6
Oct/20

LIVE AT THE LORTEL: SEASON TWO

6
Oct/20

Moulin Rouge’s Karen Olivo is the guest on “Live at the Lortel” podcast taping on October 15 (photo by Matthew Murphy)

Who: BD Wong, Ty Jones, Maybe Burke, Telly Leung, Tonya Pinkins, Pooya Mohseni, Karen Olivo, Betty Shamieh, Andréa Burns, Eric Ostrow, John-Andrew Morrison, Daphne Rubin-Vega
What: Live Zoom podcast tapings
Where: Live at the Lortel Zoom
When: Thursdays & Fridays at 10:15 am and 12:15 pm, free with advance RSVP
Why: The Lucille Lortel Theatre’s second season of its “Live at the Lortel” podcast, which focuses on BIPOC and LGBTQ creators and the fight against systemic racism and hatred, got under way October 2 with an in-depth conversation with BD Wong, which you can listen to here. The talks, hosted by Eric Ostrow with cohosts John-Andrew Morrison and Daphne Rubin-Vega, are done live for later release, featuring a discussion and an audience Q&A. The live taping schedule continues October 8 at 10:15 with transgender actor, writer, and human rights advocate Maybe Burke, October 9 with Telly Leung at 10:15 and Tonya Pinkins at 12:15, October 15 with Pooya Mohseni at 10:15 and Karen Olivo at 12:15, and October 16 with Betty Shamieh at 10:15 and Andréa Burns at 12:15. If you miss the live recording, you can catch the podcast later, as a new one is posted online every Friday. Season one included such theater luminaries as Condola Rashad, Christine Baranski, Judy Kuhn, Michael Urie, Jonathan Groff, Jocelyn Bioh, Lileana Blain-Cruz, Kate Hamill, John Benjamin Hickey, Donja R. Love, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Kathleen Chalfant, John Glover, Lee Sunday Evans, Marsha Mason, Halley Feiffer, Duncan Sheik, and Charles Busch, which you can listen to here.