Hi, everyone. I'm Jinks Monsoon, and welcome to a brand new episode of, Hi, Jinks, with me, Jinks

Monsoon. Today, my guest is my castmate, James T. Lane, who is currently playing Billy Flynn in

Chicago on Broadway. We're going to talk all about the long, winding roads that led us both here.

We're going to talk about our own conversations with our relationships to substances.

Don't worry. It's cute. And we're also going to talk about the wise, wise old universe and all of the ways. It opens doors for us if we're

willing to walk through them. It's a lovely conversation with a lovely person. So hunker down,

buckle up and sink your teeth into some brand new. Hi, Jinks.

Am. Oh. M. Mom! Mom! Hello, everyone. I'm Jinks Monsoon, and welcome to, hi, Jinks, a podcast where I, an internationally tolerated drag superstar,

get to interview compelling and fascinating people about how they became who they are and why they do what they do. Today, we are joined by actor, dancer, and my fellow Chicago cast member playing

Billy Flynn. It's James T. Lane. Hi, James T. Lane. Hi, Jinks. So do you get a lot of people

feeling like they have to call you James T. Lane every time? Yes. People always call my whole name,

my whole government name all the time. I mean, I love it, you know, but it's a thing.

People like, and James T. Lane. It feels, it just rolls off the tongue. And when I say James,

I feel like no one's going to know who I'm talking about. Because every time you're brought up, it's James T. Lane.

It's James T. Lane.

So let's get a snapshot of you right now.

You have been in Chicago before.

You took over the role of Billy Flynn at the same time that I came on as Mama.

But how many years had you been in the male ensemble of the show?

Well, I started Jinx in 2008, and the last time I was here was 2018.

So that was a over span of a decade.

Within that time, I was in and out of the show maybe five or six times.

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