Jose Llana (Episode 84)

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

🗓️ 13 September 2016

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

The handsome, charming, and SMART Jose Llana talks lying his way into his first NYC audition (the most adorable story every), starring in two productions of "The King and I" on Broadway, the productions of "Flower Drum Song," Spelling Bee," and his new album "Altitude."

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0:00.0	Today's episode of the Theater People podcast is brought to you by TodayTix, the app for last minute
0:04.8	theater tickets. Download the app in Google Play or the app store and use the code Theater
0:09.6	People at checkout to save 20 bucks on your first purchase. That code again is Theater People,
0:15.1	which of course is theater with an ERPPL. Hey Theater, Patrick here. So, exciting news, you guys.
0:22.7	We are doing a live show in September.
0:25.4	The guest for the show is my good friend, the youngest female Tony Award winner, Daisy Egan.
0:30.8	As many of you know, Daisy won her Tony Award for originating the role of Mary Lennox
0:35.1	in The Secret Garden back in 1991.
0:39.0	What you might not know is that Daisy is going back into the show in the role of Martha. You know the maid who teaches Mary
0:43.5	about like joy and sings that amazing song, Hold On. The show is going to D.C. in October and then
0:49.6	the Fifth Avenue Theater in Seattle. No promises, but the show has an eye on Broadway and we all have
0:54.6	our fingers crossed. So for our live show, we're going to get the whole story, how Daisy was cast
1:00.0	in the original production, how it was to win the Tony Award, and what it was like in general to be a
1:04.4	child star. And then we'll talk a bit about this new production, what she's excited about and nervous
1:08.9	about. And then we'll end the show with
1:10.8	Daisy singing a couple of songs accompanied by our musical director, Drew Wutke, who I have a
1:15.4	huge crush on. The show was happening on Sunday, September 19th, and the cabaret theater at
1:20.1	the duplex in the West Village. Tickets are $12, and there's a two-drink minimum. The show is 21-plus,
1:25.6	however, they will let people 18 and over in as long as we
1:29.0	let them know at least five days ahead of time. So if you're under 21 and you want to go to the show,
1:33.5	just shoot me an email and you can find that link on our website. All the info and the link to buy
1:38.2	tickets is also on our website, which is theaterpeople.com. That's theater with an ER ppl.com. Okay, now to the show.
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