Little Known Facts with Ilana Levine
Episodes
Episode 506 - Secret Mall Apartment - Michael Townsend
04 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Townsend draws on everything. For over twenty years he has been spear-heading collaborative drawings using low-adhesive tapes that can be stuc...
Episode 505 - Jamaal Fields-Green
27 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jamaal Fields-Green is a multi-hyphenate talent, with experience and accolades across acting, singing, writing, and directing. A Musical Theatre gradu...
Episode 504 - Rafael Monserrate
20 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rafael Monserrate is an accomplished Producer and Director with more than two decades of experience creating acclaimed unscripted and narrative conte...
Episode 503 - Hailey McAfee and Rosie Glen-Lambert
13 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rosie Glen-Lambert is a bicoastal theatre director originally from Los Angeles and currently based in Brooklyn. She is the Artistic Director and Found...
Episode 502 - Liz Tuccillo
06 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Liz Tuccillo was a writer on "Sex and the City" and co-authored the bestselling book "He's Just Not that Into You." She went on to create the WB TV s...
Episode 501 - Nina White
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Nina White stars as Jenny in You Got Older off Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre. Nina is known for her Broadway-debut performance as Teresa in th...
Episode 500 - Belle Burden
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Belle Burden is the author of the best selling book- Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage. Belle holds a BA from Harvard College and a law degree from the...
Episode 499 - Ryan Spahn
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Spahn is a Drama Desk Award–winning actor and writer. Select Off-Broadway: Richard II (Red Bull), Danger and Opportunity (East Village Basement...
Episode 497 - Clint Ramos
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
CLINT RAMOS is an award-winning creative director, designer, and producer. Most recently, he produced Theater Group Asia’s sold-out production of ...
Episode 496 - Bradley Whitford
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Bradley Whitford, a classically trained stage actor, gained fame as “Josh Lyman,” on NBC’s 'The West Wing,' which earned him his first Emmy awar...
Episode 496 - Sam Tutty
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Tutty is an Olivier Award winning actor and singer. Following his graduation from drama school he originated the role of Evan in the Tony Award Wi...
Episode 495 - Arianna Davis
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Arianna Davis stars as series regular ‘Madonna’ in the new NBC cheerleading comedy Stumble opposite Kristin Chenoweth and Taran Killam. Fillin...
Episode 494 - Frances Turner
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Frances Turner is a dynamic performer who brings complexity and authenticity to every role. Turner stars opposite Walton Goggins in Prime Video’s...
Episde 493 - Jonathan Tolins
01 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Tolins is the showrunner and executive producer of the critically acclaimed CBS drama ELSBETH, which returns for its third season. Tolin...
Episode 492 - Dawn Porter
27 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dawn Porter is an acclaimed American documentary filmmaker and founder of Trilogy Films, known for her storytelling on social justice, history, and cu...
Episode 492 - Dawn Porter
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dawn Porter is an acclaimed American documentary filmmaker and founder of Trilogy Films, known for her storytelling on social justice, history, and cu...
Episode 491 - Maggie Doyne and Jeremy Power Regimbal
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Maggie Doyne is co-founder of the BlinkNow Foundation and Kopila Valley Children’s Home and School in Surkhet, Nepal. At age nineteen, she used her ...
Episode 490 - Marc Shaiman
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Marc Shaiman is a renowned American composer, lyricist, arranger, and music producer known for his work across film, television, and theater. Shaiman ...
Episode 489 - Nicholas Clar
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Nicholas Clar is an Ohio native actor and content creator. Alumni of Kent State University School of Theatre and Dance, Neighborhood Playhouse and Atl...
Episode 488 - Irene Lucio
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After a celebrated run off-Broadway and rave reviews, Irene Lucio has returned to the role of Isadora in the groundbreaking play. LIBERATION explores ...
Episode 487 - Christiani Pitts
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Christiani Pitts has starred on Broadway in Two Strangers Carry A Cake Across New York, King Kong and A Bronx Tale. She recurred on Starz's "Power Boo...
Episode 486 - Death Becomes Her
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Julia Mattison is a writer, songwriter, actor, and musical comedian who co-wrote the lyrics and music for the Broadway musical, Death Becomes Her. Her...
Episode 485 - F. Murray Abraham
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
F. Murray Abraham has appeared in more than 80 films including Amadeus (Academy Award, Golden Globe, and L.A. Film Critics Awards), The Phoenician Sch...
Episode 484 - Laura Bell Bundy
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Laura Bell Bundy Broadway: “Elle Woods” Legally Blonde (Tony, Drama Desk & Outer Critics Noms), “Sylvia” The Cottage, “Amber” Hairspray (...
Episode 483 - Kara Lindsay
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
KARA LINDSAY is best known for originating Katherine Plumber in Disney’s Newsies on Broadway and reprising the role in the 2017 film. She is also on...
Episode 482 - Ari'el Stachel
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
ARI’EL STACHEL is a Tony Award® and GRAMMY® Award–winning actor, singer, and writer. His new solo play OTHER was presented Off-Broadway after ...
Episode 481 - Amy Landecker
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AMY LANDECKER is a dynamic actress and filmmaker known for her captivating performances across both comedy and drama in film and television. Amy made ...
Episode 480 - John-Andrew Morrison
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
JOHN-ANDREW MORRISON -Tony Award Nomination, Lucille Lortel Award, and OBIE for A Strange Loop. Currently stars on Broadway in Oh, Mary. Off Broadwa...
Episode 479 - Bess Wohl
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bess Wohl is a playwright and filmmaker whose plays have been produced on and off Broadway, regionally, and internationally. Bess's plays include LI...
Episode 478 - Jenn Harris
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jenn Harris is an award-winning writer, director, actor, and producer. She is currently starring in Oh, Mary! on Broadway. Jenn originated the role...
Episode 477 - Adam Gopnik
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Award-winning, best-selling author Adam Gopnik has been a writer for The New Yorker since 1986 – covering fiction, humor, criticism, art, book revi...
Episode 476 - Josh Hamilton
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Hamilton has worked as an actor since he was a teenager in NYC. On stage, he’s been in the original productions of Kenneth Lonergan’s This i...
Episode 475 - A Man With Sole: The Impact of Kenneth Cole
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kenneth Cole is an American designer and social activist who believes that business and philanthropy are interdependent. His company, Kenneth Cole Pr...
Episode 474 - David Zayas
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Zayas is best known for his role as Angel Batista on the award-winning series Dexter and Dexter: Resurrection. Other television work includes O...
Episode 473 - Nicola Kraus
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nicola Kraus co-authored The Nanny Diaries, which became an international #1 best-seller selling over 6 million copies in 32 languages and inspiring t...
Episode 472 - Dominic Fumusa and Kadia Saraf
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kadia Saraf stars as Detective Claudette Wallace in Showtime and Paramount+’s Dexter: Resurrection and has also appeared as U.S. Attorney Anya Avita...
Episode 471 - Marisha Wallace
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Marisha recently starred as Sally Bowles in Cabaret on Broadway and in London. Also on the west end she starred as Miss Adelaide in the smash-hit rev...
Episode 470 - Chiara Aurelia
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chiara Aurelia is an American actress known for her starring role in the Freeform series Cruel Summer and her Broadway debut in the play John Proctor ...
Episode 469 - Hannah Bos
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hannah Bos is a Peabody Award winning writer who is co-creator and executive producer of HBO’s critically acclaimed comedy series Somebody Somewhere...
Episode 468 - Jenny Anderson
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jenny Anderson is a New York based freelance photographer. She has a degree from the University of Mississippi in journalism, served as the photo edit...
Episode 467 - Mike Isaacson
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Isaacson is the Artistic Director and Executive Producer of The Muny, the third person to hold this position in The Muny’s 106 -year history. D...
Episode 466 - Burke Swanson
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Burke Swanson currently stars on Broadway as James Hooper, Jr. in the most Tony Award winning play of 2025 - Stranger Things The First Shadow. He ...
Episode 465 - John Proctor Is The Villain
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kimberly Belflower is a playwright and educator originally from a small town in Appalachian Georgia. This is her Broadway debut, and she’s probably ...
Epiosde 464 - Jeb Brown
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jeb Brown has had a decades long career on stage and in film and televsion. Jeb appeared in productions on and off-Broadway including Grease, Spider-M...
Episode 463 - Chris Bauer
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
CHRIS BAUER has appeared in over 300 episodes of television, 40 feature films, and several theater productions on Broadway and Off. His multiple lon...
Episode 462 - Georgia Stitt
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
GEORGIA STITT is an award-winning composer, lyricist, music producer, pianist, and activist. Her original musicals include Snow Child (commissioned by...
Episode 461 - Jeffrey Seller
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jeffrey Seller is an Tony Award-winning American theatrical producer best known for his work on Rent, Avenue Q, In the Heights, and Hamilton, as well ...
Episode 460 - Julia Knitel
15 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Julia Knitel - Broadway: Dead Outlaw ( Tony award nominee), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Carole King, first national tour), Bye Bye Birdie. Off...
Episode 459 - Julie Halston
08 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Julie Halston is one of New York's busiest actresses and was the recipient of the 2021 Isabelle Stevenson TONY AWARD for her advocacy on behalf of The...
Episode 458 - Florencia Cuenca
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Florencia Cuenca is a Mexican actress, singer, writer, and director currently starring on broadway in Real Women Have Curves. She entered the artistic...
Episode 457 - Kyle Selig
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Broadway: Jacob Jankowski in Water for Elephants, Originated the role of Aaron Samuels in Mean Girls, Elder Price in The Book of Mormon on Broadwa...
Episode 456 - Shannon Lewis
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shannon began her career as a performer and has appeared in 10 Broadway musicals over a 25 year career. She is most known for her performance of “I ...
Episode 455 - Julie Tucker
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Julie Tucker is a highly acclaimed casting director with a remarkable career spanning over two decades. Recognized for her outstanding contributions t...
Episode 454 - Erich Bergen
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Currently starring in Broadway’s BOOP! The Musical, Erich Bergen is best known for his performance as Blake Moran on television's Madam Sec...
Episode 453 - Kelsie Watts
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kelsie Watts’s musical journey began in Lubbock, Texas, where she found her voice at two years old in a family of musicians. From early performances...
Episode 452 - Adam Platt
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Platt is a contributing editor at New York Magazine and was chief restaurant critic between 2000 & 2022. He won the James Beard Foundation Journa...
Episode 451 - Eric Bogosian
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
ERIC BOGOSIAN (Playwright) is the author of plays, solos, and novels, including TALK RADIO, subUrbia, and PERFORATED HEART. He received a Drama Desk a...
Episode 450 - Natalie Margolin and Jaki Bradley
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
NATALIE MARGOLIN (Playwright) is a Brooklyn-based playwright. Her plays have been developed with Broadway Video, The WP, The Hearth, Colt Coeur, and F...
Episode 449 - Merri Sugarman
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Initially an actress ('Les Miserables', 'Aspects of Love', et al.), Merri found herself out West some years back where she quickly made a name for her...
Episode 448 - Caroline Aaron
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Caroline Aaron is known to theatre, film and television audiences, as well as a published author and playwright.She made her Broadway debut in Robert ...
Episode 447 - Taylor Polidore Williams
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Taylor Polidore Williams Currently leading the cast of Netflix’s BEAUTY IN BLACK, Taylor stars as Kimmie, a stripper whose fate takes a turn when sh...
Episode 446 - Abubakr Ali
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Abubakr Ali starred in Anything’s Possible (MGM/Orion Pictures) dir. Billy Porter, and was the titular lead in Netflix/Dark Horse’s series “G...
Episode 445 - Katie O’Brien
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Katie O’Brien is a writer, actor, producer, and showrunner. She, along with her comedy group, The Katydids, co-created, wrote, produced, and starred...
Episode 444 - Michael Mayer
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Award-winning director Michael Mayer has worked in a broad spectrum of media from theatre and opera to television and film. Current theatre: Swept Aw...
Episode 443 - Peter Gallagher
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Gallagher has delivered critically acclaimed performances in film, television and theatre. He has starred in many films, including: sex, lies an...
Episode 442 - Grey Henson
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Grey most recently played Buddy in Elf the musical on Broadway. He received Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations for his performance as Damian in the...
Episode 441 - Ethan Slater
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tony Nominee Ethan Slater can most recently be seen in the feature film Wicked, where he portrays the role of Boq. The film will be followed up by Wic...
Episode 440 - Spencer Garrett
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Spencer Garrett is a third-generation actor whose career spans 30 years in film, television and theatre. The son of former SAG President and multi-hy...
Episode 439 - Julianna Margulies
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Broadway: Festen. Stage: Ten Unknowns (Lucille Lortel Award), The Vagina Monologues, Intrigue With Faye, The Substance of Fire, Fefu and Her Friends. ...
Episode 438 - Bob Levine 1929 - 2025
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with my father. Robert (Bob) Levine was born on December 16th, 1929 in Brooklyn, New York. His father, Julius, was a Certified Pu...
Episode 437 - Maria Dizzia
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Maria Dizzia was last seen in the Broadway Revival of Macbeth and starred in the national tour of Heidi Schreck's acclaimed play What the Constitution...
Episode 436 - Ross Meyerson
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
ROSS MEYERSON is best known for his work as an award-winning television and film casting director. He won an Emmy for his work on ‘Damages’ in 200...
Episode 435 - Robert Greenblatt
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
ROBERT GREENBLATT is one of television’s most prolific executives and producers, with a career spanning broadcast television, cable, streaming, and ...
Episode 434 - Alyse Alan Louis
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
ALYSE ALAN LOUIS - Lortel and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations for Teeth (Playwrights Horizons/OCR). Since 2011, she’s been part of Teeth’s ...
Episode 433 - Greg Germann
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Greg Germann is an actor known for his work in film, television and on Broadway where he starred with Mark Rylance in BOEING BOEING. He was a me...
Episode 432 - Laura Donnelly
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Laura grew up in Belfast, Ireland, and trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. She won the ‘Best Actress’ Olivier Award and was ...
Episode 431 - John Slattery part 2
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
John Slattery is an American actor and director. He is best known for his role as Roger Sterling in the AMC drama series Mad Men. He has received four...
Episode 430 - John Slattery part 1
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
John Slattery is an American actor and director. He is best known for his role as Roger Sterling in the AMC drama series Mad Men. He has received four...
Episode 429 -Samantha Mathis
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Samantha Mathis - A native New Yorker, Samantha Mathis has had a distinguished career in entertainment. Mathis captivated audiences in popular shows ...
Episode 428 - Kenneth Lonergan
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Plays: This is Our Youth (The New Group, 1997 Drama Desk Award Best Play nominee; 2015 Tony Award Best Revival of a Play nominee); The Waverly Gallery...
Episode 427 - The Hills of California stars - Nancy Allsop & Lara McDonnell
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
NANCY ALLSOP - Theatre includes: The Hills Of California (Harold Pinter Theatre, West End); The Fever Syndrome (Hampstead Theatre); God Bless the Chil...
Episode 426 - Owen Thiele
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Owen Thiele is an actor and writer based in Los Angeles. He’s currently leading FX’s Snowflakes, set to premiere in early 2025. He’s known best ...
Episode 425 - Susanna Styron
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Susanna Styron is a writer and director for film and television, and a documentary filmmaker. Her latest documentary short, MY FATHER’S NAME,...
Episode 424 - David Wain
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
David Wain is the director and co-writer of six feature films, including Wet Hot American Summer, Role Models, Wanderlust, They Came Together and A Fu...
Episode 423 - Gavin Creel
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
1976 - 2024 Gavin Creel received a Tony Award® for his performance as Cornelius Hackl in HELLO, DOLLY! starring Bette Midler. After making his Broadw...
Episode 422 - Evan Handler
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Evan Handler is beloved by millions for portraying Harry Goldenblatt, divorce-lawyer-turned-husband to Kristin Davis’s Charlotte York, on HBO’s gr...
Episode 421 - Lucie Tiberghien
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lucie Tiberghien - A Brooklynite since 2001, Molière in the Park’s Founding Artistic Director Lucie Tiberghien was raised in France and Switzerland...
Episode 420 - Lindsey Ferrentino
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lindsey Ferrentino is an American playwright with three world premieres in the 2024 season. In May, she opened The Artist in the UK (co-adapted wi...
Episode 419 - Stan Herman and Ann Leary - Memoirs
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Stan Herman The three-time Coty award-winning designer Stan Herman is truly a pioneering man. Not only was he the President of the Council of Fashion ...
Episode 418 - Chilina Kennedy
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chilina Kennedy is known for playing Carole King in the musical Beautiful on Broadway for over 1,200 performances. She also recently originated the To...
Episode 417 - Stephen Belber
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Belber’s plays have been produced on Broadway and in over 25 countries. They include Match (Frank Langella), McReele (Anthony Mackie), ...
Episode 416 - Eric William Morris and Noah Weisberg
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
ERIC WILLIAM MORRIS Broadway: King Kong, Coram Boy, Mamma Mia! Eric frequently collaborates with composer Joe Iconis, starring in Be More Chill (...
Episode 415 - Historical Fiction Author Panel - LIVE From Bryant Park
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Historical Fiction Novelists Marjan Kamali, Ann Hood and Iris Mwanza live from Bryant Park Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com...
Episode 414 - Bill Rauch
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Rauch is the inaugural Artistic Director of Perelman Performing Arts Center. His work as a theater director has been seen across the nation, fro...
Episode 413 - Danya Taymor and Emma Pittman
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Emma Pittman is a Mississippi native, Wagner College graduate, and winner of “The Search For Roxie.” Broadway: Chicago (Roxie & Annie), Back to th...
Episode 412 - BETTY
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Legendary Indie Rock trio BETTY, Alyson Palmer (vocals, bass, guitar), Elizabeth Ziff (vocals, guitar, electronic programming) and her sister, Amy Zif...
Episode 411 - Water For Elephants on Broadway
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
WADE McCOLLUM (Actor) Broadway: Wicked (Witch’s Father, Wizard/Dr. Dillamond cover) London’s West End: World Premiere of It Happened in Key West (...
Episode 410 - Elisabeth Seldes Annacone
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Elisabeth Seldes Annacone is a screenwriter, producer and educator with over three decades experience in film & TV. Her career started working with Ol...
Episode 409 - Calista Flockhart
06 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Calista can be seen starring in Ryan Murphy’s series FEUD: Capote Vs. The Swans. The second installment of the Feud anthology is based on Capote's...
Episode 408 - The Notebook On Broadway
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dorian Harewood Broadway: The Mighty Gents, Streamers, Don' f Call Back, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Jesus Christ Superstar. National Tour: Kiss of the S...