S2; EP 1 -- Lea Delaria: The Gay Agenda

Welcome back to Dear Multi-Hyphenate! It is Season Two and let’s
kick it off with superstar multi-hyphenate Lea Delaria. In this
episode we discuss all about how and when to identify as a certain
type of artist, unheard stories of working with Lea’s idols,
hysterical and inspiring stories about projects like POTUS and
Orange is the New Black, and of course Lea’s new brunch show at 54
Below… Brunch is Gay, currently running one Sunday a month at 54
Below.  Lea was the first openly gay comic on television in
America, and is an accomplished Jazz performer who has performed in
concert venues all over the world. She is best known as ‘Big Boo’
from Orange is the New Black (3 SAG Awards). Lea can currently be
seen in the indie feature film Potato Dreams of America, and in
the Indigo Girls jukebox feature film, Glitter & Doom. Lea
recently starred in the Off-Broadway Revival of Tennessee Williams'
play, The Night of the Iguana, directed by Emily Mann. TV credits
include Girls5Eva, Awkwafina is Nora from Queens, East New York,The
Blacklist, Physical, Reprisal, Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts,
Shameless, and Broad City. Film credits include Cars 3, Support The
Girls, and First Wives Club. Broadway credits, POTUS Or, Behind
Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
(Bernadette), The Rocky Horror Show (Eddie/Dr. Scott) and On The
Town (Hildy), Obie and Theatre World Awards. @realleadelaria
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