easy and The Critic talk about "A Doll's House, Part 2" starring all of The Critic's best friends. Easy mispronounces Jayne Houdyshell's name (sorry 'bout that, Jayne), we spoil the fact that The Critic doesn't know what a spoiler is and it only took two episodes to tick the "E" button. Enjoy.

Reed Birney & Jayne Houdyshell both won Tony Awards for their performances in the Pulitzer Prize winning play, The Humans. This year at BroadwayCon2017, Ilana had the opportunity to interview these two Broadway stars and hear their first hand accounts of creating unforgettable roles in an astonishing masterpiece of a play. Hear how they learned of their Tony nominations, how they prepared for these intense roles eight shows a week and how they learned to say good-bye to what may be the greatest roles of their careers. Listen as these two talents share deep truths about the highs and lows of a long life in the theater on this special episode of Little Known Facts.

Playwright Stephen Karam, and actors Reed Birney, Jayne Houdyshell and Cassie Beck discuss Karam's new play "The Humans," a 2016 Pulitzer Prize finalist, about a family in crisis on several different fronts, now on Broadway at the Helen Hayes Theatre.

It's easy to mistake Lisa Kron for a comedian due to her wry wit, self effacing nature, and comic timing, but Kron is a rarity in the theater word as she doesn't take herself too seriously. An actor and Tony winning playwright, Kron prefers to write and perform characters who can roam emotionally. She grounds comedy in reality and she can depict her own characters and others with equal dexterity and vulnerability. In our interview, Kron talks about writing her first musical Fun Home with composer Jeanine Tesori, that is based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel. We also discuss The Ver**zon Play, which premiered 2012 Humana Festival, and surprisingly did not turn her into a Sprint customer. Kron was a downtown darling in New York's theater world, but her show Well put her on the proverbial international map when it was named “Best Play of 2004” by the New York Times, moved to Broadway, and she and her co-star Jayne Houdyshell received Tony nods. Kron wrote and starred in Well, as she did with 2.5...

"Bye Bye Birdie"'s domineering mom, Jayne Houdyshell, talks about finding the good in meddling Mae Peterson, who she calls "Archie Bunker in a mink coat" and whether she'd ever appeared in "Birdie" previously during her career, which has spanned some 300 shows (though only 15 in New York). She also describes growing up as a child on a Kansas farm; her first stage appearance as the mother in "Enter Laughing" (at age 14); finding her way to a conservatory in Detroit staffed largely by English acting teachers; starting her career by moving to Iowa where she was part of literally building the Old Creamery Theatre; her move to New York -- which precipitated a 20 year career working in regional theatres across the country, despite having no agent or manager; her sudden discovery by the New York theatre community in Lisa Kron's "Well"; how her appearance in "Hello Dolly" in the early 80s led to her appearance as Madame Morrible in "Wicked" on Broadway, what she thought when director Leigh Silverman asked her to play a child in "Coraline", and why she'd like to sing more on stage -- but we shouldn't be looking for her cabaret act anytime soon. Original air date - November 16, 2009.

"Bye Bye Birdie"'s domineering mom, Jayne Houdyshell, talks about finding the good in meddling Mae Peterson, who she calls "Archie Bunker in a mink coat" and whether she'd ever appeared in "Birdie" previously during her career, which has spanned some 300 shows (though only 15 in New York). She also describes growing up as a child on a Kansas farm; her first stage appearance as the mother in "Enter Laughing" (at age 14); finding her way to a conservatory in Detroit staffed largely by English acting teachers; starting her career by moving to Iowa where she was part of literally building the Old Creamery Theatre; her move to New York -- which precipitated a 20 year career working in regional theatres across the country, despite having no agent or manager; her sudden discovery by the New York theatre community in Lisa Kron's "Well"; how her appearance in "Hello Dolly" in the early 80s led to her appearance as Madame Morrible in "Wicked" on Broadway, what she thought when director Leigh Silverman asked her to play a child in "Coraline", and why she'd like to sing more on stage -- but we shouldn't be looking for her cabaret act anytime soon. Original air date - November 16, 2009.

Our panel of stage performers -- Helen Carey, Jayne Houdyshell, Zeljko Ivanek and Tony Award winner Elizabeth Franz (1999 for her featured role in Death of a Salesman) -- discuss their roles as featured actors and actresses, the range of work available to them, how they become their characters, dealing with stage fright and forgetting their lines, the audition process, performing in regional theater and how they prepare for each evening's performance.

Our panel of stage performers -- Helen Carey, Elizabeth Franz, Jayne Houdyshell and Zeljko Ivanek -- discuss their roles as featured actors and actresses, the range of work available to them, how they become their characters, dealing with stage fright and forgetting their lines, the audition process, performing in regional theater and how they prepare for each evening's performance.