James Lecesne : The Joe D Show Episode 18

07/10/15 • 18 min

The Joe D Show: Daily News Theater Podcast

James Lecesne joins the podcast this week to discuss “The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey,” the poignant one-man show he wrote and stars in.

The play, seen earlier this year at Dixon Place and based on his young adult novel, concerns a polarizing teenager who goes tragically missing. Tony winner Duncan Sheik has written incidental music for the show.

Ace storyteller Lecesne plays nine characters — a cop, Leonard’s caretaker, a teen girl, a roughneck and more. You’ll hear him bring some to life during the conversation taped at the Westside Theatre, where “Absolute Brightness” begins its run on July 11.

Produced by: Joe Dziemianowicz

The Joe D Show theme by Jerome Korman

Edited by: Frank Posillico

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James Lecesne joins the podcast this week to discuss “The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey,” the poignant one-man show he wrote and stars in.

Produced by: Joe Dziemianowicz

The Joe D Show theme by Jerome Korman

Edited by: Frank Posillico

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Chilina Kennedy and Judy Kuhn talk solo albums : The Joe D Show Episode 17

In celebration of Independence Day, the Joe D Show welcomes two Broadway actresses who’ve gone solo ... in their new albums.

Chilina Kennedy, now starring as Carole King in “Beautiful,” discusses inspirations for her folk-inflected collection of songs called “What You Find in a Bottle.”

Judy Kuhn, who plays the mother in “Fun Home,” has just released “Rodgers, Rodgers & Guettel,” a celebration of three generations of Broadway songwriters: Richard Rodgers, his daughter Mary Rodgers and her son Adam Guettel.

Woven through the conversation are selections from each album. Think of them as vocal fireworks for the fourth.

Produced by: Joe Dziemianowicz

The Joe D Show theme by Jerome Korman

Edited by: Frank Posillico

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Blair Underwood : The Joe D Show Episode 19

If you wanna bump it, bump it with a trumpet.

Blair Underwood does that — in a way — in “Paradise Blue” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, where he makes his debut on Wednesday.

Underwood, known for “L.A. Law” and “A Streetcar Named Desire” on Broadway, plays an embattled trumpet player in the drama by Dominique Morisseau (“Detroit ’67”). The show runs July 22-Aug. 2. Details at wtfestival.org.

He talks about trumpet lessons, composers Kenny Rampton and Bill Sims Jr. who've written music for the show and running into ex-“Sex and the City” flame Cynthia Nixon, who’s working on another play at the annual fest.

Produced by: Joe Dziemianowicz

Music by: Kenny Rampton and Bill Sims Jr.

Edited by: Frank Posillico

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