Ilana Levine News

Today's episode features stage and screen star Marisa Tomei, who talks about her latest project- The King of Staten Island. Listen along as she explains how she became involved with the project, how her improv background helped her on set with director Judd Apatow, and more. Plus, she reminisces about her Broadway return last year in The Rose Tattoo: 'We read it aloud for Williamstown,' she said. 'It's just so heavy on the page, and so vibrant and nuanced. And it speaks so specifically to what women feel inside.'

Today's episode features Tony-nominated actress Ariana DeBose! DeBose is known for her varying roles on stage as well as on screen. DeBose is perhaps best known for her role as a?oeDisco Donnaa?? in Summer: The Donna Summer Musical.

Today's episode features stage and screen star Annie Golden! Annie considers herself the illegitimate child of the legitimate theatre, having been discovered on the Bowery fronting a rock band, and cast by Milos Forman as Jeannie in Hair, the 1978 film.

Actor and Activist Nik Walker joins Ilana on the podcast and shares stories of growing up the son of a single mom who was first Black female  news anchor in New England. His mother, Liz Walker,  got Nik involved in the theater early as a way to help with most likely what we would diagnose today as Attention Deficit Disorder.

In today's episode, Ilana chats with Mira Sorvino, who forever cemented her role in popular culture with her performance as charmingly silly California beach girl Romy White in Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997), in which she and co-star Lisa Kudrow utter one hilarious absurdity after another. She is most recently featured on Ryan Murphy's Hollywood on Netflix.

Nicole Blaine's first stand-up special with Comedy Dynamics, Life's A Bit, is available on Amazon, iTunes, Google Play, and a variety of cable outlets. She is thrilled to embark on a midwest tour this summer for Scary Mommy Live, and you can catch her on the upcoming season 3 of Laugh After Dark on Amazon Prime. Nicole has been seen on NBC's The Today Show, E's That Morning Show, SFSketchfest, Big Sky Comedy Festival, The International FringeNYC Festival, Laughing Skull Comedy Festival and HBO's Women in Comedy Festival.

Lena shares what it was like to grow up in an artistic household with dancer parents and how her sister who loved musical theater was her gateway into performing.

On this episode of Little Known Facts, Taylor Trensch shares his feelings about being in To Kill A Mockingbird when Broadway shut down due to the pandemic and what the future of that show may be and... why so many Evan Hansens fall in love. Plus hilarious tales from backstage at Hello, Dolly!, living in a house of young actors as a kid, why he felt he had to leave college to be in Spring Awakening and why he loves auditioning in science museums. All this and so much more on this weeks episode of Little Known Facts with Ilana Levine.

Today's episode features Noah Galvin. Noah's film credits include: Booksmart (Dir Olivia Wilde), Assassination Nation (Dir Sam Levinson). TV: 'The Real O'Neals' (ABC). Broadway: Evan Hansen in Dear Evan Hansen. Off-Broadway: MCC, NYTW, Public Theater, Playwrights Horizons, Vineyard, Signature, Barrow Street, Rattlestick, and more. Regional: Huntington, Bay Street Theatre, Goodspeed, and more. Tours: Les Miserables (3rd National). Audiobooks: 'Perks of Being a Wallflower', 'What if it's Us', and others. 2019 Audie Award Nominee. 

Today's episode features Rebecca Naomi Jones- 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.

From growing up in a small northern California town to falling in love with her Mean Girls co- star, Ilana and Erika catch up on this episode of Little Known Facts in the time of #StayHome. From Brooklyn to a country cabin in New Jersey the two actresses figured out the remote podcast technology and Erika takes Ilana through her  Broadway debut in Les Miserables and working on the musical Diner and of course a deep deep dive into what it's like to work with Tina Fey, Sheryl Crow and all the other icons she has collaborated with. Little Known Facts- Erika was not hired the first time for Les Miz or  Mean Girls but  in her case the second time is a charm! This and so much more  with Erika Henningsen.

Theatre streaming service STAGE continues to unlock popular titles from its catalog during the COVID-19 pandemic and make them available free of charge as part of its a?oeFree Streams on STAGEa?? initiative.

On this episode Emmy Award winning actor and A Few Good Men star Timothy Busfield shares stories about his days on Thirtysomething, acting with Kevin Costner, marriage to Melissa Gilbert and driving in LA with Michael J. Fox.

Theatre streaming service STAGE continues to unlock popular titles from its catalog during the COVID-19 pandemic and make them available free of charge as part of its a?oeFree Streams on STAGEa?? initiative.

Multiple Emmy award-winning and Grammy Award- nominated Wayne Brady has made his mark on stage and screen as an actor, singer, dancer, improviser, songwriter and television personality.

In this unprecedented time Ilana wanted to offer an opportunity to learn more about mindfulness and meditation and so on this episode she is introducing Little Known Facts listeners to mediation and wellness expert- Brogan Ganley. In this conversation Ilana asks Brogan to talk about the healing powers of meditation and offers up really easy ways to add the practice into your life and ways to keep your stress and anxiety levels down and even find moments of joy during this pandemic. 

George Salazar is best known for originating the role of 'Michael Mell' in Be More Chill (coming to the Signature off-Broadway this summer) and for his Drama Desk-nominated performance in off-Broadway's The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical. 

Looking for something new to listen to while stuck inside, but still need your Broadway fix? Check out these 10 theatre-related podcasts that will help get you through!

On March 12th 2020 Broadway shows and performances all over the United States came to an immediate halt but the voices of all the artists are going strong while waiting for shows to re- open or mourning the shows that will not be able to come back.

GOING DARK is an exclusive interview series that focuses on the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on the performing arts. Part 8 of GOING DARK features OKC based actor Gavin Guthrie. These unfiltered interviews show the real, human side of COVID-19. This is GOING DARK.