https://simplecast.com Sunday Pancakes with Celia Keenan-Bolger Kick off each week with Tony Award winning actress and host Celia Keenan-Bolger for Sunday Pancakes, a new podcast to nourish your head and heart. Every Sunday, Celia will sit down with one of her favorite artists for an intimate, candid conversation on the beauty and struggle of humanity and what keeps them feeling connected, motivated, and curious about the world around them. 2021 Plate Spinner Productions LLC en Sun, 4 Jul 2021 13:00:00 +0000 Sun, 4 Jul 2021 13:00:10 +0000 https://sunday-pancakes-with-celia-keenan-bolger.simplecast.com Sunday Pancakes with Celia Keenan-Bolger https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/2c6b7d7b-4677-47c7-99c0-100a407346b0/0b119abd-4e9b-4d28-838f-cb0aea4fd291/3000x3000/sunday-pancakes-1080x1080-02-23-21-1.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://sunday-pancakes-with-celia-keenan-bolger.simplecast.com episodic Kick off each week with Tony Award winning actress and host Celia Keenan-Bolger for Sunday Pancakes, a new podcast to nourish your head and heart. Every Sunday, Celia will sit down with one of her favorite artists for an intimate, candid conversation on the beauty and struggle of humanity and what keeps them feeling connected, motivated, and curious about the world around them. Celia Keenan-Bolger, Plate Spinner Productions no https://feeds.simplecast.com/JPps7TPY broadway, human connection, musicals, playbill, plays, theater, theatre, tony awards, wellness Plate Spinner Productions info@platespinnerproductions.com 7885883f-deb8-4c17-a4fd-094192cf892b Pancake Minisode #3: Goodbye to Season One Weekly Round-Up:

  • Read “A Ritual Guide for What We’ve Learned and Lost in Covid” from Ritualist and The Joy List.
  • Listen to Krista Tippett’s On Being podcast episode, “What a World You’ve Got Inside You” with Joanna Macy and Anita Barrows on the new translation of Rainer Maria Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet 
  • Listen to the Still Processing podcast episode, “The People in the Neighborhood.”
]]> Sun, 4 Jul 2021 13:00:00 +0000 info@platespinnerproductions.com (Celia Keenan-Bolger) www.playbill.com/sundaypancakes Weekly Round-Up:

  • Read “A Ritual Guide for What We’ve Learned and Lost in Covid” from Ritualist and The Joy List.
  • Listen to Krista Tippett’s On Being podcast episode, “What a World You’ve Got Inside You” with Joanna Macy and Anita Barrows on the new translation of Rainer Maria Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet 
  • Listen to the Still Processing podcast episode, “The People in the Neighborhood.”
]]> Pancake Minisode #3: Goodbye to Season One Celia Keenan-Bolger 00:07:43 In this final minisode, Celia reflects on our first season of the pod and looks ahead with hope towards the unknown future. For the Weekly Round-Up and more, visit playbill.com/sundaypancakes. In this final minisode, Celia reflects on our first season of the pod and looks ahead with hope towards the unknown future. For the Weekly Round-Up and more, visit playbill.com/sundaypancakes. broadway, season finale, celia, playbill, reopening, theatre, theater, empowerment no bonus 1 0ccd1b14-28e6-4914-a8b9-50d83614c309 The Episode with the Keenan-Bolger Siblings ANDREW KEENAN-BOLGER is an actor, director, author and filmmaker. Broadway: ‘Jesse’ in Tuck in Tuck Everlasting (Drama League Award nominee), ‘Crutchie’ in Newsies (Outer Critics Circle nominee). Off-Broadway: Seven Deadly Sins, Mary Poppins, Seussical, Beauty and the Beast, A Christmas Carol. 1st Nat'l Tours: Spelling Bee, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Mary Poppins, Ragtime. TV: The Undoing (HBO), Three Rivers (ABC), The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon), Nurse Jackie (Showtime), Looking (HBO), The Other Two (HBO). Film: The Rewrite, Marci X, Are You Joking? Andrew is the co-creator the critically acclaimed series Submissions Only and co-author of the children’s series Jack & Louisa (Penguin Random House). B.F.A. University of Michigan. Follow him at @KeenanBlogger.

MAGGIE KEENAN-BOLGER is the co-founder of Honest Accomplice Theatre (HAT), a New York-based theatre and media company, producing art for social change from the perspective of historically excluded communities since 2012. Along with many successful NYC productions, HAT has also toured with shows about gender and sexuality for the last seven years. In 2016, Maggie produced and directed HAT's first episode of the free educational webseries, The Trans Literacy Project, and has been releasing episodes since. This includes an episode currently being used in sexual harassment trainings throughout the state of New York. In November, Maggie produced and directed Unmuted, a live, online theatrical performance during a time of social isolation. Featuring 20 artist innovators from around the country, the show tackled topics like the Black Lives Matter movement, disability, climate change, and our connection to our ancestors. Individually, Maggie has toured the country as a performer, sex educator and teaching artist and was recognized by the White House when she was appointed an LGBT Leader of the Next Generation by then Vice President, Joe Biden. A two-time Point Foundation scholar, Maggie was named a “Person to Watch” by The Advocate and can be seen on The Good Wife with Julianna Margulies and in the movie Admission with Tina Fey.

Weekly Round-Up:

  • Listen to The Memory Palace podcast episode, “A White Horse”, recommended by Andrew.
  • Check out the art by Black disabled artist, Rana, recommended by Maggie.
  • Read the Story Corps questions to get a good conversation going, recommended by Celia. 
  • Learn more about Maggie’s company Honest Accomplice Theatre’s Trans Literary Project.
  • Read the Psych Central article, “Coping with Grief: The Ball & The Box” by John M. Grohol, Psy.D.
]]> Sun, 27 Jun 2021 13:00:00 +0000 info@platespinnerproductions.com (Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Maggie Keenan-Bolger, Celia Keenan-Bolger) www.playbill.com/sundaypancakes ANDREW KEENAN-BOLGER is an actor, director, author and filmmaker. Broadway: ‘Jesse’ in Tuck in Tuck Everlasting (Drama League Award nominee), ‘Crutchie’ in Newsies (Outer Critics Circle nominee). Off-Broadway: Seven Deadly Sins, Mary Poppins, Seussical, Beauty and the Beast, A Christmas Carol. 1st Nat'l Tours: Spelling Bee, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Mary Poppins, Ragtime. TV: The Undoing (HBO), Three Rivers (ABC), The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon), Nurse Jackie (Showtime), Looking (HBO), The Other Two (HBO). Film: The Rewrite, Marci X, Are You Joking? Andrew is the co-creator the critically acclaimed series Submissions Only and co-author of the children’s series Jack & Louisa (Penguin Random House). B.F.A. University of Michigan. Follow him at @KeenanBlogger.

MAGGIE KEENAN-BOLGER is the co-founder of Honest Accomplice Theatre (HAT), a New York-based theatre and media company, producing art for social change from the perspective of historically excluded communities since 2012. Along with many successful NYC productions, HAT has also toured with shows about gender and sexuality for the last seven years. In 2016, Maggie produced and directed HAT's first episode of the free educational webseries, The Trans Literacy Project, and has been releasing episodes since. This includes an episode currently being used in sexual harassment trainings throughout the state of New York. In November, Maggie produced and directed Unmuted, a live, online theatrical performance during a time of social isolation. Featuring 20 artist innovators from around the country, the show tackled topics like the Black Lives Matter movement, disability, climate change, and our connection to our ancestors. Individually, Maggie has toured the country as a performer, sex educator and teaching artist and was recognized by the White House when she was appointed an LGBT Leader of the Next Generation by then Vice President, Joe Biden. A two-time Point Foundation scholar, Maggie was named a “Person to Watch” by The Advocate and can be seen on The Good Wife with Julianna Margulies and in the movie Admission with Tina Fey.

Weekly Round-Up:

  • Listen to The Memory Palace podcast episode, “A White Horse”, recommended by Andrew.
  • Check out the art by Black disabled artist, Rana, recommended by Maggie.
  • Read the Story Corps questions to get a good conversation going, recommended by Celia. 
  • Learn more about Maggie’s company Honest Accomplice Theatre’s Trans Literary Project.
  • Read the Psych Central article, “Coping with Grief: The Ball & The Box” by John M. Grohol, Psy.D.
]]> The Episode with the Keenan-Bolger Siblings Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Maggie Keenan-Bolger, Celia Keenan-Bolger 00:47:37 Celia’s artist siblings, Maggie and Andrew, join for our last full-length episode of the season to examine the complexity and vulnerability in processing trauma with the people you love most.They also consider how the last 16 months of social isolation led them to deepen their bond to one another. For the Weekly Round-Up and more, visit playbill.com/sundaypancakes. Celia’s artist siblings, Maggie and Andrew, join for our last full-length episode of the season to examine the complexity and vulnerability in processing trauma with the people you love most.They also consider how the last 16 months of social isolation led them to deepen their bond to one another. For the Weekly Round-Up and more, visit playbill.com/sundaypancakes. plays, broadway, celia, musicals, playbill, theatre, theater, keenan-bolger, siblings no full 13 1 fc5fdcf5-e5b9-4799-aeb7-efedbb6421aa Ashley Park on Building Resilience and Practicing Gratitude ASHLEY PARK is a Tony Award nominated actress, currently starring as “Mindy” in the hit television series Emily in Paris. For her performance, she became the first Asian American Actress to receive a Critics’ Choice Nomination for “Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.” She will next appear in Bleecker Street’s upcoming feature Mr Malcom’s List. On stage, Park is perhaps best known for originating the role of “Gretchen Wieners” in the Broadway production of Tina Fey’s Mean Girls. In addition to her Tony nomination, she received Drama League, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Chita Rivera Award nominations for her performance in Mean Girls. That same season, Park garnered critical acclaim for starring as “Mwe” in KPOP, for which she won the esteemed Lucille Lortel Award for Lead Actress in a Musical and was nominated for her second Drama League and Drama Desk Awards of the season. Other Broadway credits include: Grand Horizons; Mamma Mia!; The King and I; and the recent revival of Sunday in the Park with George. On television, Park reunited with Tina Fey for Peacock’s new hit series GIRLS5EVA and was previously seen in the critically-acclaimed Netflix limited series Tales of the City. Other television credits include Apple TV+’s Helpsters and PopTV/Lionsgate Television’s Nightcap. Park is the proud recipient of Actor Equity Association’s 2018 Clarence Derwent Award, and in 2019 was honored with the inaugural Marin Mazzie Award for Empowerment by the Cancer Support Community. Her outreach as a social activist and a cancer survivor has stayed important to her through her dedicated work and support of service organizations such as the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS. Park graduated from the University of Michigan with a BFA in Musical Theater.

Weekly Round-Up:

  • Listen to the Still Processing podcast episode with Cathy Park Hong.
  • Read the Harvard Business Review article, “To Dismantle Anti-Asian Racism, We Must Understand Its Roots” by Lily Zheng.
  • Listen to Krista Tippett’s On Being podcast episode, “A Life Worthy of Our Breath” with Ocean Vuong.
  • Watch highlights of the late Marin Mazzie in The King and I, which she starred in with Ashley.
]]> Sun, 20 Jun 2021 13:00:00 +0000 info@platespinnerproductions.com (Celia Keenan-Bolger, Ashley Park) www.playbill.com/sundaypancakes ASHLEY PARK is a Tony Award nominated actress, currently starring as “Mindy” in the hit television series Emily in Paris. For her performance, she became the first Asian American Actress to receive a Critics’ Choice Nomination for “Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.” She will next appear in Bleecker Street’s upcoming feature Mr Malcom’s List. On stage, Park is perhaps best known for originating the role of “Gretchen Wieners” in the Broadway production of Tina Fey’s Mean Girls. In addition to her Tony nomination, she received Drama League, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Chita Rivera Award nominations for her performance in Mean Girls. That same season, Park garnered critical acclaim for starring as “Mwe” in KPOP, for which she won the esteemed Lucille Lortel Award for Lead Actress in a Musical and was nominated for her second Drama League and Drama Desk Awards of the season. Other Broadway credits include: Grand Horizons; Mamma Mia!; The King and I; and the recent revival of Sunday in the Park with George. On television, Park reunited with Tina Fey for Peacock’s new hit series GIRLS5EVA and was previously seen in the critically-acclaimed Netflix limited series Tales of the City. Other television credits include Apple TV+’s Helpsters and PopTV/Lionsgate Television’s Nightcap. Park is the proud recipient of Actor Equity Association’s 2018 Clarence Derwent Award, and in 2019 was honored with the inaugural Marin Mazzie Award for Empowerment by the Cancer Support Community. Her outreach as a social activist and a cancer survivor has stayed important to her through her dedicated work and support of service organizations such as the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS. Park graduated from the University of Michigan with a BFA in Musical Theater.

Weekly Round-Up:

  • Listen to the Still Processing podcast episode with Cathy Park Hong.
  • Read the Harvard Business Review article, “To Dismantle Anti-Asian Racism, We Must Understand Its Roots” by Lily Zheng.
  • Listen to Krista Tippett’s On Being podcast episode, “A Life Worthy of Our Breath” with Ocean Vuong.
  • Watch highlights of the late Marin Mazzie in The King and I, which she starred in with Ashley.
]]> Ashley Park on Building Resilience and Practicing Gratitude Celia Keenan-Bolger, Ashley Park 00:41:43 This week, Celia connects with Tony Award nominated actress and television star Ashley Park who is shooting on location in Paris. A teenage cancer survivor, Ashley and Celia explore the ways in which the disease informed her career and activism, deepened her relationships, and offered perspective on what it means to lead with empathy. For the Weekly Round-Up and more, visit playbill.com/sundaypancakes. This week, Celia connects with Tony Award nominated actress and television star Ashley Park who is shooting on location in Paris. A teenage cancer survivor, Ashley and Celia explore the ways in which the disease informed her career and activism, deepened her relationships, and offered perspective on what it means to lead with empathy. For the Weekly Round-Up and more, visit playbill.com/sundaypancakes. broadway, mean girls, celia, cancer survivor, marin mazzie, musicals, playbill, emily in paris, theatre, theater, performing arts, ashley park no full 12 1 87086cbb-c87a-4b3a-bc3d-3f333328b46b Lie Still On The Day of Pain And The Day Of Joy Will Greet You with Shakina Nayfack Most recently, SHAKINA NAYFACK made television history starring in NBC’s Connecting… as  the first transgender person to have a starring role in a network comedy. She can also be seen in Amazon’s GLAAD Award Winning Transparent Musicale Finale, which she helped write and produce, and Hulu’s Difficult People, for which she was a writing consultant. Her play Chonburi International Hotel and Butterfly Club premiered on Audible in 2020 in collaboration with Williamstown Theatre Festival and was recognized with a 2021 Drama League Award for Best Audio Theatre Production. She is the Founding Artistic Director of Musical Theatre Factory, where she helped to develop hundreds of new musicals including Michael R. Jackson’s Pulitzer Prize winning musical, A Strange Loop and her own autobiographical glam rock odyssey, Manifest Pussy.

Weekly Round-Up:

  • Watch the documentary Disclosure on Netflix.
  • Listen to the On the Rookie podcast episode “The Roadmap For Liberation, feat. Janet Mock” and then read Janet’s book, Redefining Realness.
  • Read My Gender Workbook by Kate Bornstein.
  • Visit Shakina’s website to learn more about her work and download her award-winning Audible play, Chonburi International Hotel and Butterfly Club.
  • Support the Juneteenth Jubilee, organized by Intersectional Voices Collective.
]]> Sun, 13 Jun 2021 13:00:00 +0000 info@platespinnerproductions.com (Shakina Nayfack, Celia Keenan-Bolger) www.playbill.com/sundaypancakes Most recently, SHAKINA NAYFACK made television history starring in NBC’s Connecting… as  the first transgender person to have a starring role in a network comedy. She can also be seen in Amazon’s GLAAD Award Winning Transparent Musicale Finale, which she helped write and produce, and Hulu’s Difficult People, for which she was a writing consultant. Her play Chonburi International Hotel and Butterfly Club premiered on Audible in 2020 in collaboration with Williamstown Theatre Festival and was recognized with a 2021 Drama League Award for Best Audio Theatre Production. She is the Founding Artistic Director of Musical Theatre Factory, where she helped to develop hundreds of new musicals including Michael R. Jackson’s Pulitzer Prize winning musical, A Strange Loop and her own autobiographical glam rock odyssey, Manifest Pussy.

Weekly Round-Up:

  • Watch the documentary Disclosure on Netflix.
  • Listen to the On the Rookie podcast episode “The Roadmap For Liberation, feat. Janet Mock” and then read Janet’s book, Redefining Realness.
  • Read My Gender Workbook by Kate Bornstein.
  • Visit Shakina’s website to learn more about her work and download her award-winning Audible play, Chonburi International Hotel and Butterfly Club.
  • Support the Juneteenth Jubilee, organized by Intersectional Voices Collective.
]]> Lie Still On The Day of Pain And The Day Of Joy Will Greet You with Shakina Nayfack Shakina Nayfack, Celia Keenan-Bolger 00:39:13 Pioneering transgender artist and activist Shakina Nayfack sits down with Celia to share her journey of intersecting identities - from spirituality to gender and sexuality - and her leadership in fighting for representation and justice for the Trans community and beyond. For the Weekly Round-Up and more, visit playbill.com/sundaypancakes. Pioneering transgender artist and activist Shakina Nayfack sits down with Celia to share her journey of intersecting identities - from spirituality to gender and sexuality - and her leadership in fighting for representation and justice for the Trans community and beyond. For the Weekly Round-Up and more, visit playbill.com/sundaypancakes. broadway, audible, gender identity, musicals, playbill, theatre, theater, lgbtq, sexuality, gender confirmation, pride yes full 11 1 73ae0543-de41-444c-94b8-3e80e0b303a9 Javier Muñoz and Standing in Awe of Humanity JAVIER MUÑOZ is an actor and activist whose impressive body of work spans theater, film and television. Javier is best known for co-creating the role of, and starring as, "Alexander Hamilton” in the cultural-phenomenon musical Hamilton on Broadway for two years, after Lin-Manuel Miranda departed the show (and was his alternate prior to that).  He got his break starring as “Usnavi” in In the Heights on Broadway, also created by Miranda. Javier will soon star in the dark comedy indie feature, Monuments. On the TV side, he’s appeared on Shadowhunters, Blindspot, Quantico, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee and will soon be heard voicing the character of “Ohm” on Disney’s upcoming animated series Eureka. Recent theater credits include The New Englanders at MTC and the starring role in the North American premiere of Stephen Lloyd Helper’s A Sign of the Times.  Javier is also an outspoken activist for LGBTQ+ rights and a Global Ambassador for (RED), which fights to end HIV/AIDS. Muñoz was honored with the prestigious OUT100 "Breakout of the Year" award in 2016, as well as the Howard Ashman Award by the Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC). Javier now serves on the Board of GMHC as well.

Weekly Round-Up:

  • Read The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
  • Watch the short documentary, Short Fuse about Danny Sotomayor, a Chicago activist
  • Listen to Slate’s What’s Next podcast episode “Larry Kramer Wouldn’t Be Quiet” 
  • Read about Javier Muñoz Day
  • Support and learn more about the organizations Javi mentions: GMHC, Broadway Green Alliance, and BCEFA.
]]> Sun, 6 Jun 2021 13:00:00 +0000 info@platespinnerproductions.com (Javier Munoz, Celia Keenan-Bolger) www.playbill.com/sundaypancakes JAVIER MUÑOZ is an actor and activist whose impressive body of work spans theater, film and television. Javier is best known for co-creating the role of, and starring as, "Alexander Hamilton” in the cultural-phenomenon musical Hamilton on Broadway for two years, after Lin-Manuel Miranda departed the show (and was his alternate prior to that).  He got his break starring as “Usnavi” in In the Heights on Broadway, also created by Miranda. Javier will soon star in the dark comedy indie feature, Monuments. On the TV side, he’s appeared on Shadowhunters, Blindspot, Quantico, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee and will soon be heard voicing the character of “Ohm” on Disney’s upcoming animated series Eureka. Recent theater credits include The New Englanders at MTC and the starring role in the North American premiere of Stephen Lloyd Helper’s A Sign of the Times.  Javier is also an outspoken activist for LGBTQ+ rights and a Global Ambassador for (RED), which fights to end HIV/AIDS. Muñoz was honored with the prestigious OUT100 "Breakout of the Year" award in 2016, as well as the Howard Ashman Award by the Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC). Javier now serves on the Board of GMHC as well.

Weekly Round-Up:

  • Read The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
  • Watch the short documentary, Short Fuse about Danny Sotomayor, a Chicago activist
  • Listen to Slate’s What’s Next podcast episode “Larry Kramer Wouldn’t Be Quiet” 
  • Read about Javier Muñoz Day
  • Support and learn more about the organizations Javi mentions: GMHC, Broadway Green Alliance, and BCEFA.
]]> Javier Muñoz and Standing in Awe of Humanity Javier Munoz, Celia Keenan-Bolger 00:41:45 As we move into Pride month, actor, activist and Hamilton star Javier Muñoz openly shares his coming out journey, experience living with HIV, and how we can uplift and learn from the next generation. He and Celia also explore the parallels between the AIDS epidemic and our current crisis of COVID. As we move into Pride month, actor, activist and Hamilton star Javier Muñoz openly shares his coming out journey, experience living with HIV, and how we can uplift and learn from the next generation. He and Celia also explore the parallels between the AIDS epidemic and our current crisis of COVID. broadway, celia, musicals, playbill, theatre, hamilton, theater, lgbtq, pride no full 10 1 4b177168-8742-4ab5-a4d0-bbae9df950d4 Stepping Into The Unknown with Sara Bareilles SARA BAREILLES first achieved mainstream critical praise in 2007 with her widely successful hit "Love Song," which reached No. 1 in 22 countries around the world from her debut album Little Voice. Since then, Sara has taken home a Grammy Award for Best American Roots Performance for her performance of “Saint Honesty” and has received seven more Grammy® nominations, two Tony nominations and three Emmy nominations. Her book, “Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song,” was released in the fall of 2015 by Simon & Schuster and is a New York Times best seller. Making her Broadway debut, Sara composed the music and lyrics for Waitress, and made her Broadway acting debut in 2017 by stepping into the show's lead role. In 2019, Sara released her fifth full-length album entitled Amidst The Chaos. For this body of work, she joined forces in the studio with legendary Academy® Award-winning producer T Bone Burnett.  Always looking to try something new, Sara teamed up with her writing and producing partner, Jessie Nelson, J.J. Abrams and Apple, and executive produced Little Voice: a 10-episode musical drama series featuring her original music. In September, 2020, Sara released More Love – Songs From Little Voice Season One,  which features her personally performed and recorded versions of the ten songs from the series. Most recently, Sara wrapped filming a brand new Tina Fey scripted musical-comedy series for Peacock called Girls5Eva. Her brand new record, "Amidst the Chaos: Live from the Hollywood Bowl," is also releasing in 2021. 

Weekly Round-Up:

  • Watch The Gap by Ira Glass
  • Read Wolfpack by Abby Wambach
  • Read The Atlantic article “What Happens When Americans Can Finally Exhale” by Ed Yong
  • Watch the trailer for Sara’s new show, Girls5Eva streaming now on Peacock
  • Download Sara’s album, Amidst The Chaos Live From The Hollywood Bowl
]]> Sun, 30 May 2021 13:00:00 +0000 info@platespinnerproductions.com (Sara Bareilles, Celia Keenan-Bolger) www.playbill.com/sundaypancakes SARA BAREILLES first achieved mainstream critical praise in 2007 with her widely successful hit "Love Song," which reached No. 1 in 22 countries around the world from her debut album Little Voice. Since then, Sara has taken home a Grammy Award for Best American Roots Performance for her performance of “Saint Honesty” and has received seven more Grammy® nominations, two Tony nominations and three Emmy nominations. Her book, “Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song,” was released in the fall of 2015 by Simon & Schuster and is a New York Times best seller. Making her Broadway debut, Sara composed the music and lyrics for Waitress, and made her Broadway acting debut in 2017 by stepping into the show's lead role. In 2019, Sara released her fifth full-length album entitled Amidst The Chaos. For this body of work, she joined forces in the studio with legendary Academy® Award-winning producer T Bone Burnett.  Always looking to try something new, Sara teamed up with her writing and producing partner, Jessie Nelson, J.J. Abrams and Apple, and executive produced Little Voice: a 10-episode musical drama series featuring her original music. In September, 2020, Sara released More Love – Songs From Little Voice Season One,  which features her personally performed and recorded versions of the ten songs from the series. Most recently, Sara wrapped filming a brand new Tina Fey scripted musical-comedy series for Peacock called Girls5Eva. Her brand new record, "Amidst the Chaos: Live from the Hollywood Bowl," is also releasing in 2021. 

Weekly Round-Up:

  • Watch The Gap by Ira Glass
  • Read Wolfpack by Abby Wambach
  • Read The Atlantic article “What Happens When Americans Can Finally Exhale” by Ed Yong
  • Watch the trailer for Sara’s new show, Girls5Eva streaming now on Peacock
  • Download Sara’s album, Amidst The Chaos Live From The Hollywood Bowl
]]> Stepping Into The Unknown with Sara Bareilles Sara Bareilles, Celia Keenan-Bolger 00:40:11 Grammy Award winner Sara Bareilles and Celia explore the uneasiness of branching out and trying something new and the accompanying fear of not getting it “right.” Sara also shares her own growth in learning how to balance her public and private life. Grammy Award winner Sara Bareilles and Celia explore the uneasiness of branching out and trying something new and the accompanying fear of not getting it “right.” Sara also shares her own growth in learning how to balance her public and private life. broadway, girls5eva, celia, musicals, playbill, theatre, waitress, theater, tina fey, sara bareilles yes full 9 1 1ca5ea28-7cd4-46e8-89f3-b31110815d14 How A Relationship To Faith Can Help Us Grow with Joshua Henry JOSHUA HENRY made a name for himself in his Tony-nominated turn in Scottsboro Boys and as 'Aaron Burr' in both the touring and Chicago companies of Hamilton. He made his stage debut as Judas in Godspell at the Paper Mill Playhouse, followed by his Broadway debut in In the Heights. Other Broadway credits include American Idiot, Porgy and Bess, Bring It On: The Musical, Violet, Shuffle Along, and most recently as 'Billy Bigelow' in the revival of Carousel. On film, He is remembered as Jennifer Hudson’s fiancé in Sex and the City. Henry released his debut EP, Guarantee in early 2021 via S-Curve Records/BMG. 

Weekly Round-Up:

  • Read You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience, edited by Tarana Burke and Brené Brown.
  • Read Melissa Eisler’s Chopra.com article, “5 Ways to Cultivate Faith When Times Are Tough.”
  • Listen to Brené Brown’s Unlocking Us podcast episode “Brené with David Eagleman on The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain”
  • Listen to Joshua’s new EP, Guarantee. You can watch the official video for “Guarantee” here.
]]> Sun, 23 May 2021 13:00:00 +0000 info@platespinnerproductions.com (Joshua Henry, Celia Keenan-Bolger) www.playbill.com/sundaypancakes JOSHUA HENRY made a name for himself in his Tony-nominated turn in Scottsboro Boys and as 'Aaron Burr' in both the touring and Chicago companies of Hamilton. He made his stage debut as Judas in Godspell at the Paper Mill Playhouse, followed by his Broadway debut in In the Heights. Other Broadway credits include American Idiot, Porgy and Bess, Bring It On: The Musical, Violet, Shuffle Along, and most recently as 'Billy Bigelow' in the revival of Carousel. On film, He is remembered as Jennifer Hudson’s fiancé in Sex and the City. Henry released his debut EP, Guarantee in early 2021 via S-Curve Records/BMG. 

Weekly Round-Up:

  • Read You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience, edited by Tarana Burke and Brené Brown.
  • Read Melissa Eisler’s Chopra.com article, “5 Ways to Cultivate Faith When Times Are Tough.”
  • Listen to Brené Brown’s Unlocking Us podcast episode “Brené with David Eagleman on The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain”
  • Listen to Joshua’s new EP, Guarantee. You can watch the official video for “Guarantee” here.
]]> How A Relationship To Faith Can Help Us Grow with Joshua Henry Joshua Henry, Celia Keenan-Bolger 00:41:33 In this week’s episode, Tony-nominated actor Joshua Henry talks to Celia about how his faith has been a source of inspiration and solace, especially this past year as he unexpectedly found himself becoming the father of new twins during the pandemic. In this week’s episode, Tony-nominated actor Joshua Henry talks to Celia about how his faith has been a source of inspiration and solace, especially this past year as he unexpectedly found himself becoming the father of new twins during the pandemic. broadway, joshua henry, faith, celia, musicals, playbill, theatre, hamilton, guarantee, theater no full 8 1 c68b2818-03ef-44ca-89e2-77a6f4e43a22 Laura Benanti on the Power and Pressure of Being a Woman Tony Award-winner and five-time Tony Award nominee LAURA BENANTI is a highly celebrated stage and screen actress. This May, Benanti stars in the film Here Today opposite Billy Crystal and Tiffany Haddish and as a guest star on the Showtime series Cinema Toast. This Fall on Netflix, Benanti will be seen in Sara Colangelo’s WORTH starring opposite Michael Keaton, Stanley Tucci and Amy Ryan which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Additionally, Benanti will be seen in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tick, Tick...Boom! for Netflix and is currently in production on HBO Max’s much awaited “Gossip Girl” reboot.

In 2020, Benanti created and executive produced the HBO Max special, HOMESCHOOL MUSICAL: CLASS OF 2020, an unscripted musical special featuring students from across the U.S. Additionally, Benanti released a self-titled studio album for Sony Music Masterworks.

In 2019, Benanti made a triumphant return to Broadway as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady. Since making her Broadway debut at the young age of 18 as Maria in The Sound of Music, Benanti has wowed audiences in numerous musicals and plays. Other Broadway roles include: ‘Amalia Balash’ in She Loves Me, for which she was nominated for Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Drama League Awards; Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown for which she was nominated for a Tony Award, and won both the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards; In The Next Room, or the Vibrator Play; The Wedding Singer; Nine; her Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award-nominated performance of ‘Cinderella’ in Into the Woods; and her Tony® nominated turn in Swing! Benanti earned the 2008 Tony Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, a Drama Desk Award, and an Outer Critics Circle Award for her revelatory portrayal of 'Louise' in the Broadway revival of Gypsy opposite Patti LuPone. 

Weekly Round-Up:

  • Read the Lit Hub article, “Eula Biss on How Motherhood Radicalized Adrienne Rich.”
  • Read Ayad Akhtar’s New York Times piece from 2017, “An Antidote to Digital Dehumanization? Live Theater.”
  • Listen to Simon Sinek’s A Bit of Optimism podcast episode, “The One with Brené Brown.”
  • Read Cal Newport’s book Digital Minimalism which Laura recommends in the episode.
  • Watch Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020 on HBOMax inspired by Laura’s online movement, #SunshineSongs, for which she also served as Executive Producer.
  • Buy the digital album Laura produced for Ghostlight Records, Singing You Home: Children’s Songs for Family Reunification, with proceeds benefiting RAICES and ASTEP.
]]> Sun, 16 May 2021 13:00:00 +0000 info@platespinnerproductions.com (Laura Benanti, Celia Keenan-Bolger) www.playbill.com/sundaypancakes Tony Award-winner and five-time Tony Award nominee LAURA BENANTI is a highly celebrated stage and screen actress. This May, Benanti stars in the film Here Today opposite Billy Crystal and Tiffany Haddish and as a guest star on the Showtime series Cinema Toast. This Fall on Netflix, Benanti will be seen in Sara Colangelo’s WORTH starring opposite Michael Keaton, Stanley Tucci and Amy Ryan which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Additionally, Benanti will be seen in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tick, Tick...Boom! for Netflix and is currently in production on HBO Max’s much awaited “Gossip Girl” reboot.

In 2020, Benanti created and executive produced the HBO Max special, HOMESCHOOL MUSICAL: CLASS OF 2020, an unscripted musical special featuring students from across the U.S. Additionally, Benanti released a self-titled studio album for Sony Music Masterworks.

In 2019, Benanti made a triumphant return to Broadway as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady. Since making her Broadway debut at the young age of 18 as Maria in The Sound of Music, Benanti has wowed audiences in numerous musicals and plays. Other Broadway roles include: ‘Amalia Balash’ in She Loves Me, for which she was nominated for Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Drama League Awards; Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown for which she was nominated for a Tony Award, and won both the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards; In The Next Room, or the Vibrator Play; The Wedding Singer; Nine; her Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award-nominated performance of ‘Cinderella’ in Into the Woods; and her Tony® nominated turn in Swing! Benanti earned the 2008 Tony Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, a Drama Desk Award, and an Outer Critics Circle Award for her revelatory portrayal of 'Louise' in the Broadway revival of Gypsy opposite Patti LuPone. 

Weekly Round-Up:

  • Read the Lit Hub article, “Eula Biss on How Motherhood Radicalized Adrienne Rich.”
  • Read Ayad Akhtar’s New York Times piece from 2017, “An Antidote to Digital Dehumanization? Live Theater.”
  • Listen to Simon Sinek’s A Bit of Optimism podcast episode, “The One with Brené Brown.”
  • Read Cal Newport’s book Digital Minimalism which Laura recommends in the episode.
  • Watch Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020 on HBOMax inspired by Laura’s online movement, #SunshineSongs, for which she also served as Executive Producer.
  • Buy the digital album Laura produced for Ghostlight Records, Singing You Home: Children’s Songs for Family Reunification, with proceeds benefiting RAICES and ASTEP.
]]> Laura Benanti on the Power and Pressure of Being a Woman Laura Benanti, Celia Keenan-Bolger 00:43:03 This week, Celia speaks with her longtime friend, the Tony Award-winning actress Laura Benanti about the ongoing struggle of “comparing and despairing” as a woman and a mother, especially over the last year. They also discuss how to claim your power to become an effective, empathetic leader and discover strength in vulnerability. This week, Celia speaks with her longtime friend, the Tony Award-winning actress Laura Benanti about the ongoing struggle of “comparing and despairing” as a woman and a mother, especially over the last year. They also discuss how to claim your power to become an effective, empathetic leader and discover strength in vulnerability. plays, broadway, sunshine songs, musicals, playbill, homeschool musical, laura benanti, theatre, theater, sunday pancakes, vulnerability yes full 7 1 847f523f-dfc7-41e1-872c-acc047191917 Pancake Minisode #2: More Thoughts on a Post-Vaccinated Life and Follow Up to Episode 6 In our second pancake minisode, Celia continues to share her feelings and thoughts on readjusting to life post-vaccine as well as following up on her conversation with Karen Olivo. 

Weekly Round-Up:

  • Get to know The Spark File, founded by creativity coaches Susan Blackwell and Laura Camien and listen to their podcast.
  • Read this article in The Atlantic entitled “Post Vaccination Inertia is Real” by Katherine J. Wu
  • Read Rachel Miller’s Vice article “How to Say Goodbye to This Garbage Year.”
  • How to officially say goodbye to this garbage year
  • Read this New York Times article, “The Case for a National One-Week Vacation” by  Dodai Stewart
  • Learn about Nicole Brewer’s Conscientious Theatre Training, focused on ensuring equitable anti-racist representation in all areas of theatre.
  • Read Kelsey Blackwell’s The Arrow article, “Why People of Color Need Spaces Without White People” and then read her article, “Expanding Awareness: How Patterns of Interaction Support White Supremacy.”

Please send your thoughts, feelings, curiosities, and questions to Celia at sundaypancakespod@gmail.com.

]]> Thu, 13 May 2021 13:00:00 +0000 info@platespinnerproductions.com (Celia Keenan-Bolger) www.playbill.com/sundaypancakes In our second pancake minisode, Celia continues to share her feelings and thoughts on readjusting to life post-vaccine as well as following up on her conversation with Karen Olivo. 

Weekly Round-Up:

  • Get to know The Spark File, founded by creativity coaches Susan Blackwell and Laura Camien and listen to their podcast.
  • Read this article in The Atlantic entitled “Post Vaccination Inertia is Real” by Katherine J. Wu
  • Read Rachel Miller’s Vice article “How to Say Goodbye to This Garbage Year.”
  • How to officially say goodbye to this garbage year
  • Read this New York Times article, “The Case for a National One-Week Vacation” by  Dodai Stewart
  • Learn about Nicole Brewer’s Conscientious Theatre Training, focused on ensuring equitable anti-racist representation in all areas of theatre.
  • Read Kelsey Blackwell’s The Arrow article, “Why People of Color Need Spaces Without White People” and then read her article, “Expanding Awareness: How Patterns of Interaction Support White Supremacy.”

Please send your thoughts, feelings, curiosities, and questions to Celia at sundaypancakespod@gmail.com.

]]> Pancake Minisode #2: More Thoughts on a Post-Vaccinated Life and Follow Up to Episode 6 Celia Keenan-Bolger 00:14:39 Every few weeks, Celia will do a mini bonus episode on how she's feeling and navigating through the world. Every few weeks, Celia will do a mini bonus episode on how she's feeling and navigating through the world. plays, broadway, celia, musicals, playbill, karen olivo, theatre, theater no bonus 1 fa1bb359-686a-453d-9092-648a0d90af63 A Disrupter and a Weaver: Finding Your Place in a Social Change Ecosystem with Karen Olivo KAREN OLIVO (she/they) is a television, film, and stage actor who most recently played “Satine” in Moulin Rouge, The Musical on Broadway. Olivo is also recognized for her Tony Award winning performance as “Anita” in the acclaimed 2009 Broadway revival of West Side Story, a role for which she also earned Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle, and Astaire Award nominations. Some of her Broadway theater credits include originating the role of “Vanessa” in the Tony Award-winning musical, In the Heights (2008 Astaire Award); starring as “Faith” in the Broadway production of Brooklyn The Musical, and in Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning musical, Rent. Additional theatre credits include Murder Ballad at the Manhattan Theater Club; By the Way, Meet Vera Stark by Lynn Nottage at Second Stage; and The Miracle Brothers directed by Tina Landau at the Vineyard Theatre. Olivo is also recognized for her many television appearances including a series regular, recurring & guest-starring roles on “ Harry’s Law”, “The Good Wife,” “Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior,” “Chase,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Conviction,” and “Law & Order.” 

Olivo is also an educator teaching at Northwestern University, NYU-Tisch, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, University of Wisconsin-Madison, as well as working as a visual artist and writer. In the Spring of 2020, Olivo co-founded the non-for-profit organization, AFECT, Artists for Economic Transparency, in the efforts to educate the industry and promote discussion regarding entertainment industry structures and how they can be altered to better serve marginalized communities. www.AFECTchange.org

Weekly Round-Up:

  • Listen to this podcast episode of The Ezra Klein Show with Tressie McMillan Cottom and then buy Tressie’s book Thick and lastly, listen to her Hear To Slay podcast, co-hosted with Roxanne Gay.
  • Review Deepa Iyer’s guide and framework, “Mapping Our Roles in Social Change Ecosystems”, originally introduced to Celia through The Broadway Advocacy Coalition. Attribution: Deepa Iyer, SolidarityIs and Building Movement Project.
  • Read  this New York Magazine article, “Art Doesn’t Need Tyrants” by Tavi Gevinson
]]> Sun, 9 May 2021 13:00:00 +0000 info@platespinnerproductions.com (Karen Olivo, Celia Keenan-Bolger) www.playbill.com/sundaypancakes KAREN OLIVO (she/they) is a television, film, and stage actor who most recently played “Satine” in Moulin Rouge, The Musical on Broadway. Olivo is also recognized for her Tony Award winning performance as “Anita” in the acclaimed 2009 Broadway revival of West Side Story, a role for which she also earned Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle, and Astaire Award nominations. Some of her Broadway theater credits include originating the role of “Vanessa” in the Tony Award-winning musical, In the Heights (2008 Astaire Award); starring as “Faith” in the Broadway production of Brooklyn The Musical, and in Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning musical, Rent. Additional theatre credits include Murder Ballad at the Manhattan Theater Club; By the Way, Meet Vera Stark by Lynn Nottage at Second Stage; and The Miracle Brothers directed by Tina Landau at the Vineyard Theatre. Olivo is also recognized for her many television appearances including a series regular, recurring & guest-starring roles on “ Harry’s Law”, “The Good Wife,” “Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior,” “Chase,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Conviction,” and “Law & Order.” 

Olivo is also an educator teaching at Northwestern University, NYU-Tisch, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, University of Wisconsin-Madison, as well as working as a visual artist and writer. In the Spring of 2020, Olivo co-founded the non-for-profit organization, AFECT, Artists for Economic Transparency, in the efforts to educate the industry and promote discussion regarding entertainment industry structures and how they can be altered to better serve marginalized communities. www.AFECTchange.org

Weekly Round-Up:

  • Listen to this podcast episode of The Ezra Klein Show with Tressie McMillan Cottom and then buy Tressie’s book Thick and lastly, listen to her Hear To Slay podcast, co-hosted with Roxanne Gay.
  • Review Deepa Iyer’s guide and framework, “Mapping Our Roles in Social Change Ecosystems”, originally introduced to Celia through The Broadway Advocacy Coalition. Attribution: Deepa Iyer, SolidarityIs and Building Movement Project.
  • Read  this New York Magazine article, “Art Doesn’t Need Tyrants” by Tavi Gevinson
]]> A Disrupter and a Weaver: Finding Your Place in a Social Change Ecosystem with Karen Olivo Karen Olivo, Celia Keenan-Bolger 00:38:38 This week, Celia sits down with Tony Award winning actor, and activist Karen Olivo to examine the action necessary to manifest a theatre industry built on transparency, equity, and accountability from their equally meaningful but different roles in a social justice ecosystem: Celia as a weaver, and Karen as a disrupter. Influenced by conversations before and after Karen's decision to leave Moulin Rouge! following the public allegations of abuse by Scott Rudin, this episode intentionally seeks to sit in discomfort and ask more nuanced questions than provide concrete answers. This week, Celia sits down with Tony Award winning actor, and activist Karen Olivo to examine the action necessary to manifest a theatre industry built on transparency, equity, and accountability from their equally meaningful but different roles in a social justice ecosystem: Celia as a weaver, and Karen as a disrupter. Influenced by conversations before and after Karen's decision to leave Moulin Rouge! following the public allegations of abuse by Scott Rudin, this episode intentionally seeks to sit in discomfort and ask more nuanced questions than provide concrete answers. broadway, racial justice, celia, playbill, karen olivo, social change, moulin rouge, equity, theatre, theater, wellness, commercial theater, social change ecosystems yes full 6 1 70d330ef-00ce-4fdb-a298-2ca6122de8a7 Small Acts of Service Over a Sustained Amount of Time with Erika Henningsen ERIKA HENNINGSEN was most recently seen as ‘Cady Heron’ in the original Broadway Cast of Mean Girls, for which she was nominated for an Outer Critics' Circle Award. She made her Broadway debut as ‘Fantine’ in the recent revival of Les Miserables and can be seen as ‘Kim Ravenal’ in the PBS Special of Show Boat: Live from Lincoln Center with the New York Philharmonic. She is slated to appear in Peacock's upcoming series GIRLS5EVA and Amazon's original comedy Harlem. Graduate of the University Of Michigan BFA Musical Theater Program, Broadway Star of the Year 2019. She recently founded the First Time Voters' Club in partnership with Producing Blue to encourage young voters in involvement in the political sector and is an ambassador for the non-profit organization, She’s The First.

Weekly Round-Up:

  • Explore this interactive NYTimes piece, “They Believe in Ambitious Women. But They Also See The Costs.”
  • Read the Forge article, “The Worst Mindset To Have When Fighting Racism” by Emily PG Erikson on how perfectionism can undermine the work of dismantling white supremacy culture.
  • Listen to this episode of The Cut podcast wherein trans author Torrey Peters discusses her new book, Detransition Baby and how the common feeling of “failing at gender” can bridge divides between cis and trans women.
  • Buy this incredible butterfly garden with a live cup of caterpillars.
  • This novel, Exit West by Mohsin Hamid, made Erika and Celia realize that they had very similar taste in books.
]]> Sun, 2 May 2021 13:00:00 +0000 info@platespinnerproductions.com (Erika Henningsen, Celia Keenan-Bolger) www.playbill.com/sundaypancakes ERIKA HENNINGSEN was most recently seen as ‘Cady Heron’ in the original Broadway Cast of Mean Girls, for which she was nominated for an Outer Critics' Circle Award. She made her Broadway debut as ‘Fantine’ in the recent revival of Les Miserables and can be seen as ‘Kim Ravenal’ in the PBS Special of Show Boat: Live from Lincoln Center with the New York Philharmonic. She is slated to appear in Peacock's upcoming series GIRLS5EVA and Amazon's original comedy Harlem. Graduate of the University Of Michigan BFA Musical Theater Program, Broadway Star of the Year 2019. She recently founded the First Time Voters' Club in partnership with Producing Blue to encourage young voters in involvement in the political sector and is an ambassador for the non-profit organization, She’s The First.

Weekly Round-Up:

  • Explore this interactive NYTimes piece, “They Believe in Ambitious Women. But They Also See The Costs.”
  • Read the Forge article, “The Worst Mindset To Have When Fighting Racism” by Emily PG Erikson on how perfectionism can undermine the work of dismantling white supremacy culture.
  • Listen to this episode of The Cut podcast wherein trans author Torrey Peters discusses her new book, Detransition Baby and how the common feeling of “failing at gender” can bridge divides between cis and trans women.
  • Buy this incredible butterfly garden with a live cup of caterpillars.
  • This novel, Exit West by Mohsin Hamid, made Erika and Celia realize that they had very similar taste in books.
]]> Small Acts of Service Over a Sustained Amount of Time with Erika Henningsen Erika Henningsen, Celia Keenan-Bolger 00:40:47 Both graduates of University of Michigan’s Musical Theatre program, Celia first met Erika Henningsen when she was in high school. In this week’s conversation, they share their process of learning how and when to take up space and the ways in which you can sustain small daily actions toward larger systemic change. Both graduates of University of Michigan’s Musical Theatre program, Celia first met Erika Henningsen when she was in high school. In this week’s conversation, they share their process of learning how and when to take up space and the ways in which you can sustain small daily actions toward larger systemic change. tony awards, musical theatre, broadway, mean girls, celia, musicals, playbill, theatre, theater, umich, wellness no full 5 1 b05ecf57-73ec-4f06-8504-376fce011096 The Possibilities Inside Surrender with Zachary Quinto ZACHARY QUINTO hails from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He attended Carnegie Mellon where he received a BFA in Acting. In 2007 he was cast as 'Sylar' on the hit NBC series Heroes. That same year, he was cast as ‘Spock’ in the JJ Abrams directed reboot of the Star Trek franchise. He starred in the first season of American Horror Story in 2011, and then won a Critic’s Choice Award and Emmy Award nomination for his portrayal of ‘Dr. Oliver Thredson’ on American Horror Story: Asylum. Quinto appeared in the 2010 Signature revival of Tony Kushner’s Angels In America, for which he won a Theater World Award and a Drama Desk Award nomination. He made his Broadway debut in the 2013 Tony Award winning production of The Glass Menagerie. He was also seen in Noah Haidle's Smokefall and in the Joe Mantello directed revival of The Boys in The Band, which won the 2019 Tony for Best Revival of a Play. He's hosted the reboot of In Search Of on the History Channel, and starred in the AMC series NOS4A2. Most recently, he reprised his role as 'Harold' in the film adaption of The Boys In The Band on Netflix. Quinto began his production company Before the Door Pictures in 2008 and produced such films as Margin Call, All Is Lost, A Most Violent Year, and Aardvark. At the end of 2019, the new iteration of Before The Door signed first look deals with AMC Studios for scripted projects and with Spoke Studios for unscripted fare.

Weekly Round-Up:

  • Listen to Brene Brown’s  Unlocking Us podcastepisode featuring Sonya Renee Taylor on “The Body is Not An Apology.”
  • Follow that by reading Sonya Renee Taylor’s book The Body Is Not an Apology.
  • There are Vedic and Transcendental meditation courses available throughout the US - apps like Ten Percent Happier, Calm, and Insight Timer (I really like the teacher Sarah Blondin) are easily accessible and can travel with you wherever you go.
  • Listen to Krista Tippet’s On Being podcast episode, “You are not alone across time” with Brian Doerries focused on his public art project, The Theater Of War.
  • Read Steven Pressfield’s book The War of Art which Zach (and Susan Blackwell) recommend.
]]> Sun, 25 Apr 2021 13:00:00 +0000 info@platespinnerproductions.com (Zachary Quinto, Celia Keenan-Bolger) www.playbill.com/sundaypancakes ZACHARY QUINTO hails from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He attended Carnegie Mellon where he received a BFA in Acting. In 2007 he was cast as 'Sylar' on the hit NBC series Heroes. That same year, he was cast as ‘Spock’ in the JJ Abrams directed reboot of the Star Trek franchise. He starred in the first season of American Horror Story in 2011, and then won a Critic’s Choice Award and Emmy Award nomination for his portrayal of ‘Dr. Oliver Thredson’ on American Horror Story: Asylum. Quinto appeared in the 2010 Signature revival of Tony Kushner’s Angels In America, for which he won a Theater World Award and a Drama Desk Award nomination. He made his Broadway debut in the 2013 Tony Award winning production of The Glass Menagerie. He was also seen in Noah Haidle's Smokefall and in the Joe Mantello directed revival of The Boys in The Band, which won the 2019 Tony for Best Revival of a Play. He's hosted the reboot of In Search Of on the History Channel, and starred in the AMC series NOS4A2. Most recently, he reprised his role as 'Harold' in the film adaption of The Boys In The Band on Netflix. Quinto began his production company Before the Door Pictures in 2008 and produced such films as Margin Call, All Is Lost, A Most Violent Year, and Aardvark. At the end of 2019, the new iteration of Before The Door signed first look deals with AMC Studios for scripted projects and with Spoke Studios for unscripted fare.

Weekly Round-Up:

  • Listen to Brene Brown’s  Unlocking Us podcastepisode featuring Sonya Renee Taylor on “The Body is Not An Apology.”
  • Follow that by reading Sonya Renee Taylor’s book The Body Is Not an Apology.
  • There are Vedic and Transcendental meditation courses available throughout the US - apps like Ten Percent Happier, Calm, and Insight Timer (I really like the teacher Sarah Blondin) are easily accessible and can travel with you wherever you go.
  • Listen to Krista Tippet’s On Being podcast episode, “You are not alone across time” with Brian Doerries focused on his public art project, The Theater Of War.
  • Read Steven Pressfield’s book The War of Art which Zach (and Susan Blackwell) recommend.
]]> The Possibilities Inside Surrender with Zachary Quinto Zachary Quinto, Celia Keenan-Bolger 00:44:41 This week, Celia sits down with her co-star from the 2013 Broadway revival of The Glass Menagerie, Emmy nominee Zachary Quinto to explore how we find space for growth within solitude and the power of surrendering to the unknown. This week, Celia sits down with her co-star from the 2013 Broadway revival of The Glass Menagerie, Emmy nominee Zachary Quinto to explore how we find space for growth within solitude and the power of surrendering to the unknown. broadway, celia, pandemic, solitude, playbill, surrender, theatre, theater, performing arts, meditation, zachary quinto no full 4 1 a90c1986-82a3-48c9-abc4-c0c5c5d4a228 Pancake Minisode #1: Thoughts On The Transition Out Of Social Isolation In our first pancake minisode, Celia shares her hopes, struggles, and anxieties as we begin to  gather again and awkwardly adjust to a New Normal. 

Weekly Round-Up:

  • Read the Medium article, “Prepare For The Ultimate Gaslighting” by Julio Vincent Gambuto
  • Read the book Atomic Habits by James Clear
  • Read the Vice article, “How To Make Small Talk After We’ve Been Through A Pandemic” by Rachel Miller
  • Read “I’m Not Ready” from the March 4th edition of the Culture Study newsletter by Anne Helen Peterson 
  • “Collective Compassion” is a term Celia first heard used by Sonya Renee Taylor in her book The Body Is Not An Apology. The book will also be included in next week's round-up.

Please send your pancake thoughts, feelings, curiosities, and questions  to Celia at  sundaypancakespod@gmail.com.

]]> Sun, 11 Apr 2021 13:00:00 +0000 info@platespinnerproductions.com (Plate Spinner Productions) www.playbill.com/sundaypancakes In our first pancake minisode, Celia shares her hopes, struggles, and anxieties as we begin to  gather again and awkwardly adjust to a New Normal. 

Weekly Round-Up:

  • Read the Medium article, “Prepare For The Ultimate Gaslighting” by Julio Vincent Gambuto
  • Read the book Atomic Habits by James Clear
  • Read the Vice article, “How To Make Small Talk After We’ve Been Through A Pandemic” by Rachel Miller
  • Read “I’m Not Ready” from the March 4th edition of the Culture Study newsletter by Anne Helen Peterson 
  • “Collective Compassion” is a term Celia first heard used by Sonya Renee Taylor in her book The Body Is Not An Apology. The book will also be included in next week's round-up.

Please send your pancake thoughts, feelings, curiosities, and questions  to Celia at  sundaypancakespod@gmail.com.

]]> Pancake Minisode #1: Thoughts On The Transition Out Of Social Isolation Plate Spinner Productions 00:14:05 Every few weeks, Celia will do a mini bonus episode on how she's feeling and navigating through the world. Every few weeks, Celia will do a mini bonus episode on how she's feeling and navigating through the world. broadway, pancakes, celia, playbill, reopening, theatre, theater, performing arts, new normal no bonus 1 5f9f6d83-cfa7-4ef7-a0c8-088ddb7c3261 Having A Hard Conversation (And The Healing That Accompanies It) with Kelli O’Hara Stage and screen star KELLI O’HARA has established herself as one of Broadway’s greatest leading ladies. Her portrayal of Anna Leonowens in The King and I garnered her the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical, along with Grammy, Drama League, Outer Critics, and Oliver nominations. Kelli has received an additional 6 Tony nominations for her work on Broadway in the productions The Light in the Piazza, The Pajama Game, South Pacific, Nice Work if You Can Get It, The Bridges of Madison County, and and Kiss Me Kate.  Kelli was awarded the prestigious Drama League’s Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre Award in 2019. Kelli also received an Emmy nomination for her portrayal of Katie Bonner in the hit web series The Accidental Wolf. Other film and television credits include the second season of Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why, All The Bright Places, Peter Pan Live!, Sex & The City 2, Martin Scorsese’s The Key to Reserva, Showtime’s Masters of Sex, CBS All Access’ The Good Fight, Blue Bloods, N3mbers, and the animated series Car Talk.  She is currently shooting HBO’s The Gilded Age. Kelli sits on the boards of New York City Center and The NY Pops for which she Co-Chairs their PopsEd initiative.She also serves on the Lincoln Center Artist Committee and the advisory board of Broadway for Racial Justice. Kelli is a wife and a mother of 2 children.  

Weekly Round-Up:

  • Read Big Friendship by Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman
  • Read the Vanity Fair piece, “Roxanne Gay on How to Write About Trauma" by Monica Lewinsky
  • Read the Bon Appétit article, “How Writing a Cookbook Helped Me Break Free From Diet Culture” by Julia Turshen
  • Listen to the On Being podcast episode, “The Soul in Depression” with Andrew Solomon
]]> Sun, 4 Apr 2021 13:00:00 +0000 info@platespinnerproductions.com (Kelli O'Hara, Celia Keenan-Bolger) www.playbill.com/sundaypancakes Stage and screen star KELLI O’HARA has established herself as one of Broadway’s greatest leading ladies. Her portrayal of Anna Leonowens in The King and I garnered her the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical, along with Grammy, Drama League, Outer Critics, and Oliver nominations. Kelli has received an additional 6 Tony nominations for her work on Broadway in the productions The Light in the Piazza, The Pajama Game, South Pacific, Nice Work if You Can Get It, The Bridges of Madison County, and and Kiss Me Kate.  Kelli was awarded the prestigious Drama League’s Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre Award in 2019. Kelli also received an Emmy nomination for her portrayal of Katie Bonner in the hit web series The Accidental Wolf. Other film and television credits include the second season of Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why, All The Bright Places, Peter Pan Live!, Sex & The City 2, Martin Scorsese’s The Key to Reserva, Showtime’s Masters of Sex, CBS All Access’ The Good Fight, Blue Bloods, N3mbers, and the animated series Car Talk.  She is currently shooting HBO’s The Gilded Age. Kelli sits on the boards of New York City Center and The NY Pops for which she Co-Chairs their PopsEd initiative.She also serves on the Lincoln Center Artist Committee and the advisory board of Broadway for Racial Justice. Kelli is a wife and a mother of 2 children.  

Weekly Round-Up:

  • Read Big Friendship by Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman
  • Read the Vanity Fair piece, “Roxanne Gay on How to Write About Trauma" by Monica Lewinsky
  • Read the Bon Appétit article, “How Writing a Cookbook Helped Me Break Free From Diet Culture” by Julia Turshen
  • Listen to the On Being podcast episode, “The Soul in Depression” with Andrew Solomon
]]> Having A Hard Conversation (And The Healing That Accompanies It) with Kelli O’Hara Kelli O'Hara, Celia Keenan-Bolger 00:42:37 Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara and Celia have known each other since the days of The Light in the Piazza, a process filled with complicated and vulnerable feelings for both actresses. In this week’s episode, they openly share how they were able to move through those feelings and come out the other side with a stronger friendship and self-awareness. Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara and Celia have known each other since the days of The Light in the Piazza, a process filled with complicated and vulnerable feelings for both actresses. In this week’s episode, they openly share how they were able to move through those feelings and come out the other side with a stronger friendship and self-awareness. tony awards, plays, broadway, kelli o'hara, celia, musicals, playbill, theatre, theater, performing arts, light in the piazza, wellness no full 3 1 0184ad3e-4c1b-4a98-80ae-589febdd7849 Prioritizing Your Personal Life with Phillipa Soo PHILLIPA SOO is best known for originating the role of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton in Broadway’s critically acclaimed Hamilton, garnering her numerous industry awards and a Tony Award nomination. She can currently be seen in the film version of Hamilton on Disney+. Soo is currently voicing a lead role in Netflix’s animated film Over the Moon. She can also be seen in Sony’s The Broken Hearts Gallery and in Disney+’s The One and Only Ivan. She made her feature film debut in Here and Now. On the small screen, she will next be seen in Hulu’s upcoming drama series DOPESICK, based on the New York Times bestselling book of the same name and in Spectrum Originals’ upcoming series PLAN Z. She was previously a series regular on CBS's The Code and featured in NBC's Smash. Soo co-starred on Broadway in The Parisian Woman, as well as playing the title role in the Broadway musical Amelie. She also originated the role of ‘Natasha Rostova’ in Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812. She is a graduate of the Juilliard School Drama Division.

Weekly Round-Up:

  • Read The Art Of Gathering by Priya Parker
  • Explore the interactive website, Death Over Dinner
  • Listen to the What Next podcast episode, “Why Don’t We Know More About The Atlanta Victims?” and read Mary Harris's follow up article on Slate.

AAPI Resources:

  • Read The Atlantic’s article, ”Why This Wave of Anti-Asian Racism Feels Different” by Morgan Ome
  • Sign-up for Hollaback’s Bystander Intervention Training to Stop Anti-Asian/American and Xenophobic Harrassment
  • Read Variety’s article, “How Hollywood Is Complicit in the Violence Against Asians in America” by Caroline Framke
  • Donate to Support Asian Communities
]]> Sun, 28 Mar 2021 13:00:00 +0000 info@platespinnerproductions.com (Celia Keenan-Bolger, Phillipa Soo) www.playbill.com/sundaypancakes PHILLIPA SOO is best known for originating the role of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton in Broadway’s critically acclaimed Hamilton, garnering her numerous industry awards and a Tony Award nomination. She can currently be seen in the film version of Hamilton on Disney+. Soo is currently voicing a lead role in Netflix’s animated film Over the Moon. She can also be seen in Sony’s The Broken Hearts Gallery and in Disney+’s The One and Only Ivan. She made her feature film debut in Here and Now. On the small screen, she will next be seen in Hulu’s upcoming drama series DOPESICK, based on the New York Times bestselling book of the same name and in Spectrum Originals’ upcoming series PLAN Z. She was previously a series regular on CBS's The Code and featured in NBC's Smash. Soo co-starred on Broadway in The Parisian Woman, as well as playing the title role in the Broadway musical Amelie. She also originated the role of ‘Natasha Rostova’ in Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812. She is a graduate of the Juilliard School Drama Division.

Weekly Round-Up:

  • Read The Art Of Gathering by Priya Parker
  • Explore the interactive website, Death Over Dinner
  • Listen to the What Next podcast episode, “Why Don’t We Know More About The Atlanta Victims?” and read Mary Harris's follow up article on Slate.

AAPI Resources:

  • Read The Atlantic’s article, ”Why This Wave of Anti-Asian Racism Feels Different” by Morgan Ome
  • Sign-up for Hollaback’s Bystander Intervention Training to Stop Anti-Asian/American and Xenophobic Harrassment
  • Read Variety’s article, “How Hollywood Is Complicit in the Violence Against Asians in America” by Caroline Framke
  • Donate to Support Asian Communities
]]> Prioritizing Your Personal Life with Phillipa Soo Celia Keenan-Bolger, Phillipa Soo 00:40:57 Tony Award-nominated actress Phillipa Soo has been working nonstop since she graduated from Juilliard. In this week’s episode, she and Celia sit down to discuss the ongoing struggle to improve our work-life balance and tools to ensure you can continue to make space for your own needs. Tony Award-nominated actress Phillipa Soo has been working nonstop since she graduated from Juilliard. In this week’s episode, she and Celia sit down to discuss the ongoing struggle to improve our work-life balance and tools to ensure you can continue to make space for your own needs. tony awards, plays, broadway, celia, musicals, playbill, theatre, hamilton, theater, performing arts, sunday pancakes, wellness, phillipa, performing no full 2 1 dcf4e511-4e9f-4bd0-ba83-82c852c9b828 Denée Benton on Making Peace With Your Perfectionism DENÉE BENTON made her Broadway debut and received a 2017 Tony Award nomination, Drama League Distinguished Performance Award nomination, Theatre World Award, and a Lilly Award for her portrayal of ‘Natasha’ in the Broadway production of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (A.R.T). Nat’l Tour/ West End: ‘Nabulungi’ in The Book of Mormon, ‘Ruby’ in Season 2 of Lifetime's hit series UnREAL. She holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University and spent last year starring as ‘Eliza’ in Broadway's Hamilton. Next, she can be seen starring in HBO’s new TV series The Gilded Age.

Celia's Weekly Round-up: 

  • Read Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski.
  • Listen to Post Reports' “The Life Of George Floyd” podcast episode.
  • Read the Vogue article, “On Stacey Abrams and the Persistent Problem of Leaning Too Heavily on Black Women” by Rachel Charlene Lewis.
  • Follow The Nap Ministry on Instagram.
  • Watch Passing Strange on Amazon.

For more, visit www.playbill.com/sundaypancakes.

]]> Sun, 21 Mar 2021 13:00:00 +0000 info@platespinnerproductions.com (Denée Benton, Celia Keenan-Bolger) www.playbill.com/sundaypancakes DENÉE BENTON made her Broadway debut and received a 2017 Tony Award nomination, Drama League Distinguished Performance Award nomination, Theatre World Award, and a Lilly Award for her portrayal of ‘Natasha’ in the Broadway production of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (A.R.T). Nat’l Tour/ West End: ‘Nabulungi’ in The Book of Mormon, ‘Ruby’ in Season 2 of Lifetime's hit series UnREAL. She holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University and spent last year starring as ‘Eliza’ in Broadway's Hamilton. Next, she can be seen starring in HBO’s new TV series The Gilded Age.

Celia's Weekly Round-up: 

  • Read Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski.
  • Listen to Post Reports' “The Life Of George Floyd” podcast episode.
  • Read the Vogue article, “On Stacey Abrams and the Persistent Problem of Leaning Too Heavily on Black Women” by Rachel Charlene Lewis.
  • Follow The Nap Ministry on Instagram.
  • Watch Passing Strange on Amazon.

For more, visit www.playbill.com/sundaypancakes.

]]> Denée Benton on Making Peace With Your Perfectionism Denée Benton, Celia Keenan-Bolger 00:41:41 In our debut episode, Celia sits down with Tony Award nominee Denée Benton to talk about managing perfectionism when things feel outside of your control and the danger of leaning too heavily on Black women to save us. In our debut episode, Celia sits down with Tony Award nominee Denée Benton to talk about managing perfectionism when things feel outside of your control and the danger of leaning too heavily on Black women to save us. plays, broadway, the great comet, celia, perfectionism, musicals, playbill, tony award, theatre, hamilton, theater, sunday pancakes, wellness, performing no full 1 1 243bebf0-a88b-42b3-952c-ed06b3cd1bd7 Sunday Pancakes Trailer CELIA KEENAN-BOLGER received the 2019 Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award for her portrayal of 'Scout' in To Kill a Mockingbird. She is known for outstanding performances in Broadway productions such as 'Laura' in The Glass Menagerie, 'Molly' in Peter and the Starcatcher, and 'Olive' in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.  She received Tony Award nominations for all three roles. Up next, Celia will star in Julian Fellowes' The Gilded Age for HBO. She previously starred in Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Oldest Boy and in Merrily We Roll Along at City Center Encores. She has also played guest star roles in notable TV series such as “Bull,” “Nurse Jackie,” “The Good Wife,” and “Louie.”  Celia was born in Detroit, Michigan and is a graduate of the University of Michigan’s Musical Theatre Performance Program. She currently resides in New York City with her husband and their son.

For more information, visit www.playbill.com/sundaypancakes

 

]]> Wed, 17 Mar 2021 01:29:07 +0000 info@platespinnerproductions.com (Celia Keenan-Bolger) http://playbill.com/sundaypancakes CELIA KEENAN-BOLGER received the 2019 Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award for her portrayal of 'Scout' in To Kill a Mockingbird. She is known for outstanding performances in Broadway productions such as 'Laura' in The Glass Menagerie, 'Molly' in Peter and the Starcatcher, and 'Olive' in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.  She received Tony Award nominations for all three roles. Up next, Celia will star in Julian Fellowes' The Gilded Age for HBO. She previously starred in Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Oldest Boy and in Merrily We Roll Along at City Center Encores. She has also played guest star roles in notable TV series such as “Bull,” “Nurse Jackie,” “The Good Wife,” and “Louie.”  Celia was born in Detroit, Michigan and is a graduate of the University of Michigan’s Musical Theatre Performance Program. She currently resides in New York City with her husband and their son.

For more information, visit www.playbill.com/sundaypancakes

 

]]> Sunday Pancakes Trailer Celia Keenan-Bolger 00:01:32 Kick off each week with Tony Award winning actress and host Celia Keenan-Bolger for Sunday Pancakes, a new podcast to nourish your head and heart. Every Sunday, Celia will sit down with one of her favorite artists for an intimate, candid conversation on the beauty and struggle of humanity and what keeps them feeling connected, motivated, and curious about the world around them. Kick off each week with Tony Award winning actress and host Celia Keenan-Bolger for Sunday Pancakes, a new podcast to nourish your head and heart. Every Sunday, Celia will sit down with one of her favorite artists for an intimate, candid conversation on the beauty and struggle of humanity and what keeps them feeling connected, motivated, and curious about the world around them. broadway, playbill, tony award, theatre, theater, play, musical no trailer 1