Hey, theater people. Patrick here.

Just a little warning about today's episode. There is a lot of swearing.

Leah Delaria is super fun, totally hilarious, and has tons of important things to say,

but she doesn't censor herself, and thank God for that.

If the swearing isn't so much your thing, maybe check out one of our interviews with Laura Osniss. No swearing there, people. If you're listening with young kids, maybe put this one on

pause till nap time. One more thing. If you're new to the theater people podcast and you like

what we're doing, check out our website where you can find all of our episodes, including recent conversations with Michael Cerveris, Lynn Manuel Miranda, Elaine Page, Annalie Ashford, Laura Osniss, Leslie Margarita, and so many more.

We're at www.com.com.

That's theater with an ER-P-P-L.com.

Okay, now to the show.

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Hello, fellow theater people.

Welcome to the theater people podcast.

I'm Patrick Kind, your host.

So as I've talked about a few times on this show, my mom is gay.

My sisters, my brother and I, were raised by her and her gaggle of gay friends in a little

town on Cape Cod.

Today's guest, Leah Delaria, who really is one of the first openly gay performers to become

well known, was a favorite among my mom and her group of friends.

So I've known of Leah, who got her start playing in small clubs in Provincetown and Boston, and to have

had the opportunity to see her perform live both as a comic and a jazz singer since I was just a little

...