Jenn Colella And The Phantom Broadway Tattoo

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4.5 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2018

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Jenn Colella talks about befriending the real-life inspiration behind her character in the Broadway musical Come From Away, then plays a game about Broadway musical-related tattoos. This episode originally aired on May 4, 2018.

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0:24.3	it's NPR's hour of puzzles, word games, and trivia.
0:28.0	Ask me another.
0:29.2	I'm Jonathan Colton.
0:30.7	Now here's your host, Ophira Eisenberg.
0:36.2	Thank you, Jonathan.
0:38.3	We've got a great show for you.
0:40.2	Four brilliant contestants are here to play our nerdy games.
0:43.2	They're backstage collecting Infinity Stones,
0:45.9	and only one will become our big winner.
0:48.9	And our guest is actor Jen Colella,
0:50.9	who is nominated for a Tony for her performance in the musical Come From Away.
0:55.9	The show takes place in the week after 9-11, telling stories of the 38 planes that were forced to land in Gander, Newfoundland, until the skies were deemed safe.
1:06.4	It's poignant. It is funny. But more amazingly, it's a musical about 9-11. I mean, was that not the toughest
1:15.3	pitch of all time in Broadway history? Okay, hear us out. No, listen. Okay, it's the week after the
1:22.0	attacks, and everyone in Canada is singing. In our first game, we imagine what's on the menu at Disneyland.
1:30.1	I hope it's not venison.
1:31.8	Let's meet our contestants.
1:35.2	First up, Megan Osimanti on buzzer number one.
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