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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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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 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: ReadReadAtomic HabitsReadReadThe Body Is Not An ApologyPlease send your pancake thoughts, feelings, curiosities, and questions to Celia at sundaypancakespod@gmail.com.

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...

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...

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...

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...