Episode 17: Karen Olivo

Theater People

Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

Tony Awards, Nyc, Musicals, Actors, Creative, Arts, Plays, Writers, Broadway, Theater, Society & Culture, Interview, Comedy, Producers, Performing Arts

4.8 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2014

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The Tony winning actress made headlines when, at the absolute height of her career, she decided to step away from acting and move to Madison, WI to pursue other passions and interests. She discusses this decision, what she's up to now, her work in "In the Heights", and Tony winning performance as Anita in the 2009 Arthur Laurents helmed production of "West Side Story."

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0:00.0	I'm Anna Lee Ashford.
0:01.0	Hi, this is Queen Leslie.
0:02.4	I'm Robin de Hesuz.
0:03.3	Queen Leslie Margarita.
0:04.9	Hi, I'm Eden Espinoza.
0:06.2	I'm Anthony Rap.
0:06.8	Hi, I'm Laura Osniss.
0:08.1	I'm Katie Finneran.
0:09.2	Hi, I'm Tanya Pinkin.
0:10.4	I'm Karen Levo, and you are listening to The Theater People Podcast.
0:18.6	Welcome to the Theater People Podcast. I'm Patrick Hines.
0:24.3	If the expression, absence makes the heart grow fonder ever applied to a Broadway actor of my generation,
0:29.7	it would certainly be to today's guest, Karen Olivo.
0:32.9	The sentiment was solidified for me in June when I saw her in the encore's production of Tick-Tick-Bomb at New York City Center.
0:39.5	It was her first appearance on stage in New York since announcing that she'd be taking a step back from acting and moving to Madison, Wisconsin, to pursue other interests and passions.
0:48.6	I knew very little of Tick-Tick-Bum when I went to see it, so I was completely unprepared when Karen, as one of the many characters she plays,
0:57.0	took center stage to sing the ballad anthem, Come to Your Senses.
1:01.4	As the song built to its climax, I began to completely lose my mind,
1:05.5	and I knew I was experiencing one of those extremely rare theater moments that would stay with me forever.
1:15.8	I am absolutely crazy about Karen Olivo. I have been from the first time I saw her on stage back in 2004
1:22.1	in the musical Brooklyn. I of course loved her and in the Heights and in her Tony winning performance
1:26.7	as Anita in the 2009 revival of West Side Story.
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