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Little Known Facts with Ilana Levine

Hosted by actress Ilana Levine

With her unique style of hosting, Ilana Levine gives her listeners up close and personal access to today"s biggest stars from Broadway, Film and Television. Her intimate and revealing conversations with Tony Award, Academy Award, Grammy Award and Emmy Award winners gives listeners the feeling they are part of a conversation between old friends. Guests include Julianne Moore, Matthew Broderick, Isabelle Huppert, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ben Platt, Uma Thurman, Matt Bomer, Aasif Mandvi, Octavia Spencer,

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Episode 528 - Betsy Wolfe Returns

Little Known Facts with Ilana Levine ·

2026/10/05

At the time of this conversation Tony Award nominated actress Betsy Wolfe is starringin Little Shop of Horrors and just before that she starred in Death Becomes Her on Broadway. Betsy alsoearned wide critical acclaim starring as Joy, the title role in the new musical JOY. She previously wrapped her acclaimed tenure with the hit musical & Juliet as Anne Hathaway where her performance was nominated for the 2023 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Previously, Wolfe starred in the Tony

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37:26

Episode 527 - Dana Bash

Little Known Facts with Ilana Levine ·

2026/09/28

DanaBashis CNN’s chief political correspondent, anchor of Inside Politics with DanaBashweekdays at 12pmET, and co-anchor of State of the Union with Jake Tapper and DanaBash, the network’s Sunday morning newsmaker show.Bashis an award-winning journalist who plays a key role in the network’s political coverage, conducting high-profile interviews with candidates, serving as an anchor for CNN’s Election Night in America special coverage and frequently moderating presidential debates and town hall

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53:40

Episode 526 - Ethan Slater Returns

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2026/09/21

Tony Nominee Ethan Slater can most recently be seen in the feature filmWicked, where he portrays the role of Boq. The film will be followed up byWicked: Part 2, where Slater will reprise his role, and will be released by Universal Pictures in November of 2025. In another recent film, Slater also stars in the drama film Lost on a Mountain in Maine, based on the novel. He is currently in production on the indie featureThe Designer, alongside Gina Gershon and Katherine Waddell.Slater is best known

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39:59

Episode 525 - Orfeh

Little Known Facts with Ilana Levine ·

2026/09/14

Orfeh is a Tony and Grammy Award-nominated New Yorker. Last summer she completed a run in her West End debut in “Burlesque The Musical” as Tess. On Broadway, she is best known for originating the role of Paulette in “Legally Blonde: The Musical” (Tony nomination) and was most recently seen as Mama Morton in “Chicago.” Other NY stage credits include Kit De Luca in “Pretty Woman: The Musical,” Janis Joplin in “Love, Janis” and Annette in “Saturday Night Fever.” TV appearances include roles on “Law &

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Episode 524 - Joe Tippett

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2026/09/07

Joe Tippett is an actor who starred as John Ross in the Emmy Award winning series Mare of Easttown. Joe starred in Airline Highway and Waitress on Broadway, andrecurs as Hal Jackson on The Morning Show for AppleTV+. In this conversation Joe talks about how he made the transition from jock to actor, how he approaches characters who may not always make the most "likable" choices andwith honesty and humility he recounts his sobriety story along withhis love and admiration for his extraordinary wife,

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59:25

Episode 523 - Frankie Grande

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2026/08/31

Frankie Grande is a true multihyphenate: a singer, songwriter, actor, Broadway performer and producer, television personality, digital creator, philanthropist, and activist whose career has taken him from Broadway stages to reality television, film, music, and beyond.A lifelong performer, Frankie has appeared on Broadway in beloved productions including Mamma Mia! and Rock of Ages, and he is currently starring in the Broadway production of Titanique, playing Victor Garber and Luigi. His work in

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41:26

Episode 522 - Zach Heinzerling

Little Known Facts with Ilana Levine ·

2026/08/24

Zach Heinzerling is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning director based in New York City. He began his career at HBO working on four consecutive Emmy Award-winning documentaries and the Emmy Award-winning series “24/7” as a Field Producer and Cinematographer. In 2012, he left HBO to complete his feature debut, the multi-award-winning film, “Cutie and the Boxer”, which he both directed and shot. “Cutie and the Boxer” was nominated for the 2014 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature

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28:28

Episode 521 - Paulina Alexis

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2026/08/17

Paulina Alexis is an award-winning Indigenous Canadian actress and a proud member of the Stoney tribe of the Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation in Alberta. She first gained recognition for her performances in Beans, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and Bones of Crows, before earning widespread acclaim for her breakout role as Willie Jack in the FX series Reservation Dogs. Her work on the series earned her a Critics’ Choice Television Award nomination, while the ensemble received multiple honors for its

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33:37

Episode 520 - Ben Wang

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2026/08/10

Ben Wang is best known for the titular role for Sony Pictures’ “Karate Kid: Legends” where he was selected from a worldwide search of over 10,000 actors. He stars opposite David Jonnson and Cooper Hoffman in the Lionsgate’s thriller “The Long Walk,” based on the Stephen King novel and directed by Francis Lawrence (“The Hunger Games.”) Ben was also the lead of the Disney+ series “American Born Chinese,” based on Gene Yang’s graphic novel, where he played opposite Oscar winners Michelle Yeoh and Ke

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Episode 519 - Betty Buckley

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2026/08/03

Betty Buckley is a legendary, multi-award-winning actress/singer whose career spans theater, film, television and concert halls around the world. She is a 2012 Theatre Hall of Fame inductee and the 2017 recipient ofthe Julie Harris Awards from The Actor’s Fund for Artistic Achievement and received The Lifetime Achievement Award from The American Songbook Association in 2023. She won a Tony Award for her performance as Grizabella, the Glamour Cat, in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats and received her

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35:56

Episode 518 - Claybourne Elder

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2026/07/27

Claybourne Elder is a Grammy, SAG, Drama Desk, and Lucille Lortel nominee. He played John Adams on HBO’s hit series “The Gilded Age” and was most recently seen on Broadway in the Tony Award-winning revival of Company, starring Patti LuPone. He is known for his performances on Broadway in Bonnie and Clyde, Sunday in the Park with George, Torch Song, and Sondheim on Sondheim at the Hollywood Bowl. Other New York performances include Hollis in Sondheim’s Road Show, Strike Up the Band at Carnegie Hall,

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31:55

Episode 517 - Jen Schriever

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2026/07/20

Jen Schriever is a Tony Award–nominated lighting designer working across Broadway, the West End, Off-Broadway, regional theatre, and opera.Most recently, Schriever received the Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for The Lost Boys at the Palace Theatre, a 12-time Tony Award–nominated production that earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Lighting Design, shared with co–lighting designer Michael Arden. She received two Tony nominations for her

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Episode 516 - Constantine Rousouli

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2026/07/13

Constantine Rousouli is a two-time Tony nominated actor, writer and producer, best known for co-creating, writing, and starring in hit Broadway musical TITANIQUE, which earned four Tony nominations this season, including “Best Musical” and “Best Book of a Musical.” The show is a satirical reimagining of the Oscar-winning feature film Titanic from the point of view of Celine Dion. Connie stars as “Jack Dawson.” TITANIQUE has received rave reviews and critical acclaim including two Lucille Lortel

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Episode 515 - E. Lockhart

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2026/07/06

E. Lockhart is the author of the New York Times bestselling series that includes We Were Liars, Family of Liars, and We Fell Apart. We Were Liars is also a TV series on Prime Video. Lockhart invented a superhero for DC Comics: Whistle: A New Gotham City Hero. Her other books include Again Again, Genuine Fraud and The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks. She has been a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize and the National Book Award, and an honoree for the Printz Award. She has a Ph.D

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Episode 514 - Rachel Chavkin

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2026/06/29

Rachel Chavkin received the 2019 Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Director of a Musical for Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown. She is a director, writer, and dramaturg, as well as the founding Artistic Director of Brooklyn-based ensemble the TEAM (theteamplays.org), an internationally renowned experimental company whose consensus-driven collaborative process was the subject of the documentary The TEAM Makes a Play (directed by Emmy winner Paulette Douglas). Additional

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Episode 513 - Julie Rottenberg & Elisa Zuritsky

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2026/06/22

Julie Rottenberg & Elisa Zuritsky Julie and Elisa have been collaborating since they were nine years old, when they met at a Saturday morning acting class in Philadelphia. A few years later, they became writer/producers for HBO’s Sex and the City, where they earned three Emmy Award nominations and three Writers Guild Award nominations for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy. Since then, they’ve gone on to write for Smash, Divorce, and Odd Mom Out, where they were co-showrunners, and were

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Episode 512 - Brian Platzer

Little Known Facts with Ilana Levine ·

2026/06/14

Brian Platzer is the critically acclaimed author of the novels The Optimists (Little, Brown), Bed-Stuy Is Burning and The Body Politic (both Atria/Simon & Schuster), as well as the parenting book Taking the Stress Out of Homework (Avery/Penguin Random House). He has written frequently for The New York Times, NewYorker.com, New York Magazine, The New Republic, and many other publications. As a novelist, Brian has toured the country discussing the craft of writing as well as the issues at the heart

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Episdoe 511 - Nicole Travolta

Little Known Facts with Ilana Levine ·

2026/06/08

Nicole Travolta is the creator and star of the critically acclaimed solo show Nicole Travolta Is Doing Alright, a high-energy blend of stand-up, confessional storytelling, and transformational character work that has toured nationally and internationally. Originally developed in Los Angeles, the show has since played sold-out engagements Off-Broadway and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, earning 4- and 5-star reviews and coverage in Vanity Fair Italia, The LA Times, BroadwayWorld, The Daily Beast,

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Episode 510 - Geraldine Hughes

Little Known Facts with Ilana Levine ·

2026/06/01

Geraldine Hughes is a Northern Irish film, television and stage actress. Geraldine Hughes might not be an easily recognizable face for most, but she has quietly accumulated a long list of film, television and theater credits, most notably as the character of Little Marie in 2006’s film Rocky Balboa. Born in West Belfast, she moved to America after receiving a scholarship to attend university, graduating from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television.In 2005, she wrote and starred in the

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Episode 509 - Dane Laffrey

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2026/05/25

Dane Laffrey is a Tony Award-winning designer, creative and producer based in New York City. He studied at Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art and resided in Sydney from 2002 - 2006.On Broadway he’s designed the set for The Lost Boys (Palace) Maybe Happy Ending (Belasco) which won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Musical and for which Dane won Tony, Drama Desk Awards and Henry Hewes Awards, Parade (Jacobs) which won the 2023 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical; set and costumes for

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