Our real life friend and very real life Tony winner Annaleigh Ashford is joining us on the show today and we are pleased as punch. You Might Know Her From Kinky Boots, Masters of Sex, Sunday in the Park with George, American Crime Story, Unbelievable, You Can’t Take It with You, Late Night, and Second Act. Annaleigh talks to us about her eventual variety show, joining the Ryan Murphy universe to play Paula Jones, and what it’s like working opposite huge stars like Jake Gylenhaal and Jennifer Lopez. Omigod, you guys, it’s Annaleigh Ashford! 

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Discussed this week:

Julia Roberts reviews for Three Days of Rain (Richard Greenberg)

Aniston Dumplin’

Tina and Bette l word

Lindsay and Melanie Queer as Folk

Variety shows : Rosie O’Donnell’s; Martin Short and Maya Rudolph’s, Judy Garland’s; Carol Burnett’s 

The Chipmunk Adventure

John Mulaney’s Sack Lunch Bunch

Paula Jones in new Ryan Murphy American Crime Story 

Sunday in the Park with George starting Jake Gyllenhaal

Microbiome

1. Lo and Selena Gomez in Second Act

BFFs J Lo & Leah Remini

Charlene Yi’s Instagram (recreating J. Lo’s posts)

Unbelievable 

Kavanaugh hearings

Rapes in Golden, Colorado

Bad Education with Alison Janney Hugh Jackman 

Ramona Singer and Turtle Time

Only scared of Bernadette Peters & Angela Lansbury 

Rent with MJ Rodriguez as Angel (Annaleigh’s “Over the Moon”)

Betty on Masters of Sex

Sarah Silverman played Annaleigh’s girlfriend on Masters of Sex

Annaleigh in Woody Allen movie, A Rainy Day in New York

Won her Tony for You Can’t Take It With You with James Earl Jones & Elizabeth Ashley

Legally Blonde broadway 

Annaleigh in Sex and the City movie with Bridget Everett

The Rocky Horror Picture Show Live

“Personality dialysis”

Doing the Tin Man in The Wiz (MIscast)

Dream roles: Charity in Sweet Charity, Mrs Lovett, Martha in Who’s Afraid of Viriginia Woolf

Husband is Joe Tapper 

Correction: Jason Robards was married to Lauren Bacall and Colleen Dewhurst was married to George C. Scott

Bobby Cannavale & Rose Byrne

Plays a Youtuber in Late Night

Kinky Boots - character Lauren is a real Annaleigh

Hamilton controversy for actors to get paid for workshop contributions

Sarah Jessica Parker originated Sylvia. Annaleigh starred in Broadway revival with Matthew Broderick

“Dumb Hotel”=Lily St. Regis in Annie

Getting fired from Banana Schpeel 

Annaleigh in Smash pilot. Director, Michael Mayer used her “book”

Beloved creator of Smash greatest show on earth: Theresa Rebeck