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Theater People

Telly Leung On Being Broadway's New Aladdin + "In Transit," "Allegiance" And More!

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

4.8757 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

We're SO excited to welcome Telly back to the podcast! Since we last spoke with him, Telly has solidified his standing as one of Broadway's most popular leading men! For the episode, we'll chat about his recent move to the New Amsterdam Theatre where he as taken over the title role in Disney's "Aladdin.' We'll also chat about last season's "In Transit" and "Allegiance." Enjoy!

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0:00.0

Hey, theater people, Patrick here. Well, you guys, it's that super special time of year where BroadwayCon is just around the corner.

0:09.0

It's happening January 26th through 28th at the Javitt Center in New York City. You guys, just glancing through the schedule, I'm particularly excited about the In the Heights Reunion panel featuring yeah, Lynn Manuel

0:22.7

Miranda, Karen Olivo, Alex Lackamore, and other members of the original cast and creative team.

0:28.8

Of course, I'll be there moderating the LGBTQ out on Broadway panel.

0:33.5

We're all chat with well-known, out loud and proud members of the Broadway community

0:37.4

and the theater people live show. We're all catch up with someknown, out loud and proud members of the Broadway community and the

0:38.4

theater people live show where I'll catch up with some of our favorite A-list guests.

0:42.6

Oh, and you guys, there's going to be a Broadway podcaster's booth in the marketplace,

0:46.8

where you can come by and chat with me and Gillian Pensavali of the Hamilcast,

0:51.1

Alana Levine of the Little Known Facts podcast, the crew from Broadwasted,

0:55.4

and more. There is so much to see, participate in, and experience at Broadwaycon 2018.

1:02.5

You can find the complete schedule and information on hotels and tickets at Broadwaycon.com.

1:08.7

Okay, now to the show.

1:09.7

Deep beneath the city with a thousand other strangers.

1:15.8

Welcome to the theater people podcast. I'm your host, Patrick Hines.

1:19.3

You guys, we are so thrilled to welcome today's guest, Telly Leung, back to the show.

1:24.9

We sat down with Telly a few weeks ago just as he was settling into the

1:28.9

title role of Aladdin in Disney's Aladdin on Broadway. We also got the chance to talk about

1:34.3

In Transit, the Acapela musical he starred in on Broadway, alongside Justin Guarini and Margo Cybert.

1:40.5

And we got to have a follow-up conversation about Allegiance, in which he originated the role of Sammy, alongside Leah Salonga and George Taked.

1:49.0

I'm obsessed with Telly, and I loved getting to catch up with him.

1:52.6

Here's our conversation.

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