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After being fired in disgrace, a hedge fund manager (Jon Hamm) resorts to stealing from his neighbors' homes in the affluent Westmont Village, only to discover that the secrets hidden behind the wealthy facades might be more dangerous. Also starring Amanda Peet, Olivia Munn and Lena Hall.Here's the link to Lena Hall's EP:'Https://lenahall.lnk.to/YourFriendsAndNeighbors Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-unplugged-totally-uncut--994165/support.
After being fired in disgrace, a hedge fund manager (Jon Hamm) resorts to stealing from his neighbors' homes in the affluent Westmont Village, only to discover that the secrets hidden behind the wealthy facades might be more dangerous. Also starring Amanda Peet, Olivia Munn and Lena Hall.Here's the link to Lena Hall's EP:'Https://lenahall.lnk.to/YourFriendsAndNeighbors Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-like-it-s-live--4113802/support.
Send us a textMickey Sumner joins host Reshma Gopaldas for an episode to celebrate 4 years and the series finale of Snowpiercer, based on Parasite director Bong Joon Ho's 2013 film, starring Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Ed Harris, Kang-ho Song, and Octavia Spencer. Sumner plays Bess Till, alongside co-stars Jennifer Connolly who plays Melanie Cavill, Daveed Diggs (Hamilton, Blindspotting), Alison Wright (The Americans), Lena Hall, Sean Bean (Game of Thrones), Rowan Blanchard, Sam Otto, Susan Park, Clark Gregg, and more.Sumner shares her audition scene with Daveed Diggs that happened almost 7 years ago, when they began filming Snowpiercer. She also talks about her first season where she had just given birth to her son, and the challenges that came with being a breastfeeding mom on set. She also dives into the love scenes on Snowpiercer and how she and many of her co-stars were thankful an intimacy coordinator was brought on. And finally, she talks about her ideal finale ending for Snowpiercer and Bess Till. The series finale is September 22, and all four seasons of Snowpiercer are on AMC+. Son of a Binge production credits:Hosted by: Reshma Gopaldas (TW: @reshingbull, IG @reshmago)Producer & Editor: Emily Collins (IG @emilem124)Artwork by: Laura Valencia (IG @iamlauravalencia)Music by: Kevin Calaba (IG @airlandsmusic)
Rerun summer continues with another past guest from way back in 2022—lettering designer extraordinaire and Portland flower fan Kyle Letendre joins Sean to talk Minnesota's missing lakes, misguided entrepreneurial spirit, and rebrands that aren't quite making the grade. We're filling in the pixels in that JPEG manually in person while we get to the bottom of a question that's been on everyone's mind: what's Sean's favorite food color?Kyle most recently did artwork for TypeCon 2024's identity, which you can see on the TypeCon website.Not-so-coincidentally enough, the day this episode is re-released (Thursday, July 25, 2024) Fontroversy's Lena Hall and I will be appearing at TypeCon's Education Forum to present about the type education side of how Fontroversy came to be—it's going to be a real kick, and if you're going to be attending TypeCon, check out the EdForum schedule page on TypeCon's website for scheduling information. Stay tuned to the newsletter, too, Fontroversy friends, for more news on the show coming later this summer!Also the night this episode comes out, I'll be at Future Fonts & Friends holding our second ever Making Mistakes Confessional! That event is free, open to the public, packed with friends of the show, and is your chance to share any design foibles that have been haunting you with our design therapist-in-residence. Future Fonts & Friends is happening at Outlet (2500 NE Sandy Blvd. in Portland) from 6–9pm. Hope to hear you there!Stay tuned for more event news, including more information about our Seattle show, in the newsletter! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Rerun summer continues! In this timely episode from way back in 2022, Future Fonts co-founder and all around rad person Lizy Gershenzon joined Sean to talk pieces of flair, the opposite of missed connections, and The Rainbow Passage. We're going back to high school and making font magic in an episode that's got milk—just not in an officially licensed form.Since this episode came out way back in early 2022, Lizy and Travis have launched the Vectro Type Foundry, home of favorites like the acclaimed Chartwell, Kicker, and Whoa, but also home to new fantastic faces like the incredible Kablammo—check them out and give them a download! Lizy and Travis, along with fellow co-founder James Edmundson of Ohno Type Co., co-founded Future Fonts, where you can get experimental typefaces while they're still in development and help support their creators through the process! It's one of the best places to find new and emerging type, and a great place to start for someone who's new to type and wanting to find out how fun it can be first hand. Check them out at futurefonts.xyz, or at the Future Fonts and Friends event!EVENT NEWS!Did I Do That? will be live in Seattle as part of the Seattle Design Festival's mainstage! The show is happening Saturday, August 17, 2024 from 4:15–5:15pm at Lake Union Park in Seattle. The show is free and open to the public, and I'd love to have you there in person, though it will also be streamed after the fact by Seattle Design Festival itself! To learn more, check out their site: seadesignfest.org!Fontroversy host Lena Hall and I will be presenting a talk as part of TypeCon on Thursday, July 25 about Fontroversy and teaching type through popular emerging media—it'll be fun, but unfortunately it's only open to TypeCon attendees. You can learn more and get tickets for TypeCon's Education Forum over at the TypeCon's website! (shout out to past guest Kyle Letendre, who made the TypeCon hero art this year!)If you missed it last year, Future Fonts and Friends' TypeCon party is back, and just like before is free and open to all! I'll be back with the Making Mistakes Confessional again, so if you missed it before, now's your chance to be a part of it! This year's party will be on Thursday, July 25 from 6–9pm at Outlet (2500 NE Sandy Blvd. in Portland). Bring your best design confessions and hope to see you there! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Pride month and lesbian arthouse films continues. For our second film in the themed month of the podcast, we take a look at a 2017 release called BECKS (2017).Rebecca (Lena Hall) is an aspiring folk singer. When her girlfriend has an affair, Rebecca, broke and apartmentless, heads back home to St. Louis to live with her widowed mother, Ann (Christine Lahti). Soon Rebecca gets a music gig at her old friend's bar where she meets Elyse (Mena Suvari), a married woman who comes to listen to music with her friends. Soon Elyse takes up guitar lessons from Rebecca. And as always, life doesn't follow the expected past.The movie stars Lena Hall, Mena Suvari, Christine Lahti, Dan Fogler, and Michael Zegen; a very impressive group of character actors and actresses. The film was co-directed by Daniel Powell and Elizabeth Rohrbaugh and made the festival circuit back in 2017 during its release. Your co-hosts take a look at the movie and give their thoughts about the film.
Lena Hall of Fontroversy is on Did I Do That?! Or Sean Schumacher is on Fontroversy!? We're all mixed up because it's a Did I Do That?-Fontroversy acoustic universe crossover spectacular to kick off one of those shows' fourth season!The two hosts sit down to talk about the process behind getting Fontroversy off the ground, as well as Lena's Fallout Boy audition outfit, the meltiest car, and the Wizarding World of Woody Harrelson.You can find more about Lena 's work on their Instagram, @ps.its.lena. They are indeed graduating soon and you should absolutely hire them! You can view Lena's font horoscopes for the both of us here!This episode was recorded Saturday, February 3, 2024 in the Rat's Nest.Special thanks to the entire team that made Fontroversy possible: Lea Thompson, Lena Hall, Malia Masterson, Whitney McPhie, Ashley Heeke, Sophia Stoker, Anna Stanton, Hannah Joseph, Sophia Mick, Mette Voldengen, Milos Dugas, Freya Kargard, Robert Ditty, Izzy Gavaza, Dana Ives, Kaitlyn Casey, Aline Chercover, and Orion Cortez.Closing Music/The Fontroversy Theme: “How Can Things Be” by Holizna Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Use the timestamps below to guide you better as a leader or individual:Breaking personal ceilings and overcoming fears. 0:00Chris LoCurto shares his personal struggle with fear and how he overcomes it by facing it head-on and becoming comfortable with it.He recounts his experience as a child skiing and how he gradually became comfortable with heights by repeatedly exposing himself to the fearful situation.Chris LoCurto recounts a time when he was asked to pray for two boys at a service, but he was so focused on his own fears that he couldn't remember what he prayed.He vowed to take every opportunity to pray in public after that experience, to avoid being self-focused and to truly pray for those who need it.Self-limiting beliefs and how they hold us back. 6:02Chris LoCurto discusses personal ceilings and how self-doubt and fear hold people back.Limiting beliefs and assumptions hold individuals back from achieving their goals.Chris LoCurto: Lies and limiting beliefs hinder progress, keep you on sidelines.Overcoming self-doubt and limiting beliefs. 12:00Chris LoCurto shares a profound piece of advice from Olympic skier Michaela Schifrin: "look at every race as a practice for the next race."LoCurto emphasizes the importance of adopting a growth mindset, rather than a fixed mindset, in order to grow and develop.Chris LoCurto emphasizes the importance of awareness and acknowledgement in overcoming negative deposits and lies in one's brain.He provides practical steps to identify and challenge these negative thoughts, including taking one's thoughts captive and plugging in truth.Recognizing and overcoming negative self-talk. 17:25Chris LoCurto examines self-limiting beliefs, uncovers reasons behind them, and challenges them with truths.Chris LoCurto shares his personal struggle with negative self-talk and the impact it had on his relationships.He emphasizes the importance of recognizing and challenging these lies with the truth, and finding people and processes to help overcome them.Self-worth and negative self-talk. 22:08Chris LoCurto: Understands worth to a great spouse is not defined by past struggles or expectations, but by current self-awareness and inner qualities.Chris LoCurto emphasizes the importance of meditating on truths about oneself and focusing on God's perspective to overcome negative self-talk and lies.He suggests practicing The Artist's Way book by Julia Cameron to promote creativity and aesthetic value system.Journaling, goal-setting, and seeking feedback for personal growth. 26:46Journaling can help you track your progress and notice patterns in your thinking, including negative thoughts and fears.Writing down your achievements and positive thoughts can help you overcome limitations and see your growth.Set realistic goals that build confidence and change self-perception, making small, achievable progress with a timeline.Seek feedback from healthy people who provide constructive criticism without ulterior motives.Overcoming negative self-talk and seeking help. 31:33Chris LoCurto seeks quality feedback from trusted friends and mentors to change his negative self-talk.Chris LoCurto emphasizes the importance of practicing gratitude to shift focus away from negativity and towards blessings in life.He also recommends seeking professional help for deeply ingrained negative self-talk that leads to anxiety or depression.Overcoming fear and self-doubt. 35:53Chris LoCurto reflects on his journey of overcoming narcissistic abuse and setting healthy boundaries, acknowledging small victories along the way.He emphasizes the importance of patience, practice, and celebrating small wins in the process of change.Lena Hall overcame her fear of speaking in front of people by acknowledging and battling her self-doubt, recognizing the lies she told herself, and delivering a powerful lesson on fear at a leadership event.Hall's vulnerability and transparency on stage helped attendees relate to her lesson and overcome their own fears, despite her initial belief that she couldn't get up there and deliver a good message.Overcoming fears and patterns of anxiety and negative self-talk. 41:08Chris LoCurto emphasizes the importance of gaining clarity on the root causes of negative patterns and struggles in order to achieve great change in one's life.He encourages listeners to take actionable steps towards personal growth and development by striving to learn and apply the information provided in his resources.Chris LoCurto emphasizes the importance of self-awareness for business owners, citing its ability to simplify challenges and transform businesses.He invites listeners to attend the next Level Leadership Live event in Franklin, Tennessee, to dive deeper into this topic and transform their businesses.
In this episode we are rocking out and talking all things rock musicals! Joining host Ben Cameron are Lena Hall (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Little Shop of Horrors), Will Swenson (A Beautiful Noise, Hair), and Heidi Blickenstaff (Jagged Little Pill, Something Rotten!). Ben and the group talk about what it's like to do shows in front of the real life stars they are performing as, the different kinds of singing required to do rock style shows, rock musicals they want to see made, and more! Want more Broadway Cast? Want access to bonus episodes? Want to have your questions asked on our show? We can make all of those dreams (and more) come true! CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR PATREON Follow us @TheBroadwayCast on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube and Twitter --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-broadway-cast/support
Our dreams came true! We were beyond honoured to speak with Tony Award winner Lena Hall all about starring as Kenna in the new musical In Dreams now playing at the CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre in Toronto. In Dreams tells the story of Kenna - a country-rock singer who brings her old bandmates back together for "the party of a lifetime" while keeping her true motivations a secret. Set in a Mexican restaurant in New Mexico that specializes in tacos, margaritas, and memorial services, this unexpected and moving new musical explores our longing for love and connection - all through the iconic songs of Roy Orbison. Lena Hall is a Tony Award winner and Grammy nominee. Lena received widespread critical acclaim for her performance of the title role in the feature film Becks, (winner of the U.S. Fiction Award at the L.A. Film Festival). Hall stared as Miss Audrey in the hit sci-fi drama “Snowpiercer” alongside Jennifer Connelly and has been seen on HBO's “Girls,” Amazon Prime's “Good Girls Revolt,” and Paramount Plus' “Evil.” Following Lena's Tony-winning Broadway run in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Lena toured North America with Josh Groban on his “Stages” tour, and portrayed the dual starring roles of both Hedwig and Yitzhak in Hedwig and the Angry Inch in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Lena originated the role of Nicola in the Kinky Boots on Broadway, she appeared as Sloane in the New York Premiere of Jim Steinman's Bat Out of Hell, starred opposite Marisa Tomei in Lincoln Center Theatre's “How To Transcend A Happy Marriage,” and most recently played Audrey in the hit Off-Broadway revival of “Little Shop Of Horrors.” CLICK HERE TO BOOK TICKETS FOR IN DREAMS
Mirvish Productions is kicking off another musical season with In Dreams, a Roy Orbison jukebox musical that celebrates life, music, friendships, and dreams. Tara and Stefania breakdown the North American premiere in our newest episode, hop in! . . . "Crying" - Lena Hall "Maybe" - Cassie Levy & Eleanor Worthington-Cox - Next To Normal "Ready for the Ride" - Dream...and Shine Brighter Disneyland Paris Parade All music tracks used for educational and entertainment purposes only.
Five years! What a surprise! Covers by: Seu Jorge, The Postmarks, Lena Hall, Cowboy Junkies, Duran Duran, Easy Stars All-Stars. Steel Pulse Tidal playlist here
Dylan and Connor are once again joined by Tony Award winner Matt Doyle (Company, Sinatra: The Musical). The twins are turning 30 TODAY and Matt Doyle is BACK to help celebrate their golden birthday with family. It's been over three and a half years since Matt was on the pod, so we had a LOT to catch up on. Matt tells the story of his engagement to longtime partner Max Clayton (Beth Leavel knew before the world did, y'all). We look back on his Company experience, which triumphed through the pandemic, reached incredible success, and earned Matt a Tony Award. He shares Little Shop of Horrors memories, including raving about his fabulous Audrey costars Lena Hall, Maude Apatow, and Joy Woods. We of course sneak some reminiscing and Spring Awakening chatter in before looking ahead to Matt's next big adventure: playing Sinatra in Sinatra: The Musical. It's golden, y'all.Follow Matt on InstagramFollow DRAMA. on Twitter & Instagram & TiktokFollow Connor MacDowell on Twitter & InstagramFollow Dylan MacDowell on Twitter & InstagramEdited by DylanSupport the podcast by subscribing to DRAMA+, which also includes bonus episodes, Instagram Close Friends content, and more!
Last week Mickey-Jo took a trip to Leeds Playhouse to see the press night performance of IN DREAMS, a new musical written by David West Read which features the music of Roy Orbison. This world premiere production stars Lena Hall, Oliver Tompsett, Noel Sullivan, Sian Reese-Williams, Manuel Pacific, Gabriel García, Alma Cuervo and more! Check out the new review to find out why he fell in love with this show... • 00:00 | introduction 02:09 | what is this show about? 04:53 | what is the star rating? 08:34 | what could be improved? 13:43 | which moment is a highlight? 16:34 | how are the performances? 22:08 | who would enjoy this show? • • About Mickey-Jo: As one of the leading voices in theatre criticism on a social platform, Mickey-Jo is pioneering a new medium for a dwindling field. His YouTube channel: MickeyJoTheatre is the largest worldwide in terms of dedicated theatre criticism, where he also share features, news and interviews as well as lifestyle content for over 60,000 subscribers. Since establishing himself as a theatre critic he has been able to work internationally. With a viewership that is largely split between the US and the UK he has been fortunate enough to be able to work with PR, Marketing, and Social Media representatives for shows both in New York, London, Hamburg, and Paris. He has also twice received accreditation from the world renowned Edinburgh Fringe Festival. His reviews and features have also been published by WhatsOnStage, for whom he was a panelist to help curate nominees for their 2023 and 2024 Awards as well as BroadwayWorldUK and LondonTheatre.co.uk. He has been invited to speak to private tour groups, at the BEAM 2023 new musical theatre conference at Oxford Playhouse, and on a panel of critics at an event for young people considering a career in the arts courtesy of Go Live Theatre Projects. Instagram/TikTok/X: @MickeyJoTheatre
Welcome to an exciting new episode of Theatre Talk! In this podcast, we have a special guest, the multi-talented Lena Hall, known for her brilliant performances in both stage and screen. Lena is not only a Tony Award winner but also a star of the hit Netflix television sci-fi thriller, Snowpiercer.Darren sits down with Lena to delve into her iconic role as Hedwig in the critically acclaimed musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch. They explore the challenges and triumphs of bringing this ground-breaking character to life on Broadway, earning Lena a well-deserved Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.Lena Hall then takes us on a thrilling journey to her UK debut in the new musical In Dreams, a tribute to the legendary Roy Orbison. The podcast delves into the captivating world of the Roy Orbison musical, celebrating his timeless music and exploring Lena's electrifying portrayal of the iconic singer.But that's not all! Throughout the podcast, we'll be padding you with fascinating facts about Lena Hall's impressive career, from her early days as a child actor to her rise as a Broadway sensation. You'll discover the fascinating stories behind some of her most memorable performances and the insights into her creative process.So, sit back and join us as we uncover the magic of Lena Hall's career, her unforgettable portrayal of Hedwig, and her extraordinary UK debut in In Dreams, the Roy Orbison musical. With Darren's expert commentary and Lena's infectious enthusiasm, this episode promises to be a captivating ride through the world of theatre and music. Don't miss it!
Wanna know the stories behind all the fonts we love to hate? Introducing Fontroversy, a limited-run series about typefaces that just aren't quite our type, hosted by Lena Hall. Listen every other Thursday starting July 20!Fontroversy is produced by Sean Schumacher (Did I Do That? podcast) and created by the students of the Spring 2023 Public Design Communication course from PSUGD, part of the Portland State University School of Art Design. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Wanna know the stories behind all the fonts we love to hate? Introducing Fontroversy, a limited-run series about typefaces that just aren't quite our type, hosted by Lena Hall. Listen every other Thursday starting July 20!Fontroversy is produced by Sean Schumacher (Did I Do That? podcast) and created by the students of the Spring 2023 Public Design Communication course from PSUGD, part of the Portland State University School of Art Design. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Hello! and Welcome to the next episode of Backstage Bants with Lena Hall [EPISODE 64: LENA HALL] For more information on Tickets, head to: https://leedsplayhouse.org.uk/event/in-dreams/ If you enjoy this episode leave a like, and Subscribe to see the next one! Donate to Acting for Others: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/backstagebants SOCIAL MEDIAS https://www.instagram.com/robbiesbackstagebants https://twitter.com/BackstageBantshttps://www.facebook.com/robbiesbackstagebants https://robbiesbackstageba.wixsite.com/backstagebants PODCAST: https://anchor.fm/backstage-bants A Huge Thank You to Lena for coming in for this episode, I had a great time! Your Kindness is much appreciated x As always - open to PR, Just drop an email: robbiesbackstagebants@gmail.com
VERY exciting episode right here: Lena Hall is a shining star of the big and small screens, as well as a Tony Award-winning Broadway superstar. You may have seen her in Snowpiercer, Becks, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, or even Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Her performances are never less than breathtaking and her voice is truly one of a kind. Make sure to look up some clips of her singing on YouTube and be prepared for your socks to be blown all the way off your quivering feet. In this episode we talk about some of Lena's favourite musical theatre, including the upcoming In Dreams at Leeds Playhouse, which features the songs of Roy Orbison and is directed by &Juliet's Luke Sheppard. What show would Lena choose to run forever if she was The Mayor of Musical Theatre? Listen now to find out!For In Dreams tickets, visit: https://leedsplayhouse.org.uk/event/in-dreams/Follow Lena on twitter and instagram.Produced by Ian Bowkett (twitter: @ianbowkett) in association with https://musicaltheatrereview.com (twitter: @musicaltheatrer)Follow the podcast:Twitter: @MusicalMayorPodInstagram: @MusicalMayorPodTikTok: @MusicalMayorPodHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It's Broadway Week! Excited to have Tony Winner Lena Hall (Hedwig and Angry Inch/Little Shop of Horrors) playing against actor Amir Arison (Kite Runner/Black List). Lena is playing for Friends of the Children NY and Amir is playing for Angelight Films. Pop culture, Broadway, Music, History! Playalong, rate, review and subscribe @youshouldknowbetterpod
If These Walls Could Talk with Wendy Stuart & Tym MossHosts: WENDY STUART & TYM MOSSSpecial guest: BOBBY HEDGLIN-TAYLORWednesday, August 21st 2pm ESTLIVE from PANGEA Restaurant, NYCWatch LIVE on YouTube at Wendy Stuart TVBobby Hedglin-Taylor (Author, Actor, Comedian, Aerial Sequence Designer, former trapeze artist) Bobby's work was featured on and off Broadway in PIPPIN(revival), CHAPLIN and THE FROGS where he trained dancers, Tony award nominees and Tony award winners in such disciplines as tightrope walking, trapeze, aerial acrobatics including Patina Miller, Andrea Martin, Tovah Feldshuh and Rob McClure. Off Broadway his aerial work was featured in Wearing Lorca's Bowtie and Classic Stages A Midsummer Night's Dream with Bebe Neuwirth, Anthony Heald, Taylor Mac & Christina Ricci. He's designed aerial acrobatics and special effects for music videos that include artists such as Lena Hall and Erin Hill. He collaborated on aerial numbers and choreography in the Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS annual benefit Broadway Bares. He was the Cirque choreographer for Holland America Cruise line training several casts over many years for the entire fleet. Most recently Bobby has been working the stand up comedy circuit as a singing impressionist performing at the Stonewall inn, Broadway Comedy club's queer comedy festival, and Bombfactory comedy. Thanks to the pandemic he added author to his list of talents penning a humorous memorial to his mom entitled #ShitMyMamaSays-a humorous look at life while dealing with dementia(available on Amazon). His second book (A cookbook memoir entitled -Escape to Ravioli Mountain-A Memoir in Food) is in edits currently and should be out in 2023. Who else but hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss could “spill the tea” on their weekly show “If These Walls Could Talk” live from Pangea Restaurant on the Lower Eastside of NYC, with their unique style, of honest, and emotional interviews, sharing the fascinating backstories of celebrities, entertainers, recording artists, writers and artists and bringing their audience along for a fantastic ride.Wendy Stuart is an author, celebrity interviewer, model, filmmaker and hosts “Pandemic Cooking With Wendy,” a popular Youtube comedic cooking show born in the era of Covid-19, and TriVersity Talk, a weekly web series with featured guests discussing their lives, activism and pressing issues in the LGBTQ Community.Tym Moss is a popular NYC singer, actor, and radio/tv host who recently starred in the hit indie film “JUNK” to critical acclaim.
Book Vs. Movie: Kinky BootsThe True Story Behind the 2005 Movie & 2013 Broadway Musical (and the 2019 movie!)The “Month of Musicals” concludes with Kinky Boots, the true story of a footwear company in Earls Barton, North Hamptonshire, UK--WJ Brooks. The factory was in Steve Pateman's family for decades when in the 1990s, they started losing money to the cheaper, faster competition. Pateman appeared on BBC's Trouble at the Top documentary showing how his company switched to creating boots for transvestites who needed more security when they stood in high heels. The collection expanded to “kink wear,” dubbed “Kinky Boots” by the BBC producers, and the story took off. In 2005, director Julian Jarrold and writers Geoff Deane and Tim Firth brought the story to life (unfortunately, the factory had to close in 2000.) Joel Edgerton plays Charlie Price (the Steve Patemen substitute), and Chiwetel Ejiofor's Lola is an amalgam of several drag queens that were customers of WJ Brooks's “Divine, Provider, and Lady Provider” brands. The film has an amazing soundtrack, and Ejiofor was nominated for a Golden Globe. Harvey Fierstein wrote the book for the musical with legendary talent Cyndi Lauper creating the music and lyrics before its debut in Chicago in 2013. The production would go on to be a smash Broadway hit, earning six Tony Awards and with productions around the world. The Margos debate between the film and the musical to try and decide which we like more!In this ep the Margos discuss:The backstory of the movieThe theme of drag in popular culture and how it is being weaponized currentlyThe cast of the 2005 film: Joel Edgerton (Charlie Price,) Chiwetel Ejiofor (Lola,) Sarah-Jane Potts (Lauren,) Jemima Rooper (Nicola,) Nick Frost (Don Burton,) Linda Bassett (Melanie,) Robert Pugh (Harold Price,) and Ewan Hooper as George.The cast of the original 2013 Broadway show: Stark Sands (Charlie Price,) Billy Porter (Lola,) Annaleigh Ashford (Lauren), and Lena Hall as Nicola.The original London cast: Killian Donnelly (Charlie Price,) Matt Henry (Lola,) Sophie Wright (Lauren,) Teagan Wouters (Nicola,) and Joe Kosky as Don.Clips used:“Burgandy!!”Kinky Boots original 2005 trailer“Whatever Lola Wants” Chiwetel Ejiofor Arm wrestling with Lola“These Boots Are Made for Walking” Chiwetel EjioforKinky Boots 2013 Broadway trailerKinky Boots 2013 Tony Awards Billy Porter“Land of Lola” Kinky Boots: The Musical (2019) Matt HenryMusic: Raise You Up International Pride Cast Reunion 2020 Billy Porter & Co.Book Vs. Movie is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. Find more podcasts you will love Frolic.Media/podcasts. Join our Patreon page to help support the show! https://www.patreon.com/bookversusmovie Book Vs. Movie podcast https://www.facebook.com/bookversusmovie/Twitter @bookversusmovie www.bookversusmovie.comEmail us at bookversusmoviepodcast@gmail.com Margo D. @BrooklynMargo www.brooklynfitchick.com brooklynfitchick@gmail.comMargo P. @ShesNachoMama https://coloniabook.weebly.com/ Our logo was designed by Madeleine Gainey/Studio 39 Marketing Follow on Instagram @Studio39Marketing & @musicalmadeleine
Book Vs. Movie: Kinky BootsThe True Story Behind the 2005 Movie & 2013 Broadway Musical (and the 2019 movie!)The “Month of Musicals” concludes with Kinky Boots, the true story of a footwear company in Earls Barton, North Hamptonshire, UK--WJ Brooks. The factory was in Steve Pateman's family for decades when in the 1990s, they started losing money to the cheaper, faster competition. Pateman appeared on BBC's Trouble at the Top documentary showing how his company switched to creating boots for transvestites who needed more security when they stood in high heels. The collection expanded to “kink wear,” dubbed “Kinky Boots” by the BBC producers, and the story took off. In 2005, director Julian Jarrold and writers Geoff Deane and Tim Firth brought the story to life (unfortunately, the factory had to close in 2000.) Joel Edgerton plays Charlie Price (the Steve Patemen substitute), and Chiwetel Ejiofor's Lola is an amalgam of several drag queens that were customers of WJ Brooks's “Divine, Provider, and Lady Provider” brands. The film has an amazing soundtrack, and Ejiofor was nominated for a Golden Globe. Harvey Fierstein wrote the book for the musical with legendary talent Cyndi Lauper creating the music and lyrics before its debut in Chicago in 2013. The production would go on to be a smash Broadway hit, earning six Tony Awards and with productions around the world. The Margos debate between the film and the musical to try and decide which we like more!In this ep the Margos discuss:The backstory of the movieThe theme of drag in popular culture and how it is being weaponized currentlyThe cast of the 2005 film: Joel Edgerton (Charlie Price,) Chiwetel Ejiofor (Lola,) Sarah-Jane Potts (Lauren,) Jemima Rooper (Nicola,) Nick Frost (Don Burton,) Linda Bassett (Melanie,) Robert Pugh (Harold Price,) and Ewan Hooper as George.The cast of the original 2013 Broadway show: Stark Sands (Charlie Price,) Billy Porter (Lola,) Annaleigh Ashford (Lauren), and Lena Hall as Nicola.The original London cast: Killian Donnelly (Charlie Price,) Matt Henry (Lola,) Sophie Wright (Lauren,) Teagan Wouters (Nicola,) and Joe Kosky as Don.Clips used:“Burgandy!!”Kinky Boots original 2005 trailer“Whatever Lola Wants” Chiwetel Ejiofor Arm wrestling with Lola“These Boots Are Made for Walking” Chiwetel EjioforKinky Boots 2013 Broadway trailerKinky Boots 2013 Tony Awards Billy Porter“Land of Lola” Kinky Boots: The Musical (2019) Matt HenryMusic: Raise You Up International Pride Cast Reunion 2020 Billy Porter & Co.Book Vs. Movie is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. Find more podcasts you will love Frolic.Media/podcasts. Join our Patreon page to help support the show! https://www.patreon.com/bookversusmovie Book Vs. Movie podcast https://www.facebook.com/bookversusmovie/Twitter @bookversusmovie www.bookversusmovie.comEmail us at bookversusmoviepodcast@gmail.com Margo D. @BrooklynMargo www.brooklynfitchick.com brooklynfitchick@gmail.comMargo P. @ShesNachoMama https://coloniabook.weebly.com/ Our logo was designed by Madeleine Gainey/Studio 39 Marketing Follow on Instagram @Studio39Marketing & @musicalmadeleine
This week, Lena Hall joins the boys to talk through her incredible journey from understudy to Tony winner, but not before spilling some tea about The Search for Elle Woods. Plus, the boys get Sentimental about Lena's unparalleled performance as Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors.
In this episode we are rocking out and talking all things rock musicals! Joining host Ben Cameron are Lena Hall (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Little Shop of Horrors), Will Swenson (A Beautiful Noise, Hair), and Heidi Blickenstaff (Jagged Little Pill, Something Rotten!). Ben and the group talk about what it's like to do shows in front of the real life stars they are performing as, the different kinds of singing required to do rock style shows, rock musicals they want to see made, and more! Want more Broadway Cast? Want access to bonus episodes? Want to have your questions asked on our show? We can make all of those dreams (and more) come true! CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR PATREON Follow us @TheBroadwayCast on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube and TwitterSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
She's a Tony nominee, an Oscar nominee, an icon. Annette Bening joins Tamsen to talk about returning to the New York City stage for a one-night-only play reading for a good cause. They'll also chat about empowering women, and Annette's latest film. We'll also catch up with Tony Award winner Lena Hall. She's back in NYC to take on the role of 'Audrey' in Little Shop of Horrors. Lena chats with Charlie Cooper to talk about that, plus Snowpiercer AND Lena's latest album!
Connor and Dylan have a fabulous chat with Natalie Lander (Legally Blonde: The Search for Elle Woods, The Middle). Listen in as the boys stroll down memory lane with Natalie to learn about the ICONIC MTV reality competition series: Legally Blonde: The Search for Elle Woods. In this very special episode, they discuss Natalie's legendary Hollywood legacy family, her relationship to her reality cast mates including Cassie Silva and Lena Hall, meeting and falling in love with her husband, appearing on six seasons of The Middle, a GAG WORTHY Glee audition storyline, and Natalie's upcoming solo show: Legally Brunette at 54 Below on October 21 & 23.Follow Natalie on Twitter & InstagramGet tickets to Legally Brunette at 54 Below here!Follow DRAMA. on Twitter & InstagramFollow Connor MacDowell on Twitter & InstagramFollow Dylan MacDowell on Twitter & InstagramEdited by DylanGet your DRAMA merch (t-shirts, stickers, and more) HERE!SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON HERE! Bonus episodes, Instagram Close Friends content, and more!
Dylan and Connor are joined by Tony Award winner Lena Hall (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Little Shop of Horrors). Mere hours after Connor's trip to Chromatica (MetLife Stadium), the twins meet Lena Hall for some DRAMA. They dip right into the highwire chat, hearing stories from the set of “Snowpiercer,” the online fanfare over Lena's upcoming return to theatre, and why being on stage is being home. She talks about keeping a performance fresh each night, why bootlegs shouldn't be taboo, filming Legally Blonde: The Search for Elle Woods, her eternal love for her fellow contestants, and encountering the role of a lifetime: Yitzhak in Hedwig and the Angry Inch. We talk teen idol Jonathan Brandis, owning a DVD player, and her upcoming return to the New York stage as Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors.Follow Lena on Twitter & InstagramFollow DRAMA. on Twitter & InstagramFollow Connor MacDowell on Twitter & InstagramFollow Dylan MacDowell on Twitter & InstagramEdited by DylanGet your DRAMA merch (t-shirts, stickers, and more) HERE!SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON HERE! Bonus episodes, Instagram Close Friends content, and more! Please subscribe on Apple Podcasts, rate us 5 stars, and leave a kind review!
In this episode of the Viasat podcast, host Alex Miller catches up with Lena Hall, who is the new global head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) at the company. The Howard University grad has an impressive history working in change management and is ideally suited to help Viasat move ahead with its DEI efforts in the coming years. Topics covered in this episode include: Why most companies are paying a lot more attention to topics surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion How the ‘equity' piece came to be included and what it means Addressing some of the pushback we've seen in recent years against some of the progress made in these areas What DEI might look like in the coming years for Viasat and other companies Turning DEI initiatives into action and how to embed it into company culture
“Into the Woods” Extends (Shocking, I Know!), Roth & Arden to Bring “High Noon” to Broadway, Lena Hall to Join “Little Shop” “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre headlines of the day. Any and all feedback is appreciated: Ashley Steves ashley@broadwayradio.com | read more The post Today on Broadway: Thursday, July 28, 2022 appeared first on BroadwayRadio.
The maiden voyage of a cruise ship starring a boatload of musical theater stars — like Tony Award-winners Laura Benanti, Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming and Lena Hall — will set sail next spring. The Broadway Cruise — heading roundtrip from New York City to Bermuda, from March 31-April 5, 2023 — will also feature Tony nominees Joshua Henry, Taylor Louderman and Jeremy Jordan, as well as Broadway favorites Randy Rainbow and Sierra Boggess. Producers promise “intimate and grand scale shows and cabarets from Broadway's coolest talent” as well as “tips and techniques from some of the best and brightest creative talent working today.” Tony-nominated scenic designer David Korins will discuss his creative process when designing settings for the stage and Tony-nominated choreographer Kelly Devine will discuss the art of the dance. Chris Jahnke will serve as music director. The cruise will borrow the Norwegian Gem, which accommodates 2,000 people. Cabin prices begin at $1,165 per person. The trip was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. Cruise ships were an early source of outbreaks at the start of the pandemic. The CDC issued a no-sail order in March 2020, prompting a standstill that ended in June 2021 as cruise ships began to leave U.S. ports with new health and safety requirements. All guests 12 and over — and all artists and crew — aboard The Broadway Cruise are required to be fully vaccinated and present proof of vaccination to board. This article was provided by The Associated Press.
This week Dolvett is joined by actress Lena Hall. They talk about finding validation from within, why we're never done learning and how she was able to record 54 music videos in 8 days.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
In this episode, host Ben Hartley introduces you to the people who make theatre great. You'll hear from recent National Arts Club lecturer Motl Didner, Associate Creative Director of the National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene, about the importance of dramatizing the jewish experience. Later, you'll hear a conversation with playwright Matthew Freeman, who discusses how his plays grow from an idea to a full scale production being performed live on stage. After, we tune in to a recent National Arts Club author talk with the legendary Alan Cumming. Finally, this episode finishes with Tony Award-winning actress Lena Hall on her Broadway career.
JAMES CALLERI along with his partners Paul Davis and Erica Jensen own Calleri Jensen Davis, a creative casting partnership. They have been awarded 16 Artios Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Casting. James proudly served on the Board of the Casting Society of America for many years. He is an Associate Professor of Theater at Columbia University School of the Arts where he co-heads the Graduate MFA Acting Program. He is the co-author with Robert Cohen of ACTING PROFESSIONALLY: RAW FACTS ABOUT CAREERS IN ACTING published by Palgrave MacMillan, in it's eighth edition it is one of the leading books in the country for young actors. He also runs his studio www.calleristudio.com where he coaches and explores the craft with professional actors. He resides in New York City and Saugerties, New York. Broadway Theater: Broadway credits include the current running Thoughts of a Colored Man and his office will cast the upcoming revival of For Colored Girls…this Spring. Other credits include Burn This starring Adam Driver and Keri Russell, Fool for Love starring Nina Arianda and Sam Rockwell, and Hughie starring Forest Whitaker, The Visit starring Chita Rivera and Roger Rees, Renee Fleming in Living on Love, the Tony winning revival Hedwig & The Angry Inch starring Neil Patrick Harris and Lena Hall, the revival of The Elephant Man starring Bradley Cooper, Patricia Clarkson and Alessandro Nivola which traveled to London's West End as well and Of Mice and Men with James Franco, Chris O'Dowd and Leighton Meester. Other Favorite Broadway credits include: Venus in Fur with Tony-winner Nina Arianda and Hugh Dancy, 33 Variations starring Jane Fonda, A Raisin in the Sun with Sean Combs, Audra MacDonald, Phylicia Rashad, Chicago with Usher, and James Joyce's The Dead starring Christopher Walken. Off-Broadway includes Ives Lives of Saints and his revival of All in the Timing, Buyer & Cellar, Murder for Two, The Hilltown Plays, Satchmo at the Waldorf, My Name is Asher Lev, the long-running Fuerza Bruta and The Revisionist with Vanessa Redgrave and Jesse Eisenberg. Most proud of long terms collaborations with : Playwrights Horizons (10 seasons) including such premieres as Betty's Summer Vacation, Lobby Hero, Small Tragedy, Goodnight Children Everywhere, Violet to name a few. Over 10 years with Classic Stage Company- including A Month in the Country with Peter Dinklage & Taylor Schilling, Peter Sarsgaard as Hamlet, Passion, New Jerusalem, Three Sisters, The Cherry Orchard, Uncle Vanya with Maggie Gyllenhaal & Peter Sarsgaard and The Seagull with Dianne Wiest & Alan Cumming. and was Resident Casting Director ... for CSC, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Long Wharf Theater, The Flea, Keen Company, Williamstown Theater Festival, and Playwrights Realm. Other: City Theater, Berkeley Rep, Oregon Shakes, Naked Angels, New Georges, stageFARM, Epic Theater Ensemble and many seasons of SPF (Summer Play Festival) and NY Stage & Film Company. Some long running past productions... include Fuerza Bruta, Lobby Hero, The Guys, Fully Committed, Dinah Was, and The Vagina Monologues Nat'l Tour. TV: Love Life for HBO, Dickinson for Apple+, Queens for ABC , NY casting for When They See Us for Netflix, The Path for Hulu, Army Wives, Lipstick Jungle, Z Rock on IFC, the critically acclaimed A Raisin in the Sun on ABC also the hit series Ed, Hope & Faith, and Monk. Film: Beautiful Darkness, I Origins, Emoticon ;), Saint Janet, Another Earth, Refuge, Merchant Ivory's The City of Your Final Destination, Heights, and The White Countess, Yearbook, Lisa Picard is Famous, The Jimmy Show, Ready? OK!, Trouble Every Day, Peter & Vandy and Armless. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Kris Kukul (kriskukul.com)(IG:@kriskukul) is a New York City Based Orchestrator, Arranger, Music Director and Composer. Currently he is Music Supervisor, Orchestrator, co-arranger and Conductor for Broadway's Tony nominated Beetlejuice The Musical! Other recent projects include, The Liz Swados Project for Ghostlight Records, In The Green at Lincoln Center Theatre, David Byrne's Joan of Arc the Public Theatre, Songbird by Michael Kimmel and Lauren Pritchard, a remounting of Elizabeth Swados' Runaways at New York's City Center, The Last Goodbye, an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet featuring the music of Jeff Buckley, and The Heart of Robin Hood, music by Parsonsfield. He has also arranged, orchestrated and conducted solo concerts for Broadway powerhouses Kate Baldwin (Extraordinary Machine), and Amy Spanger (The Music Be the Place) and the Lincoln Center American Songbook concert celebrating the music of Elizabeth Swados. For 10 seasons, he served as the resident music director for the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Productions included June Moon, The Last Goodbye, Animal Crackers and others. There he also directed the legendary Late-Night Cabarets, featuring iconic performers including Renee Fleming, Lewis Black, Kathleen Turner, Allison Janey, Tyne Daly, David Hyde Pierce, Judy Kuhn, Lena Hall, Judy Gold, Steven Pasquale, Kelli O'Hara, Phillipa Sou, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Debra Monk, Michael McKean, Harriet Harris and many others. Kris began his career working for musical theatre icon Elizabeth Swados. Together, they created Jabu, Kaspar Hauser, The Nomad, The LaMama Cantata and numerous concerts and recordings. He and Director/Choreographer Sam Pinkleton are committed to keeping her legacy alive. He music directed the film scores for Of Many, a documentary produced by Chelsea Clinton, and My Depression, an HBO animated film featuring the voices of Sigourney Weaver, Steve Buscemi and Fred Armisten. As Composer, Kris has written the music for the musicals Beauty Queen and Dash Dexter and the family friendly musicals Camp Monster and Wing It!, both produced by the Williamstown Theatre Festival. He also wrote the music for Oliver Twist at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey and A Midsummer Night's Dream for The Greek National Theatre. Internationally, he spent 3 seasons with The National Theatre of Greece, conducting and arranging music for tours of classical plays in ancient amphitheaters, including the festival of Epidaurus. He performed at the Edinburgh Fringe with the musical From the Fire. With The LaMama Cantata, he performed in Tokyo, Spoleto, Istanbul, Zagreb, Skopje and Belgrade. In New York City, Kris has worked at Playwrights Horizons, The Vineyard, New York Theatre Workshop, The Atlantic, The Flea, LaMama, Joe's Pub, 54 Below, Birdland, the Cherry Lane and the Lucille Lortel. He has worked regionally at San Diego's Old Globe, Arena Stage, Hartford Stage, A.R.T., Emerson Arts, Two River, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Williamstown, The Village Theatre and Royal Manitoba Theatre Center. Kris is a Graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts. He is adjunct faculty at Tisch/Playwrights Horizons Theatre School, and has taught at The New School, Duke University, Columbia University, Belmont University, and Queens College.
Kris Kukul (kriskukul.com)(IG:@kriskukul) is a New York City Based Orchestrator, Arranger, Music Director and Composer. Currently he is Music Supervisor, Orchestrator, co-arranger and Conductor for Broadway's Tony nominated Beetlejuice The Musical! Other recent projects include, The Liz Swados Project for Ghostlight Records, In The Green at Lincoln Center Theatre, David Byrne's Joan of Arc the Public Theatre, Songbird by Michael Kimmel and Lauren Pritchard, a remounting of Elizabeth Swados' Runaways at New York's City Center, The Last Goodbye, an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet featuring the music of Jeff Buckley, and The Heart of Robin Hood, music by Parsonsfield. He has also arranged, orchestrated and conducted solo concerts for Broadway powerhouses Kate Baldwin (Extraordinary Machine), and Amy Spanger (The Music Be the Place) and the Lincoln Center American Songbook concert celebrating the music of Elizabeth Swados. For 10 seasons, he served as the resident music director for the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Productions included June Moon, The Last Goodbye, Animal Crackers and others. There he also directed the legendary Late-Night Cabarets, featuring iconic performers including Renee Fleming, Lewis Black, Kathleen Turner, Allison Janey, Tyne Daly, David Hyde Pierce, Judy Kuhn, Lena Hall, Judy Gold, Steven Pasquale, Kelli O'Hara, Phillipa Sou, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Debra Monk, Michael McKean, Harriet Harris and many others. Kris began his career working for musical theatre icon Elizabeth Swados. Together, they created Jabu, Kaspar Hauser, The Nomad, The LaMama Cantata and numerous concerts and recordings. He and Director/Choreographer Sam Pinkleton are committed to keeping her legacy alive. He music directed the film scores for Of Many, a documentary produced by Chelsea Clinton, and My Depression, an HBO animated film featuring the voices of Sigourney Weaver, Steve Buscemi and Fred Armisten. As Composer, Kris has written the music for the musicals Beauty Queen and Dash Dexter and the family friendly musicals Camp Monster and Wing It!, both produced by the Williamstown Theatre Festival. He also wrote the music for Oliver Twist at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey and A Midsummer Night's Dream for The Greek National Theatre. Internationally, he spent 3 seasons with The National Theatre of Greece, conducting and arranging music for tours of classical plays in ancient amphitheaters, including the festival of Epidaurus. He performed at the Edinburgh Fringe with the musical From the Fire. With The LaMama Cantata, he performed in Tokyo, Spoleto, Istanbul, Zagreb, Skopje and Belgrade. In New York City, Kris has worked at Playwrights Horizons, The Vineyard, New York Theatre Workshop, The Atlantic, The Flea, LaMama, Joe's Pub, 54 Below, Birdland, the Cherry Lane and the Lucille Lortel. He has worked regionally at San Diego's Old Globe, Arena Stage, Hartford Stage, A.R.T., Emerson Arts, Two River, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Williamstown, The Village Theatre and Royal Manitoba Theatre Center. Kris is a Graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts. He is adjunct faculty at Tisch/Playwrights Horizons Theatre School, and has taught at The New School, Duke University, Columbia University, Belmont University, and Queens College.
In the wake of the 2020 election, one meme, which had originated in the spring of 2019, flooded the most ardently MAGA corners of the internet. It featured an image of Soviet Dictator Joseph Stalin and the following quote. "The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." To the MAGA world, Stalin's words echoed eerily into the present. Like Stalin, the imposter president Joe Biden was, naturally, a Marxist bent on reconstituting America as a Communist hellscape in which Christianity was illegal and worship of the state was mandatory. But the problem with the meme is that the quote is fabricated. Stalin never said it. In part three, our final episode of the first half of season 2, we look at how Stalin would use deception to take control of the Soviet Union and how his use of disinformation helped him tighten his group, reshape Russian foreign policy, and infect the American imagination for decades to come. John is on Twitter @ProbablyRealJB Mike on Twitter @the_mikestir Jess on Twitter @jayarekay_ Sources for this episode include: Georgiy Kent - "How fake news helped hide Soviet genocide in Ukraine" EJ Montini - "Arizona Republican lawmakers endorse Joseph Stalin's disinformation strategy" Orlando Figes - "The Cult of Lenin" The outro music is a cover of Ruled by Secrecy by Muse, performed by Lena Hall.
We had the pleasure of interviewing Ariel Bellvalaire over Zoom video! From quiet beginnings comes one of pop rock's most promising up-and-coming guitarists.Ariel Bellvalaire hails from the small town of Windsor, CT, though her music has captured the attention of music lovers around the globe. Often described by fans as “Avril Lavigne with a hint of Van Halen,” Bellvalaire has made a name for herself by creating original music with a rock twist and her signature solos. The young artist made her on-stage debut in 2014, when she performed on Broadway alongside Tony winners Lena Hall and Robin de Jesús in the Dearly Beloved Prince tribute show in New York City. Bellvalaire moved to Los Angeles the following year and soon after booked lead roles playing guitar in national campaigns and commercials for GMC, KIA, and Kentucky Fried Chicken. Bellvalaire has spent the last several years touring around the world. Her skills have landed her spots with Nik West, “I Am King” – The Michael Jackson Experience, Guns N' Roses tribute band Paradise Kitty, and more. Now she is working on original music, including recent single “Elastic.” The iconic music video showcases Bellvalaire – who is also an accomplished aerial acrobat – performing over the top stunts while playing guitar. The feat has garnered attention from such iconic publications as Guitar World Magazine, Hollywood Life, and Guitar Girl Magazine. Following the success of “Elastic,” Bellvalaire has shifted her focus to writing her debut full-length album. Fans can expect more of her shred-style solos as well as catchy pop melodies in new music, coming soon. We want to hear from you! Please email Tera@BringinitBackwards.com.www.BringinitBackwards.com#podcast #interview #bringinbackpod #ArielBellvalaire #zoom #aspn #americansongwriter #americansongwriterpodcastnetworkListen & Subscribe to BiBFollow our podcast on Instagram and Twitter!
Our guest today is Lauren Williams, who has been in the entertainment industry for over 14 years. She has diverse experience as a top talent agent and manager nurturing careers of actors such as Oscar and golden globe winner Olivia Coleman, Tony award winner Lena Hall, twice Emmy nominated Betty Gilpen, Tony-nominated Corey Hawkins, and Lana Condor to name a few. She has also developed shows for Quibi, Apple, and 20th Century Fox. Lauren serves on the board of Women in Film, is an animal rescue activist and we are happy to have her with us today. You can check out her favorite clips and follow her on CLIPKICK. You can check out all of her favorite clips here: https://clipkick.tv/lwilliams9/
Q&A with Snowpiercer actor Lena Hall. Moderated by Mara Webster, In Creative Company. Set more than seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, this series centres on the remaining people, who inhabit a gigantic, perpetually-moving train that circles the globe.
If ever there was an episode about a deep love for both Wall-E & Maximus (the horse from "Tangled"), this is the one. Join Tony Award-winner Lena Hall ("Hedwig and the Angry Inch," "Kinky Boots," TNT's "Snowpiercer") as she reminisces about her love of Disney growing up--from going to Disneyland as a kid and seeing Captain EO and "It's a Small World," to how as a child she would sing along to "The Little Mermaid" and the "big one" that is "Beauty and the Beast" (and wanting to be Snow White so badly). This rocker credits getting her singing chops to signing along to Disney movies as from "Kiss the Girl" to "Aladdin" and the entire soundtrack of "The Lion King," and loving the music and ballet sequences from "Fantasia." Lena recalls her first time going to Walt Disney World while on tour with "Cats," and also shares a very sordid story from a trip to Pleasure Island while on tour with "Annie Get Your Gun." Besides her love of Ursula, Sebastian, Timon & Pumbaa, and "The Nightmare Before Christmas,". Lena digs in and talks about her love of the flawed Disney characters and just how complex they are. She shares a very romantic story about watching "Wall-E "with her husband (then boyfriend) in a little cabin together, as well as her time in "Tarzan" on Broadway and the challenges she faced during that part of her life--and finding her purpose. Play along with "The Origin of Love for Disney" game in which Lena is quizzed on how the Broadway Hedwigs relate to Disney, and listen as she slays the game "Rock Stars do Disney." This episode also includes an interview with E-Ticket Patreon member Michael! Follow on Instagram: @etickettobroadway Lena's Instagram: @lenarockerhall David's Instagram: @directedbydavidalpert Learn more at www.eticketpodcast.com Part of the Broadway Podcast Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
From the non-stop nature of a Broadway performer's life, to the slower pace of TV, this Tony Award winner opens up about her struggles as an artist during the pandemic, and the importance of stopping to “look back and realize how far you have come” on your way to your goals. Lena Hall is a Tony Award winner and Grammy nominee known for her phenomenal performance of Yitzhak in the 2014 Broadway production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Following her award winning run, she toured North America with Josh Groban on his Stages tour. Lena’s slew of Broadway credits include 42nd Street, Tarzan, and Cats, as well as originating the role of Nicola in the Tony-winning musical Kinky Boots. She is a recording artist, with 2 albums and 12 EP’s to her name, and numerous TV and film credits including Girls, BoJack Horseman, Sex and the City, and All My Children. Lena can now be seen as Miss Audrey in Snowpiercer on TNT. Currently in Canada quarantining and filming season 3 of Snowpiercer, Lena opens up about how her “light” shooting schedule leads to nostalgia for the workhorse nature of being a Broadway performer. She speaks candidly about the impact the pandemic has had on her creative mind and vision; and shares how she has struggled with the stress, the anxiety, and the not knowing, while taking solace in the knowledge that “we are all in the same boat”. Lena also takes a look back at her career and chronicles how tonsil problems from hell led to a chance to re-start, re-learn, and explore new parts of her voice. In this episode, we talk about: Working on TV versus working on Broadway Missing her creative mojo The impact social media and sitting in front of screens has on our brains Singing for Pope John Paul II when she was 7 Getting a re-do, and learning how to sing again after tonsil surgery Her “Obsessed” series Connect with Lena: IG: @LenaRockerHall Twitter: @LenaRockerHall https://www.youtube.com/lenahall Watch her "Obsessed" series Connect with The Theatre Podcast: Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcast Twitter & Instagram: @theatre_podcast Facebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcast TheTheatrePodcast.com Alan's personal Instagram: @alanseales Email me at feedback@thetheatrepodcast.com. I want to know what you think. Thank you to our friends Jukebox The Ghost for our intro and outro music. You can find them on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @jukeboxtheghost or via the web via jukeboxtheghost.com. A very special thanks to our patrons who help make this podcast possible! Cheryl Hodges-Selden, Paul Seales, David Seales If you would like to see your name in this show notes or get a shout out on the pod itself, visit ttp.fm/patreon to become a member and show your support! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vegas Film Critic (Jeffrey K Howard) speaks to Actress Mickey Summer and Lena Hall for season 2 of Snowpiercer on TNT.
Grammy Nominee and Tony Award Winner, Lena Hall goes in depth into her performance during Hedwig: And The Angry Inch, making history in the show, and what life was like when she won the award. These incredible accomplishments came after she already appeared in 6 other Broadway shows including Kinky Boots, Cats, Tarzan, and more. Find out her journey to Broadway dreaming about being on tv and now being in the hit TNT/HBOmax show Snowpiercer. Social Media: @lenarockerhall, @tokash_eli, and @takeabowpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#Actors #LenaHall & #MickeySumner chat about the 2nd season of the hit #scifi series #Snowpiercer.#TalkingPictures #Train #Action
Listen to the Show Right Click to Save GuestsSky Candy Home for the HolidaysAustin Shakespeare The Bard and BollywoodWhat We Talked AboutUpcoming Movie Musicals Data from Americans for the Arts Best Theatre of 2020 according to the times How to transcend a Marriage ( Sarah Ruhl, Tony Charuvastra, Austin Smith, Lena Hall – husband does legos) Dallas in the NY Times As the Curtain Rises Everyone’s Talking about Jamie The Flea – Oy Vey! Reverb Theatre Arts Festival We need a secretary of Arts and Culture Thank you to Dean Johanesen, lead singer of "The Human Condition" who gave us permission to use "Step Right Up" as our theme song, so please visit their website.. they're good! (that's an order)
Why do Radiohead have a love/hate relationship with this song? Which subsequent song did Thom Yorke use to vent his feelings about it? Which song did Lana Del Ray steal Creep's melody for? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all these questions and more on this episode that can't help but get Creepy.WARNING: This episode contains traces of RuPaul.Featured artists [in alphabetical order]:Ally CribbLana Del ReySterling FoxGirl TalkMacy GrayLena Hall Albert HammondJoel Harper-Jackson (ft Lauren Byrne)Jinkx MonsoonMoon LoungersRadioheadArlo ParksPrinceHayley Reinhart Karen SouzaThe Stories (ft Olivia Kuper-Harris)Thom YorkeRadiohead Playlist [1993-2016]Best Radiohead lyricsJoin Stevie on Spotify and Instagramwww.songsungnew.com
30 Jahre Wiedervereinigung! Das ist diese Woche im weiteren Sinne auch bei uns das Thema. Es geht um die Ostberliner Drag Queen Hedwig in, richtig, Hedwig and the Angry Inch! Ein Musical, das Gendergrenzen sprengt und Stereotypen hinterfragt. Ob die Musik einem jemals wieder aus dem Kopf gehen wird ist fraglich.
Who did Bowie think recorded the most poignant version of Space Oddity? Which song inspired The Man Who Sold The World? Which song that sampled Heroes would have made Mick Jagger envious? Join Stevie Nix as answers all of these questions and more and nominates the best cover of a Bowie song. WARNING: This episode contains traces of Glenn Miller.Featured songs [in chronological order]:Space Oddity [Chris Hadfield]Five Years [Lena Hall]The Man Who Sold The World [Nirvana]Sound And Vision [Beck]Let's Dance [M Ward]China Girl [Anja Lerch & Frank Sichmann]Lady Stardust [Midge Ure]Life On Mars [Sarah Blasko]Starman [Garbage, Milky Edwards & The Chamberlings]The Jean Genie [Lea DeLaria]Rebel Rebel [Rickie Lee Jones]Fame [James Brown]Heroes [Moby, Matthew Tavares]After All [Tori Amos]The Man Who Sold The World [Michael Stipe & Karen Elson]Ashes To Ashes [Michael Stipe & Karen Elson]Hidden track: David Bowie medleyDavid Bowie's best lyrics20 Bowie Covers That Will Never Let You DownJoin Stevie on Spotify and Instagramwww.songsungnew.com
On today’s episode, Matt speaks with the “Fun Home” Tony nominee Beth Malone. On Tuesday, July 14 at 8 p.m. ET, Beth will join Lena Hall, Adam Pascal, Nathan Lee Graham, Alice Ripley, Jessica Vosk, Ann Harada, Eva Noblezada, George Salazar, Ann Hampton Callaway, and more for the eighth annual read more
Rebecca Naomi Jones is an actress and a singer who made her Broadway debut in 2008 when Passing Strange transferred from it’s Off-Broadway run. She went on to create the role of Whatshername in the Green Day Rock Opera American Idiot, which opened on Broadway in 2010. In 2012 Rebecca played the Narrator in Manhattan Theatre Club's Off-Broadway musical Murder Ballad, for which she received a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actress. Her other Broadway credits include replacing Lena Hall as Yitzhak in Hedwig and the Angry Inch in 2015, a starring role in Significant Other in 2017, and Laurey Williams in Daniel Fish’s revival of Oklahoma!, a role for which she earned a Drama Desk Nomination after appearing in the original production at St. Ann's Warehouse. Rebecca has also appeared in National Tours of Rent and Caroline, or Change, and starred in the film adaptation of Passing Strange. In 2014, she was awarded the Lilly Award, a prize designed to honor women in theater. Rebecca can currently be heard as Lolli in Bleeding Love, a brand new original musical podcast radio play on The Broadway Podcast Network. Rebecca was born in New York City to bi-racial parents, her mother Jewish, and her father African-American. She shares that growing up in NYC and “being mixed is a different thing than growing up in other places and being mixed,” and wasn’t made aware of how unique that was or how complicated it can be for people until much later. Rebecca is no stranger to the New York Stage. But doesn’t mean she is immune to performance anxiety. In our conversation, Rebecca opens up about her first encounters with anxiety and panic attacks in 2015, attacks that would linger even as she was performing on stage during Hedwig and the Angry Inch. She shares that during the run of Oklahoma! she kept up a regular meditation routine so she could prepare herself “for the fear”. In this episode, we talk about: Her inner demons that come out when she is gaining recognition or awards for her work Her memory of the first time she experienced a panic attack How performing to a house full of people with the lights on during Oklahoma! tested her Her experiences practicing and performing opera with the children's choir at The Met The trial and error of recording Bleeding Love Some of the film and TV work she has done, and why she finds this work so exciting and thrilling Connect with Rebecca: IG: @onerebeccajones Twitter: @rebeccasername Listen to Bleeding Love Connect with The Theatre Podcast: Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcast Twitter & Instagram: @theatre_podcast Facebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcast TheTheatrePodcast.com Alan's personal Instagram: @alanseales Email me at feedback@thetheatrepodcast.com. I want to know what you think. A very special thanks to our patrons who help make this podcast possible! Cheryl Hodges-Selden, Paul Seales, David Seales This episode is released in a time of crisis and mass awakening. Black Lives Matter. Please consider donating to any of the following: George Floyd Memorial Fund Minnesota Freedom Fund Reclaim The Block National Bail Out Black Lives Matter The Bail Project Black Visions Collective Campaign Zero National Bail Fund Network The Innocence Project Run with Maud Justice for Breonna
Lena Hall is an American actress, singer and songwriter best known for her work on Broadway originating the role of Nicola in Kinky Boots, and her Tony Award-winning performance as Yitzhak in the 2014 revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which also earned her a Grammy nomination for the musical's official album. She made history by becoming the first person to play both Hedwig and Yitzhak in the same production during the national tour of the musical in 2016. Her other Broadway credits include Cats, 42nd Street, Dracula, the Musical and Tarzan, the Musical. Hall has also starred in Off-Broadway productions such as Radiant Baby, Bedbugs!!!, Rooms: A Rock Romance, The Toxic Avenger, Prometheus Bound, Chix6, and the 2017 original play How to Transcend a Happy Marriage. Hall has appeared in films such as Sex and the City (2008), The Graduates (2008), Born from the Foot (2009), The Big Gay Musical (2009), and Becks (2017), for which she received widespread critical acclaim. She has also appeared on TV shows like ABC's All My Children, HBO's Girls, Amazon Prime's Good Girls Revolt, and voiced the role of Countess Coloratura on My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. In 2020, she will star on TNT's science fiction epic Snowpiercer. Hall was the lead singer of the band The Deafening, they released an album with original songs in 2012 titled Central Booking. In 2015, Hall released her first solo album, Sin & Salvation: Live At the Carlyle.
This week I’m chatting with Tony Award winning, Grammy nominated singer and actress Lena Hall who is celebrating a new marriage and a new home - as she debuts a new solo album, The Villa Satori, and a new television show, Snowpiercer. She shares how she has found creative inspiration from her family of artists and details how she transitions between stage and screen both as an actress and songwriter. Lena Hall is a Tony Award winner and Grammy nominee who recently received widespread critical acclaim for her feature film debut as the title role in “Becks,” (winner of the US Fiction Award at the L.A. Film Festival). Following her Tony-winning Broadway run in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Hall toured North America with Josh Groban on his “Stages” tour and portrayed the dual starring roles of both Hedwig and Yitzhak in Hedwig and the Angry Inch Los Angeles and San Francisco. She also originated the role of Nicola in the Tony Award-winning musical Kinky Boots. She currently stars as Miss Audrey on TNT’s “Snowpiercer,” and has been seen on HBO’s “Girls,” Amazon Prime’s “Good Girls Revolt,” and can be heard voicing the fan-favorite role of Countess Coloratura on “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.” Lena Hall: http://www.lenahall.com/ Instagram Twitter Snapchat @lenahallrocker YouTube AppleMusic For more information, please visit www.TamsenFadal.com or Broadway Profiles
A Party Planet (George Basil) tries to convince the Story Pirates to stick around and have some fun. Featuring two new stories: “Every Midnight I Turn Into a Wolf" (feat. Lena Hall), a glam rock song about a girl who goes through a surprising transformation, written by Maren, an 11 year old from Washington, and “The Case of the Missing Files,” a hardboiled detective story written by a 10 year old from Arkansas named Will.
REBECCA NAOMI JONES is an Americanactress and singer best known for her performances in the Broadway rock musicals Passing Strange, American Idiot, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch.Jones was born in New York City, New York, to a musician father. Her mother is Jewish and her father is African-American. Jones performed in the children's chorus of the Metropolitan Opera as a youth and graduated from the Berkeley Carroll School in 1999. "I did theatre all throughout middle school and high school and was really into it, the same with singing," she said. Jones received her BFA in drama from the North Carolina School of the Arts, and appeared in the national tours of Rent and Caroline, or Change.In 2007 Jones made her Off-Broadway debut in Passing Strange, which transferred to Broadway on February 28, 2008. She created the role of Whatsername in the Green Day rock opera American Idiot, which opened on Broadway on April 20, 2010.[1]Paper magazine said of Jones, "She's carved out a nice niche for herself as the girl to call when there's a cooler-than-thou musical in town." In 2012 Jones played the Narrator in Manhattan Theatre Club's Off-Broadway musical Murder Ballad, for which she received a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actress. Jones returned for the show's engagement at the Union Square Theatre, which ran from May 22, 2013, to July 21, 2013. Later that summer, Jones appeared in a new musical adaptation of Love's Labour's Lost at Central Park's Delacorte Theater. On June 2, 2014, Jones received a Lilly Award, a prize designed to honor women in the theater. On April 14, 2015, Jones replaced Lena Hall as Yitzhak in the Broadway production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Jones played the role through the production's end on September 13.In 2017 she starred as Vanessa in Significant Other on Broadway.In 2018 Jones starred as Laurey Williams in Daniel Fish's production of Oklahoma! at St Ann's Warehouse. The production transferred to Broadway at The Circle In The Square Theatre in March 2019.
On today’s episode, Matt talks to star of stage, screen, and recording, Grammy nominee and Tony Award winner Lena Hall. Earlier this month, she released her latest album “The Villa Satori: Growing Up Haight Ashbury” and next month, her highly anticipated new TV show “Snowpiercer” debuts on TNT. Lena and read more
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Working with Apache Kafka and want to simplify management of your infrastructure? Lena Hall joins Scott Hanselman to show you can keep using Apache Kafka libraries for hundreds of projects, and try Azure Event Hubs behind the scenes to focus on code instead of maintaining infrastructure.[0:04:44] - DemoApache Kafka Applications Can Work Without an Apache Kafka Cluster?Quickstart: Create an event hub using Azure portalUsing Apache Spark with Azure Event Hubs for Apache Kafka EcosystemsApache Kafka: A distributed streaming platformAzure Event Hubs overviewCreate a free account (Azure)
Working with Apache Kafka and want to simplify management of your infrastructure? Lena Hall joins Scott Hanselman to show you can keep using Apache Kafka libraries for hundreds of projects, and try Azure Event Hubs behind the scenes to focus on code instead of maintaining infrastructure.[0:04:44] - DemoApache Kafka Applications Can Work Without an Apache Kafka Cluster?Quickstart: Create an event hub using Azure portalUsing Apache Spark with Azure Event Hubs for Apache Kafka EcosystemsApache Kafka: A distributed streaming platformAzure Event Hubs overviewCreate a free account (Azure)
Working with Apache Kafka and want to simplify management of your infrastructure? Lena Hall joins Scott Hanselman to show you can keep using Apache Kafka libraries for hundreds of projects, and try Azure Event Hubs behind the scenes to focus on code instead of maintaining infrastructure.[0:04:44] - DemoApache Kafka Applications Can Work Without an Apache Kafka Cluster?Quickstart: Create an event hub using Azure portalUsing Apache Spark with Azure Event Hubs for Apache Kafka EcosystemsApache Kafka: A distributed streaming platformAzure Event Hubs overviewCreate a free account (Azure)
Working with Apache Kafka and want to simplify management of your infrastructure? Lena Hall joins Scott Hanselman to show you can keep using Apache Kafka libraries for hundreds of projects, and try Azure Event Hubs behind the scenes to focus on code instead of maintaining infrastructure.[0:04:44] - DemoApache Kafka Applications Can Work Without an Apache Kafka Cluster?Quickstart: Create an event hub using Azure portalUsing Apache Spark with Azure Event Hubs for Apache Kafka EcosystemsApache Kafka: A distributed streaming platformAzure Event Hubs overviewCreate a free account (Azure)
Working with Apache Kafka and want to simplify management of your infrastructure? Lena Hall joins Scott Hanselman to show you can keep using Apache Kafka libraries for hundreds of projects, and try Azure Event Hubs behind the scenes to focus on code instead of maintaining infrastructure.[0:04:44] - DemoApache Kafka Applications Can Work Without an Apache Kafka Cluster?Quickstart: Create an event hub using Azure portalUsing Apache Spark with Azure Event Hubs for Apache Kafka EcosystemsApache Kafka: A distributed streaming platformAzure Event Hubs overviewCreate a free account (Azure)
Whether you like it or not, we're back with Chapter 7! Life is all about the simple, small, pleasures... and what better way to celebrate this than with a lovely, relaxing, naked, sunbathe in a bomb crater while the smell of burgers wafts through the air? Oh, I know... with the entrance of a big hunk-o-man! Luther is on the scene and he's certainly VERY keen! May he offer you a gummy bear in this trying time? Joining the band for this leg of the tour is the chief film critic at The Independent, the host of That Darn Movie Show AND a regular stand-in for Mark Kermode on BBC Radio 5 Live’s ‘Kermode and Mayo’ review show - it's Clarisse Loughrey! The next episode will be 'Chapter 8: Bilgewater's Miami Beach - Sugar Daddy'. Join us on Facebook at Hedwig's Wicked Little Town! Buy our merchandise at TeePublic! Donate to us on Patreon! (Rewards coming soon). Today's intro music was 'Sugar Daddy' by Lena Hall. Today's outro music was a cover of 'Sugar Daddy' by Rogers & Buffington. Your host has been: Jonfen - Twitter - Instagram Today's guest: Clarisse Loughrey - Twitter The Independent - Website - Twitter That Darn Movie Show - YouTube Kermode and Mayo's Film Review - Website - Twitter - YouTube
In this episode, Ben and Daniel talk to Tony-winning actress and singer Lena Hall about Guns N' Roses' 1987 debut album Appetite for Destruction. They also discuss Axl Rose, Cats, Billy Porter, Legally Blonde, Patti LuPone, Evita, Donna Summer, Tarzan, Kinky Boots, Jimi Hendrix, Rent, Janis Joplin, Damon Daunno, Jeff Buckley, David Bowie, and My Little Pony. Lena talks about her unique artistic journey, from growing up in the ballet world, to singing in the rock band The Deafening, to winning a Tony Award for her portrayal of Yitzhak in the acclaimed Broadway revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. In Hedwig, Lena performed alongside John Cameron Mitchell, Neil Patrick Harris, Michael C. Hall, and Darren Criss, before stepping into the title role herself for the National Tour.
Michael Zegen can currently be seen starring on the critically acclaimed Amazon series “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” created by Amy Sherman-Palladino. The series is recently won the 2019 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, a 2018 Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, the Golden Globe Award for Outstanding Television Series, Musical or Comedy and the Critics’ Choice Award for Best Comedy Series. The show is returning for it’s third season on Friday, December 6th.Previous television includes his standout recurring role as ‘Benny Siegel' on HBO's “Boardwalk Empire,” for which he was included in the 2015 SAG Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. Other recurring television arcs include: "The Walking Dead," "Girls," "How To Make It In America," "Happyish" and all seven seasons of "Rescue Me.” Michael’s film credits include Noah Baumbach's FRANCES HA, John Crowley's Oscar-Nominated film BROOKLYN, Greg Mottola’s ADVENTURELAND, and Ang Lee’s TAKING WOODSTOCK. Earlier this year, he wrapped production on the independent feature “The Stand-In” opposite Drew Barrymore. Michael was recently seen as 'Mikhail Medvedenko' in Michael Mayer's film adaptation of Anton Chekhov's THE SEAGULL, opposite Annette Bening and Elisabeth Moss. Other upcoming films include Sebastian Silva’s ensemble indie TYREL in which Michael appears alongside Michael Cera, Jason Mitchell and Caleb Landry Jones that premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival; and the musical film BECKS with Lena Hall. On stage, Michael starred as ‘Marco’ in the Broadway production of in Ivo Van Hove’s Tony-award winning "A View From The Bridge" opposite Mark Strong. Michael’s previous theater credits include originating the role of ’Ted’ in The New Group's production of "The Spoils," written by and co-starring Jesse Eisenberg for director Scott Elliott and the role of ‘Liam’ in Joshua Harmon's smash hit play "Bad Jews” directed by Daniel Aukin for Roundabout Theater Co.
Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon presents songwriter, Desmond Child. This is the show's second interview with Desmond (recorded winter 2019). Desmond discusses his latest album 'Desmond Child Live', chanteuse Lena Hall, working with Jon Bon Jovi, making KISS a chart success, times when collaborations didn't work, song doctors, the Scorpions Humanity: Hour I, working with Alice Cooper, lost confidence, Nashville, ASCAP & streaming, and much more. On working with Bon Jovi: "We had chemistry together. We had a fate that was leading us to each other." On writing the massive KISS his I Was Made For Lovin' You With Paul Stanley: "I showed up at a KISS rehearsal and during the break... at SRI there was a big grand piano up on the stage. Everybody took off and just he and I were at the piano and we wrote the song. It was a magical experience. I told him, 'do these dramatic chords over a disco beat - just four on the floor and put heavy guitars on it. He was like, 'ok, but I don't think Gene's gonna like that, but whatever." And Gene never liked it, not to this day. But It's there biggest international hit." Early Aerosmith experience: "It started out not good with Aerosmith to tell you the truth. I was forced on the band. I walk in and there's just some roadies around and I hear some kind of a loop going on backwards. Steven who's a real people pleaser, I didn't even say a word yet, says 'hey come over here - listen to what we're doing.' And so I listen to it and it was this backwards loop and he started singing, 'Crusin' For The Ladies... Cruisin' For The Ladies,' and I said, 'that's really bad.' Those were my first words to Aerosmith." On his friend's reactions to wanting to work with the Scorpions in 2006-07: "Lots of my friends and manager said, 'Oh, come on - don't work with them. They're has-beens. They do beer halls in Germany, like forget it.' I don't know, I just felt something and I believed in them... I had rules. I made Klaus go to singing lessons with Eric Vetro." On his legacy: "My music has touched billions of people all around the planet. They don't know who wrote it. They don't even know who sang it, but they know the song. So, for me, it's been very fulfilling" Get your MITCH MERCH here: https://loudtrax.com/Mitch Twitter: @mitchlafon Instagram: @mitch_lafon Subscribe to Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon for exclusive content and interviews. Support the show.
On this episode of the Simply Advent series, my friends Cain and Lena Hall and I all sit down and talk about what it means to live with hope in light of the past, the present and its role in the future. Hope came, but it did not appear (and still often doesn’t) as we expected it to. Cain and Lena both experienced a lot of life and heartache before they met each other. They share what it was like for them in their singleness as they both chose to live with hope and trust God with their lives and the lives of their children in seasons they never saw coming, and their journey into new hard things, but how God is meeting them in it. Hope does not mean everything is going to be perfect, but that you are never alone in it. I love this quote from Lena in this conversation: “Without Jesus, without Hope, there’s nothing. There’s a bunch of bad experiences that don’t have a reason, don’t have a purpose, and with Hope it ties it all together not perfectly, but in a way that doesn’t make it easier, but makes it where your past and the things you’ve been through don’t own you and they are just a part of you and there’s a bigger purpose.” As we walk with God, and surrender our lives to Him, we can look backwards of where God was in the hard, and how we can believe Him for the future. This tender conversation covers such vast topics of where hope has impacted our grief, our waiting, our rejoicing, and how we cling to God’s Word and the Light of His Son’s presence as we choose to “dare to hope.” I pray it meets you wherever you are. You matter. Your story matters. Hope is worth the risk. Thank you again, ZonderKids for allowing us to read a portion of Sally Lloyd Jones' Jesus Storybook Bible before each of these episodes. Resources: Enneagram Types Myers-Briggs Alpha Delta Pi (OBIC! ) 31 Prayers for my Future Husband: Preparing My Heart for Marriage by Praying for Him - Aaron & Jennifer Smith The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears - Mark Batterson “Do It Again” - Elevation Worship Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Finding True Intimacy - Donald Miller Polycystic Kidney Disease Cystic-Fibrosis (shout out to my girl, Kayla! Fight on, CF Warrior!) Organ Donation Living Organ Donation “Good, Good Father”- Housefires II The Giving Manger Lena’s Mom: Shelia Hines contact her if you need your mailbox decorated for Christmas! Scripture References: Philippians 1:6 Romans 8:28 Lamentations 3:21-23 Deuteronomy 31:8 Jeremiah 29:11 1 Samuel 17 Joshua 6 Matthew 8 John 11:38-44 Daniel 3:18 Acts 2:42-47 John 10:10 Ephesians 6:12 Revelation 19:11-21 Revelation 20:7-10 Psalm 40:2 If you feel led to find out if you might be a match for kidney donation for Cain, you can contact him here and he can connect you with all the right people at Vanderbilt :) Connect with me over on Instagram and on my blog for more Advent resources, Christmas Giveaways, my Book Lovers Gift Guide and other general shenanigans. The intro and outro music is by audionautix.com
Recovery Happy Hour celebrates inspiring stories of recovery from alcohol addiction and gray area alcohol abuse. Hosted by Tricia Lewis, we look at life beyond the bottle and what's current in sober culture. Introduction: The Long Grift Interview: Lena Hall
Lena Hall joins Tim Berglund in the studio to talk about Apache Kafka®, the various ways to run Kafka on Microsoft Azure, Kafka on Kubernetes (K8s), and some exciting events that are happening in the Kafka world. Lena shares about serving double duty as both a senior software engineer and senior cloud developer advocate for Azure Engineering, including her unique roles and responsibilities, and how she balances engineering with advocacy. From writing tech articles to her experience with fuzzing and presence on YouTube, Lena is a strong community supporter and believes in the importance of staying rooted in the world of code as an advocate, because it helps you better understand common challenges and gives you insight as an engineer trying to fix them. It’s important to ask what's good about it and how it can be improved.They also discuss Kubernetes, the benefits of running Kafka on Kubernetes, why it’s popular, and using systems that can integrate with it. With Confluent Operator, it’s faster to spin up new environments, as well as easier to support a larger number of clusters in addition to scaling and configuration changes. As the Kafka ecosystem continues to grow and progress, one of the most notable updates of all is KIP-500 involving ZooKeeper. EPISODE LINKSApache Kafka on Kubernetes – Could You? Should You?Ask Confluent #1: Kubernetes, Confluent Operator, Kafka and KSQLLearn more about fuzzing, Confluent Operator, StatefulSets, and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Distributed Datastores on Kubernetes (on StatefulSets) at GOTO ChicagoRunning a Distributed Database on Kubernetes on AzureKIP-500: Replace ZooKeeper with a Self-Managed Metadata Quorum | PodcastProject Springfield, the Microsoft Project that Lena worked on in regard to KIP-500What is Apache Kafka in Azure HDInsightUse Azure Event Hubs from Apache Kafka applicationsApache Kafka based event streaming platform optimized for Azure StackConfluent Platform on Azure MarketplaceEventually Perfect Distributed Systems: Blog | O'Reilly Velocity KeynoteJoin the Confluent Community SlackFul
Paul McGill (IG:@paul_mcgill_) has directed and choreographed for theater, TV/film, and circus around the world. His passion for coupling the human experience with graceful athleticism is apparent in his work. Recently, he worked with his mentor, Jeff Calhoun, on their “all tap-dancing” hit production of the Music Man. His most critically acclaimed work is both the Off-Broadway and LA productions of The Legend of Georgia McBride, winning him an Astaire Award and an LA Ovation Award for his Choreography, as well as a Lucille Lortel Award Nomination. his other off-Broadway work includes the New Group’s Steve, directed by Cynthia Nixon, and Redbull’s School for Scandal. On Broadway, he imparted the physicality of Hedwig and the Angry Inch to Tony Award winner John Cameron Mitchell, Darren Criss, Michael C. Hall, Taye Diggs, Lena Hall, and Euan Morton. Paul also trained Laverne Cox for her starring role in Rocky Horror Picture Show on FOX as well as Neil Patrick Harris for his Michael Jackson tribute on Lip Sync Battle. Paul’s passion for dance on film can be seen on the Disney Channel, in the new movie Diamond Soles, and in commercials for companies like Bunny Shapiro Jewelry and ALT coffee. His desire to continue to make dance films is evident, whether it be on a big budget sound stage or with his iPhone Gimble. In circus, Paul choreographed the European and Australian premiers of Filament with Shortround Productions. He has also contributed work to the circus company Grounded Aerial. His charity work has helped the Ali Forney Center, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the I’ll Be There Project, Artspire DC, and Covenant House. Paul continues to develop his own projects in his free time.
Jennifer and Courtney welcome their guest, Lena Hall, as she shares about the hard things - divorce, depression, loneliness - and how God redeemed her story. Get all the fun show notes here: www.momminainteasypodcast.com
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Lena Hall is most recognizable for her Tony Award winning run as Yitzak in Hedwig and the Angry Inch (a production that also won the Tony for best Revival of a Musical). She made her Broadway debut at age 18 in Cats and has worked onstage virtually consistently since then — with roles in 42nd Street, Dracula, Tarzan, Annie Get Your Gun, The Toxic Avenger, Kinky Boots, Hedwig, and more. She’s taken a few breaks from theatre to work on-camera — running the gamut from competing on MTV’s reality show “Legally Blonde: The Musical — The Search for Elle Woods” to voicing a My Little Pony named “Countess Coloratura” for the hit cartoon series, to roles in the “Sex and the City” film and HBO’s girls, to her celebrates starring role in “Becks,” an indie film where Lena gets to show off her musician chops alongside co-star Mena Suvari. And her EP series, “Obsessed,” — a collection of eps and videos celebrating a wide range of artists including Pink, Beck, Radiohead, Elton John and Nirvana — are not to be missed. Today, Lena is here to promote her latest hard-rocking project, the part-concert, part-musical, all spectacle “Jim Steinman’s Bat Out Of Hell,” currently melting faces at New York’s City Center.
On this episode of ROCK TALK WITH MITCH LAFON, we go Behind The Songs with songwriter HOLLY KNIGHT. In this episode's interview, we sit down with Holly Knight to discuss her approach to songwriting, working with Bill Aucoin, her bands (Spider & Device), getting her start as a professional songwriter, what makes a good song, the current state of the industry, Lena Hall and much more. Quote from the interview: "If you need ten people to write a song, you shouldn't be calling yourselves songwriters." Mitch Lafon Music journalist Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon Twitter: @mitchlafon Instagram: @mitch_lafon MITCH MERCH available now: https://loudtrax.com/mitch Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon is also available via: 1. iHeart radio2. Spotify3. Apple Podcasts4. GooglePlay5. Amazon Alexa6. TuneIn7. Google Podcasts8. Stitcher9. YouTube Please subscribe! Help support the show. Please consider a donation: https://www.paypal.me/MitchLafon See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
AFTERBUZZ TV - AfterBuzz TV's Mini Spotlight edition, is a short form interview series featuring actors & artists discussing their roles and shows as well as their thoughts, passions and journeys. In this episode host Amy Cassandra interviews Carly Jibson. Multi-talented stage and television actress and musician, Carly Jibson, best known as 'Tracy https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com... in the eight-time Tony Award winning Broadway musical Hairspray, returns to TBS this October as the spicy local strip club owner looking for a fresh start, 'Vivian,' in the hit comedy series "The Guest Book" created by Greg Garcia ("My Name is Earl"). Premiering Tuesday, October 23rd, "The Guest Book" centers around the lives of the employees and the new guests that bring their special brand of crazy to each episode. For a tiny cottage in a tiny town, this place is going to see a lot of baggage. Born and raised in Muskegon, Michigan, Carly began her entertainment career in her home town when she was discovered at 16 years old in the world premiere of Crash Nation at Cherry County Playhouse. She moved to New York City at the end of her senior year and immediately landed the iconic lead role of 'Tracy Turnblad' in the first National Tour of Hairspray, which she originated https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com... six-time Emmy winner Bruce Vilanch, and a few months later re-opened the Broadway version in New York City with Emmy winner Peter Scolari and Michael McKean ("Laverne & Shirley"). Carly originated the role of 'Baby Manicotti' in the world premiere of Andrew Lippa's Asphalt Beach in Chicago, the role of 'Pepper Walker' in Cry Baby on https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com..., and world premiere of Johnny Baseball directed by Tony winner Diane Paulus in Boston. Carly premiered "Not A Bitch, Not Yet A Woman," an emotional autobiographical show centering on her life and career to a sold out audience in New York City. If that wasn't enough, Carly released an original album entitled "Best of Me" on iTunes and created, produced and starred in an original concert series HEADLINERSopposite Tony Award winner Lena Hall. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Tony Award winner Lena Hall tells us about her next level audition for the Hedwig and the Angry Inch revival. Then she plays a game based on her monthly EP covers project, "Obsessed." This episode originally aired on March 27, 2018.
Michael is currently half way through her Obsessed series, where she debuts a new EP every month and is getting ready to perform those songs at a Public Arts concert on June 27. She won a Tony in 2014 for her role in Hedwig and the Angry Inch and her other Broadway credits include Kinky Boots, Tarzan, Dracula the Musical, 42nd Street and CATS. She’s been seen on the screen in Girls, Good Girls Revolt and Becks. Be sure to follow her on social media @LenaRockerHall and leave all your questions for her in the comments below. (Hosts: Paul Wontorek, Beth Stevens, Caitlin Moynihan)
On this week's show, we chatted with Claire Sweeney about the UK Tour of Crazy For You and Lena Hall about her series of EPs, Obsessed. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Tony Award winner Lena Hall talks about her next level audition for the Hedwig and the Angry Inch revival. Then she plays a game based on her monthly EP covers project, "Obsessed."
We spend this episode with long time friend & stage manager/production manager Jen Aparicio, Jen's been doing work in the theater business for quite a while, so why find out the how's and why's of what's happening in her world. We follow up up on some fun stuff, and not so fun stuff, while exploring the world of Hedwig and the angry inch. Jen also expresses her love and true fandom of Lena Hall, while Lena's cool Obsessed series plays in the background (Please dont sue us Lena we love you!). A very chill listen for you theater nerds, Lena enthusiast & friends of the program.
Actress Lucy Lawless (Ash vs Evil Dead, Battlestar Galactica, Xena: Warrior Princess...) & Tony Award Winning/Grammy Nominated Actress/Singer Lena Hall (Becks, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Kinky Boots) joins us on The Matthew Aaron Show this WEDNESDAY (2/21). Lucy will be with us to discuss the upcoming 3rd season of ASH VS THE EVIL DEAD which premieres on Starz on February 22nd. Lena then joins us for an in-depth discussion about how she got her start on Broadway as well as her first starring role in the romantic musical film BECKS which is currently available on VOD. Show starts at 5 pm PT (7 pm CT / 8 pm ET.) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
The Broadway star known for her Tony-winning turn in 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' talks her ambitious new project, 'Obsessed' See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
BECKS FILM PREMIERE 2/9! HEDWING & the ANGRY INCH! Kinky Boots! GRAMMYS & TONY AWARDS! We are OBSESSED with LENA HALL singing Peter Gabriel!
Scott checks in with Alena (Lena) Hall about her thoughts around F#, functional programming, microservices, Kubernetes and containers in the cloud. Where are we heading and are we moving too fast? Is F# well-positioned for the cloud-based future?
In this episode, Playbill welcomes into the studio Jennifer Morrison (Once Upon a Time, House), Jeremy Jordan (Supergirl, Smash, Newsies) & Tony Award winner Lena Hall (Hedwig and the Angry Inch). Host Ben Cameron and the panel discuss their first theater memories, their first roles on stage, the difference between acting for the screen vs. acting for the stage, musical vs. non-musical acting & much more. Additionally, the panel and Ben play a round of Playbill's "Pop Quiz" and give a Community Theater Shoutout to Rachael out in Tyler, TX. This weekly talk show records live in the heart of New York City, and releases every Monday on Playbill.com, iTunes, Google Play Music, & Stitcher Radio! Follow us and tag us across all social platforms @THEBROADWAYCAST & you could be featured on the show. https://www.facebook.com/TheBroadwayCast/ https://twitter.com/TheBroadwayCast https://www.instagram.com/TheBroadwayCast/
We talk with Lena Hall about functional programming and F#. Which is faster, the mouse or keyboard? Walmart tells vendors to get off Amazon's cloud. And using AI to play Ms. Pac Man.
Inspired by the life of singer/songwriter Alyssa Robbins, Becks is not just a lesbian love story, but a universal love story first and foremost that speaks to the broader human experiences of love, heartbreak, and finding one’s place in this world. BECKS, follows an unambitious musician (Becks) who moves back home to St. Louis after a crushing breakup with her longtime girlfriend Lucy (Hayley Kiyoko). Once back home, she struggles to find a connection with her ultra-Catholic mother Ann (Christine Lahti), a former nun. As she navigates her hometown, playing for tip money in an old friend's bar, an unexpected relationship begins to take shape with Elyse (Mena Suvari), the wife of Becks’ high school nemesis. The film is driven by an original soundtrack produced by veteran music producer Steve Salett and performed by Lena Hall. The film was co-directed by Liz Rohrbaugh (Emmy Award Winner and documentary director of The Perfect Victim) and Daniel Powell (Emmy and Peabody winning co-creator and Executive Producer of Inside Amy Schumer) and written by both directors in collaboration with Peabody winner, four time Emmy nominee for Key and Peele and producer of FX’s Baskets, Rebecca Drysdale. Tony winner and Grammy nominee Lena Hall is currently starring in Lincoln Center’s How To Transcend a Happy Marriage to rave reviews. Previously she starred as both ‘Hedwig’ and ‘Yitzak’ in Los Angeles and San Francisco with Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Prior to that Lena starred as ‘Nicola’ in the Tony Award winning musical Kinky Boots. BAFTA nominated actress Mena Suvari, best know for her provocative role in the 5-time Oscar awarded film American Beauty recently wrapped on TV Land’s pilot American Woman starring opposite Alicia Silverstone. Her prolific career spans from being part of the blockbuster franchise American Pie to starring as the iconic "Back Dahlia” in the TV show American Horror Story. Oscar, Golden Globe and Emmy winner Christine Lahti’s credits range from Sidney Lumet’s Running On Empty and Ed Zwick’s Leaving Normal to TV hit Chicago Hope. Lahti recently shot a lead role in Andrew Currie’s upcoming independent feature The Steps. She was last seen opposite Kristin Wiig and Hailee Steinfeld in Hateship Loveship. Director: Liz Rohrbaugh and Daniel Powell Writers: Liz Rohrbaugh & Daniel Powell & Rebecca DrysdaleCast: Lena Hall, Mena Suvari, Christine Lahti, Dan Fogler, Hayley Kiyoko, Rebecca Drysdale, Michael Zegen Producers: Alex Bach, Liz Rohrbaugh and Daniel Powell Cinematographer: Kat Westergaard Editor: Jim Isler Music: Alyssa Robins and Steve Salett Available Talent: Lena Hall, Mena Suvari, Christine Lahti Filmmakers available: Liz Rohrbaugh, Daniel Powell, Rebecca Drysdale, Alex Bach and Alyssa Robins BECKS SCREENINGS: World Premier - Thursday, June 15 at 8:40PM @ ArcLight Cinemas in Culver City
Tony Award winner, Grammy Award nominee, Lena Hall, stops by the studios for a chat about her new play, How To Transcend A Happy Marriage currently at the Mitzi Newhouse Theater. She talks about her role in the show, her path to singing, her return to Hedwig in both roles, and her uncanny knack to find projects that mirror some aspect of her life. Enjoy. All About Lena Hall: http://www.lenahall.com/ Keith Price's Curtain Call: http://www.keithpricecurtaincall.com On Instagram: @keithpricecurtaincall On Twitter: @kpcurtaincall ON FB: https://www.facebook.com/Keith-Prices-Curtain-Call-1380539615593807/ Recorded at the Hangar Studios NYC, 4/12/17
In our first segment, Tony Award winner Lena Hall shares memories of growing up in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury disctrict, how she fell in love with performing, why she almost became an accountant, and her thoughts on the politics of casting. In our second segment, Tony winning composer Jeanine Tesori reflects on some of Fun Home's most groundbreaking achievements.
Lena Hall is about as straight-up rock-n-roll as we've ever had on Soul Sisters, which is perhaps surprising considering she's mostly known for being a Tony-winning Broadway musical actress. But just listen to her belt "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" at the end of this episode and there will be no room left for doubt that Hall is the type of performer who can do anything - anything - she sets her sights on. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Tony winner Lena Hall shares hilarious and inspiring stories from her 10-plus years as a working actor and musician in New York City. She talks making her Broadway debut in "Cats" at 19 years old, working alongside the great Jerry Mitchell in "Kinky Boots," and tell all about how she landed the career changing--and Tony winning--role of Yitzhak in last year's "Hedwig and the Angry Inch."
BlazinRy Radio host Ryan Holmes welcomes Tony Award Winner Lena Hall (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Kinky Boots, Cats, 42nd Street, Dracula, the Musical, Tarzan, Legally Blonde: The Search for Elle Woods, BoJack Horseman, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Sex and the City, All My Children). Enjoy this encore episode as Hall (then Celina Carvajal) discusses her Broadway career, her hard-rock band The Deafening, and roasts Jonathan Demar for being a former child star. Lena recently performed at The U.S. Open Tennis Championships Opening Ceremony with singer Josh Groban and is currently on tour with the pop crooner.
Patty & Emily talk about the off-Broadway musicals Clinton the Musical and Iowa. They discuss the week in theatre news, including Mamma Mia announcing closing, Lena Hall’s last Hedwig, and Fun Home recording tracks for a new Broadway cast recording. Plus, there’s a lot of sports … Continue reading →
Show Notes: Busy June Garlick idea Song of the week: Tear Me Down from Hedwig and the Angry Inch the Broadway Cast with Neil Patrick Harris and Lena Hall 1 More Podcastle with Jason Lamb, Eric Hunter and Eric Baily 2 Nerds 1 Podcast Music from the University of Rhode Island Ram Marching Band under the direction of Dr. Brian Cardany.
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