Our real life friend and very real life Tony winner Annaleigh Ashford is joining us on the show today and we are pleased as punch. You Might Know Her From Kinky Boots, Masters of Sex, Sunday in the Park with George, American Crime Story, Unbelievable, You Can’t Take It with You, Late Night, and Second Act. Annaleigh talks to us about her eventual variety show, joining the Ryan Murphy universe to play Paula Jones, and what it’s like working opposite huge stars like Jake Gylenhaal and Jennifer Lopez. Omigod, you guys, it’s Annaleigh Ashford!
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Discussed this week:
Julia Roberts reviews for Three Days of Rain (Richard Greenberg)
Lindsay and Melanie Queer as Folk
Variety shows : Rosie O’Donnell’s; Martin Short and Maya Rudolph’s, Judy Garland’s; Carol Burnett’s
John Mulaney’s Sack Lunch Bunch
Paula Jones in new Ryan Murphy American Crime Story
Sunday in the Park with George starting Jake Gyllenhaal
Charlene Yi’s Instagram (recreating J. Lo’s posts)
Bad Education with Alison Janney Hugh Jackman
Only scared of Bernadette Peters & Angela Lansbury
Rent with MJ Rodriguez as Angel (Annaleigh’s “Over the Moon”)
Sarah Silverman played Annaleigh’s girlfriend on Masters of Sex
Annaleigh in Woody Allen movie, A Rainy Day in New York
Won her Tony for You Can’t Take It With You with James Earl Jones & Elizabeth Ashley
Legally Blonde broadway
Annaleigh in Sex and the City movie with Bridget Everett
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Live
Doing the Tin Man in The Wiz (MIscast)
Dream roles: Charity in Sweet Charity, Mrs Lovett, Martha in Who’s Afraid of Viriginia Woolf
Husband is Joe Tapper
Correction: Jason Robards was married to Lauren Bacall and Colleen Dewhurst was married to George C. Scott
Plays a Youtuber in Late Night
Kinky Boots - character Lauren is a real Annaleigh
Hamilton controversy for actors to get paid for workshop contributions
Sarah Jessica Parker originated Sylvia. Annaleigh starred in Broadway revival with Matthew Broderick
“Dumb Hotel”=Lily St. Regis in Annie
Getting fired from Banana Schpeel
Annaleigh in Smash pilot. Director, Michael Mayer used her “book”
Beloved creator of Smash greatest show on earth: Theresa Rebeck
