Dominique Jackson
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We are here with actor, author, and activist Dominique Jackson. You Might Know Her From Pose, Strut, Chick Fight, American Horror Stories, Fantasmas, and American Gods. Dominique opened up to us about the writing process for her 2014 memoir The Transsexual From Tobago, how she learned to love Elektra Abundance Evangelista, and documenting her life as a model on the reality series Strut. Plus, we talked about her genre work as Bloody Mary in American Horror Stories, the upcoming documentary I’m Your Venus she executive produced about ballroom icon (and Paris Is Burning star) Venus...
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Beth Broderick
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“But, have you played lesbian multiple times!?” We’re journalists, kids. And we’re here with the one and only Beth Broderick. You Might Know Her From Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Lost, Psycho Beach Party, The 5 Mrs Buchanans, Bad Actress, Sharp Objects, Love & Death, Hearts Afire, and The Bonfire of the Vanities. Beth gave us all the goods on playing witch-cum-scientist-cum-CANDLE (!) Zelda Spellman on Sabrina the Teenage Witch and the specialness of reprising that role in The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina 18 years later. We also got to discuss her working relationships with...
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Nicole Eggert
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🎶 I’ll be ready, forever and always I’m always here 🎶…with Nicole Eggert. You Might Know Her From Baywatch, Who’s The Boss?, Rich & Famous, The Real Gilligan’s Island, Splash, Just One of the Girls, The Demolitionist, Charles in Charge, and the new documentary After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun. Nicole talked to us about her time on Baywatch playing fan favorite Summer Quinn, acting underwater opposite a latex octopus puppet, discovering a washed up corpse during scene work, and recounting her time in the new Hulu doc After Baywatch. We also talked about her early days in...
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Rosalind Chao
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Live long and prosper, Trekkies! We are here with the inimitable Rosalind Chao. You Might Know Her From: The Joy Luck Club, Mulan, 3 Body Problem, Sweet Tooth, M*A*S*H, Star Trek: The Next Generation & Deep Space Nine, I Am Sam, Just Like Heaven, Freaky Friday, and The L Word: Generation Q. Rosalind gave us all the goods on “the summer of Chao” with her one-two fantasy punch on Netflix, the fervent (and divided) base of fans formerly known as “trekkies,” and her history-making turns in The Joy Luck Club and the live-action Mulan (but is the industry making any progress? Sigh.)...
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Eva Le Gallienne with Barrie Kreinik
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Back for an extra-special, extra pride episode. You can listen to this complete Eva Le Gallienne deep dive with author and actor Barrie Kreinik on the You Might Know Her From Patreon. You’re gonna love this dig into backstage lore and OG celesbian gossip as we explore the oeuvre of American theatre icon Eva Le Gallienne. Here to break it down with us is Barrie Kreinik, whose new audio drama, , digs into Le G’s robust stage credits, her dedication to creating an artistic institution of and for the people (the Civic Repertory Theatre), and her storied relationships with many an actor and...
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Veronica Cartwright
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I wasn’t in Speed! It’s Pride and we’re proud to be here with Veronica Cartwright. You Might Know Her From Alien, The Witches of Eastwick, The Birds, The Children's Hour, Will & Grace, The Right Stuff, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Inserts, and The X-Files. Veronica talked to us about her proper role in the queer canon byway of the Scissor Sisters, Jerry Herman, and StraightJacket; the trans retcon via James Cameron of Lambert in Alien; and her performance in the old Hollywood lesbian film The Children’s House opposite Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine. And that’s just the...
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Julia Duffy
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Bang bang! We are here this month with Julia Duffy. You Might Know Her From Palm Royale; Designing Women; Newhart; Looking; Baby Talk; The Mommie; Intolerable Cruelty; and Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker. We got to chat with Julia about her incredible arc as Mary Meredith Davidsoul on Apple TV’s starry Palm Royale. That finale twist, huh? She also gave us the scoop on playing Patrick’s mom on Looking (and the importance of playing mom to a queer person), her iconic run on Newhart (7 Emmy nominations!), and her ‘90s run as “Julia Duffy, sitcom saver” including joining the powerhouse...
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Siobhan Fallon Hogan
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This month we’re just wild about Siobhan Fallon Hogan. You Might Know Her From Men In Black, Forrest Gump, Dancer in the Dark, Dogville, The House That Jack Built, Shelter in Solitude, Rushed, Holes, Seinfeld, and Saturday Night Live. Siobhan gave us all the goods: from iconic dialect work in your favorite movies to her years-long collaborations with Lars von Trier. Siobhan spilled on doing bits while performing in Shakespeare in the Park, having fart competitions with Ben Gazzara on the set of Dogville, and getting horrifically killed by Matt Dillon in The House That Jack Built. We...
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Judy Reyes
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Judy, Judy, Judy! We’re just mad about Judy Reyes. You Might Know Her From Birth/Rebirth, Claws, Scrubs, The Horror of Dolores Roach, Smile, Bringing out the Dead, One Day at a Time, and Devious Maids. We talk to Judy all about her Indie Spirit-nominated turn in the indie horror Birth/Rebirth which is a little Frankenstein, a little Thelma & Louise, a little Whatever Happened to Baby Jane–we highly recommend it! Judy takes us through the psychology of playing a grieving mother, acting opposite a child and a pig, and grounding the horror elements. Then, we dig deep into her oeuvre from...
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The Year of Madonna & Barbra, Maestro, May December, & Patreon
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Chickens, it’s the year of Barbra! Are you ready? Anne and Damian are back with a special “just us” episode to officially launch the You Might Know Her From Patreon–link in below! Please savor the final just us episode on the regular feed. What we’re getting into: Jason Gould,, the progeny of Barbra and Elliot Gould, as well as Alexis Kalehoff, the daughter of Broadway star Andrea McArdle. Anne also finally saw Maestro and May December and we’re discussing them deeply including Bradley Cooper’s fake liver spots. Plus, we are READY to discuss Barbra’s memoir and ready to...
info_outlineDonna knows best! We are joined by actor and singer Donna Murphy. You Might Know Her From The Gilded Age, Tangled, Center Stage, Spiderman 2, and Broadway productions of Wonderful Town, The King & I, Passion, and Hello, Dolly! We were in long pursuit of Donna and were pleased as punch to chat with her about finding her dancer posture for Center Stage, the Joni Mitchell mishap that almost stood in the way of Mother Gothel, and how Mrs. Asher is the Mort Guffman of The Gilded Age. All that, plus how she covered for Audrey in Little Shop for one night only, dying every night on stage for Passion, and the incredible highs and lows of playing Dolly Levi as the alternate to Bette Midler in the recent Hello, Dolly! revival. Wonderful woman!
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Discussed this week
Burt Bacharach and Raquel Welch died this month
Dick Van Dyke was on The Masked Singer
Nicole Scherzinger sings with multiple Phantoms of the Opera
NJ’s version of Punxatawney Phil (Mel) died
Warren Beatty doing Dick Tracy on TCM this past week (“IP squatting”
Parker Posey onstage in new play The Seagull/Woodstock, NY
SPICE GIRLS IN ORDER OF BEST SINGERS: 1) Sporty 2) Baby 3) Scary 4) Ginger 5) Posh
We love “I Wanna Be Like You” by Louis Prima
Damian’s mom slept in a bald cap as Mini-Me for a work Halloween party
Donna Murphy will be starring in Dear World in March 2023
Plays Mrs. Astor in The Gilded Age
Starred in 2003 Broadway revival of Wonderful Town
Watch Donna sing: “100 Easy Ways to Lose a Man”
Betty Comden and Adolph Green wrote the song
Has big song as Mother Gothel in Tangled, “Mother Knows Best”
Auditioned with “Last Midnight” from Into the Woods
Auditioned for the Witch in the OBC and then as a Baker’s Wife replacement
Finally performed The Witch at the Delacorte in Central Park 2012
Played many age transitions in The People in the Picture
Fosca’s first song in Stephen Sondheim’s Passion, “I Read”
Played Tuesday nights only for the Bette Midler Hello Dolly in 2017 in the wake of her own husband’s death
Was in negotiations to play Elizabeth Arden in War Paint (opposite Patti LuPone) while her husband, Shawn Elliott was dying (2017). She was simultaneously acting in PBS’ Mercy Street
Was up for the mother role in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (played by Marin Hinkle)
Scott Rudin, the producer of Hello Dolly, did not treat Donna well.
YMKHF interview with Broadway’s original Minnie Fay, Sondra Lee (Episode #38)
Played ballet teacher, Juliette Simone in Center Stage (directed by Nicholas Hytner)
Stella Adler was more terrifying than Stephen Sondheim
Brooke Shields got a re-recording of the Wonderful Town Broadway revival
The Sondheim 80th Birthday Celebration Concert (directed by Lonny Price)
Donna doing “Could I Leave You?” from Follies with other divas onstage: Patti LuPone, Marin Mazzie, Audra McDonald, Bernadette Peters, Elaine Stritch
David Hyde Pierce doing “Beautiful Girls” intro
Donna approached Mandy Patinkin after the 80th Birthday Concert to tell him how much he meant to her
Died a great death in Spiderman 2 (@4:54 mark)
Donna telling the Little Shop story to Alan Menken
Barbra directing Daisy Ridley and Anne Hathaway in her Malibu home studio
Barbra’s autobio is going to be over 1000 pages, thank god
Lainie Kazan full interview (Episode #29)
Lainie Kazan/Fanny Brice on The Barbra Archives (scroll halfway down the page to find)