Episode 39: Kerry Butler

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

🗓️ 21 June 2015

⏱️ 48 minutes

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WE LOVE KERRY BUTLER! The 'Xanadu' star (and Tony nominee!!) Kerry Butler shares memories from her amazing career on and off-Broadway. From 'Bat Boy' to 'Hairspray' to 'Little Shop of Horrors,' to 'Catch Me if You Can,' Kerry has starred in all of your favorite musicals. Hear how she got the roles, her insight into the characters she brought to life, and her thoughts on her success.

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0:00.0	Hey, theater people, Patrick here. One quick favor I wanted to ask before we start. Could you please pause this episode for like three seconds, pop over to iTunes and review us? You don't have to write anything. Just click the number of stars you think we deserve. It'll take literally three seconds. The more reviews we have, the higher ranking we get on iTunes. The higher ranking we have, the easier it is for other theater people to find our show. I love the idea of our community continuing to grow, and the best way for that to
0:25.2	happen is to make our show easy to find. So that's it. Pause us real quick, review us,
0:29.9	and come right back. Welcome back. Now to the show. Yeah, I'm Lynn Manuel Miranda. I'm Celia Kean Bolter.
0:38.2	This is Queen Leslie.
0:39.3	I'm Robin DeHsuze.
0:40.2	I'm Aaron Davy.
0:41.0	Hi, this is Ellen Marie Marsh.
0:42.5	I'm LaShaan.
0:43.3	I'm Telle Leong.
0:44.1	Hi, I'm Eden Espinoza.
0:45.4	I'm Laura Osniss.
0:46.5	I'm Katie Finneran.
0:47.6	Hi, I'm Tanya Pinkins. listening to the Theater People podcast.
1:01.4	Hello, fellow theater people. Welcome to the Theater People podcast. I'm Patrick Kines, your host. So our interview today with the divine Tony-nominated Carrie Butler,
1:07.3	who just happens to be one of my favorite musical theater actresses of all time,
1:16.7	came about the coolest way possible. It came from you guys. A handful of you tweeted her that you wanted to hear her on theater people. She favored it a couple of those tweets,
1:20.4	which was astonishing to me. So I tweeted her and asked her to follow me, which she did. And I
1:24.5	can prove it because I took a picture of that notification to text to all my friends. Anyway, after a little bit of back and forth, we picked a date and did the
1:32.0	interview you're about to hear. You guys, she is just as charming and delightful and funny in person
1:37.5	as I'd hoped. A little background on Carrie, she first popped onto my radar in her star making
1:42.9	turn as Penny Pingleton in the 2002 smash-hit musical Hairspray. From there, she first popped onto my radar in her star making turn as Penny Pingleton in the 2002
1:45.0	smash hit musical Hairspray. From there, she went on to star as Audrey in the first Broadway
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