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Little Known Facts w/ Ilana Levine

       As an actress, Ilana Levine has performed on stage and screen to critical acclaim. She has produced films and plays.  She is a wife, daughter, mother and activist.

On Broadway, Ilana is best known to musical theater fans for her comedic turn as "Lucy Van Pelt" in the Broadway revival of, You're A Good Man Charlie Brown. Ilana also starred in the Broadway productions of Jake's Women, Wrong Mountain and The Last Night Of Ballyhoo.  She has performed on the Tony Awards. 

Her ability to portray characters with raw honesty, humor, and pathos, has sustained her career as an actress for over 25 years.  She first appeared on the scene in the HBO series Tanner ’88 directed by Robert Altman and quickly was plucked by Vanity Fair journalist James Wolcott as an “up and comer to watch.”  Seinfeld fans recognize her from the infamous episode "The Contest."  She has appeared in many television shows and films including  Law and Order, Tanner on Tanner, Damages, The Job, Cashmere Mafia, Confessions of a Shopaholic, Kissing Jessica Stein, Gigantic, Ira and Abby, Failure to Launch, The Nanny Diaries,Friends With Kids and Five Flights Up.

She resides in Brooklyn with her husband, actor Dominic Fumusa, her two children, and their dog, Lola.






LISTEN: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, AFECT's Karen Olivo & Eden Espinosa
LISTEN: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, AFECT's Karen Olivo & Eden Espinosa
March 29, 2021

Today's episode of Little known Facts features theatre administrator, writer, and advocate Howard Sherman. What are his thoughts on the return of Broadway? 'I think if you asked me a couple of weeks ago, I might have been slightly less optimistic than I am today,' he said.

Listen: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, Howard Sherman
Listen: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, Howard Sherman
March 22, 2021

Today's episode of Little known Facts features theatre administrator, writer, and advocate Howard Sherman. What are his thoughts on the return of Broadway? 'I think if you asked me a couple of weeks ago, I might have been slightly less optimistic than I am today,' he said.

Podcast: Kristin Chenoweth Talks YOU'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN & More on AND THE AWARD GOES TO...
Podcast: Kristin Chenoweth Talks YOU'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN & More on AND THE AWARD GOES TO...
March 17, 2021

Kristin Chenoweth first auditioned for You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, having no idea which character she was reading for. It wasn’t until she got to the first day of rehearsal and she looked at the place card by her seat and it read “Kristin Chenoweth as Sally Brown.”

Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, Josh Malina
Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, Josh Malina
March 15, 2021

Today's episode features stage and screen star Josh Malina. 'My family was very much so [into theatre]. My dad's best friend when I was growing up (and to this day) was Manny Azenberg, one of the great Broadway empresarios... he invited us to all of his Broadway openings, so I had the incredible opportunities to see play after play,' Josh said of his upbringing.

Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, Mauricio Martínez
Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, Mauricio Martínez
March 8, 2021

Today's episode features Broadway veteran Mauricio Martínez. What is Mauricio up to right now? 'I'm in Miami- I've been here for a month working on a new TV show for the next couple of months.'

Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, Max von Essen
Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, Max von Essen
February 22, 2021

Today's special guest is Broadway favorite Max Von Essen. Max is a Tony, Drama Desk and Grammy nominated singer and actor best known for his role as Henri in the award winning production of An American in Paris on Broadway. 

Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, BATWOMAN's Nicole Kang
Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, BATWOMAN's Nicole Kang
February 15, 2021

Nicole Kang stars in the CW television series BATWOMAN as Mary Hamilton. Kang was also  seen on Greg Berlanti's Lifetime/Netflix series YOU. In the highly successful show, based off of Caroline Kepnes’ bestselling novel, she starred as Lynn alongside Penn Badgley, Elizabeth Lail and Shay Mitchell. Her other television credits include: THE CODE, INSTINCT and ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK.

Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guests, Ty Burrell and Bill Wrubel
Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guests, Ty Burrell and Bill Wrubel
February 8, 2021

Did you ever wonder what the relationship between the stars and the writers of a hit sitcom is like? Todays episode goes behind the scenes with Modern Family’s Ty Burrell and writer/exec producer Bill Wrubel.

Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, Alex Boniello
Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, Alex Boniello
January 25, 2021

Today's episode features Broadway's Alex Boniello, who fell into theatre unconventionally. 'When I was in 5th grade, I started gravitating towards Blink-182 and Green Day. For my twelfth birthday I asked my parents for a guitar, which I think came as a surprise,' he said. 'They got me into lessons and it went very well very quickly... and I still did the usual things and played sports and stuff like that... but things started changing.'

Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, Cheyenne Jackson
Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, Cheyenne Jackson
January 11, 2021

Today's episode features Grammy-nominated actor, singer, and songwriter Cheyenne Jackson. 'I feel such a nostalgia and home- New York is home and Broadway is my first love. When I talk to folks like you, it reminds me of why I got started in the first place and where it all began.' Listen as he chats about his upbringing, the show that inspired his love for the arts, his career on stage and screen, and more!

Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, Stanley Wayne Mathis
Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, Stanley Wayne Mathis
January 4, 2021

Today's episode features stage and screen star Stanley Wayne Mathis, who last appeared on Broadway in The Book of Mormon.

Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, Brittney Johnson
Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, Brittney Johnson
December 21, 2020

Today's episode features BroadwayWorld's very own Next on Stage host Brittney Johnson. Listen below as she tells the story of how she discovered her artistry as a child, the impact that movie musicals had on her career, and how playing Glinda changed her life.

Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, Andrew Barth Feldman
Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, Andrew Barth Feldman
December 14, 2020

Today's episode features Andrew Barth Feldman- the winner of the Best Actor Award at the 2018 National High School Musical Theatre Awards (known more commonly as the Jimmy Awards). 'It's definitely intense in a way that everyone is freaking out,' reminisced Feldman about his Jimmy Awards experience.

Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, Tony Nominee Celia Rose Gooding
Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, Tony Nominee Celia Rose Gooding
December 7, 2020

Today's episode features 2020 Tony nominee from Jagged Little Pill, Celia Rose Gooding! Celia made her debut as Frankie Healy in the world premiere of Jagged Little Pill as well as the Broadway production.

Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, Producer & Director R.J. Cutler
Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, Producer & Director R.J. Cutler
November 30, 2020

Today's episode features R.J. Cutler- an award-winning producer and director who has made some of the most significant documentaries of the past quarter century.

Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, Tony nominee Joaquina Kalukango
Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, Tony nominee Joaquina Kalukango
November 23, 2020

Today's episode features beloved Broadway beltress Eden Espinosa, who is most recognized for her critically acclaimed portrayal of Elphaba in Wicked on Broadway and in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Listen as she chats about finding peace in the chaos of the pandemic, how she has coped with life without live theatre, and so much more.

Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, Eden Espinosa
Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, Eden Espinosa
November 16, 2020

Today's episode features beloved Broadway beltress Eden Espinosa, who is most recognized for her critically acclaimed portrayal of Elphaba in Wicked on Broadway and in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Listen as she chats about finding peace in the chaos of the pandemic, how she has coped with life without live theatre, and so much more.

Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, Tony Nominee Lauren Patten!
Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, Tony Nominee Lauren Patten!
November 9, 2020

Today's episode features 2020 Tony Award nominee Lauren Patten, who chats about life since the Broadway shutdown, getting out the vote, hearing that she was nominated for her performance in Jagged Little Pill, and so much more.

Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, Kate Rockwell!
Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, Kate Rockwell!
October 26, 2020

Today's episode features BroadwayWorld's very own Next On Stage judge, Kate Rockwell, who chats about life since the shutdown, her final days in MEAN GIRLS, her wine expertise, and so much more! 

Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, Hubert Point-Du Jour
Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine and Special Guest, Hubert Point-Du Jour
October 19, 2020

Today's episode features Hubert Point-Du Jour. The consummate New York actor, Tisch graduate Hubert Point-Du Jour has performed in over 20 plays commissioned by the likes of The Old Globe (The Two Gentleman of Verona), The Public (Tiny Beautiful Things) and Shakespeare in the Park (Kenny Leon’s Much Ado About Nothing) as well as been honored in two Obie Award winning productions (A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes; A Map of Virtue), all while simultaneously balancing a growing television career.



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