Tonya Pinkins

We have a Tony winner in our midst this week! The wildly talented star of stage and screen, Tonya Pinkins invites Damian and Anne over for tea and showbiz chit-chat. You Might Know Her From Caroline or Change, Jelly's Last Jam, Above the Rim, Beat Street, All My Children, Random Acts of Flyness, Fear of the Walking Dead, and Gotham. Tonya talks about being the most well-adjusted character on a soap opera, working alongside Eartha Kitt, the challenges and rewards of playing Caroline, and her controversial departure from Mother Courage. 'Tis our final weekly episode before the summer, get into it. Follow us on social media @damianbellino || @rodemanne Discussed this week:Tonya's IMDB || IBDB Ad for 90210 reboot Emily Valentine had a gay aesthetic (Christine Elise) The Masked Singer RENEWED Our suggestions for Masked singer contestants: John Travolta, Kelly Preston, Rita WIlson, Jon Lovitz, Lisa Rinna, Becky Ann Baker, Vicki Lewis, Daphne Rubin Vega, Masked Singer costumes: banana, the 'Noid, earthworm Glowworm toy Above the Rim: Tupac, Leon, Duane Martin, Marlon Wayans, Beat Street Rae Dawn Chong was famous for Quest for Fire All My Children Tonya's soap history (All My Children & As the World Tunrs) As the World Turns: (other actors who got their start on AtWT include Julianne Moore, Meg Ryan, Marisa Tomei, Stephen Weber) Fear of the Walking Dead Susan Lucci Jeanine Tesori Caroline or Change (Tesori/Kushner) on Broadway Tonya performs "Lot's Wife" at the Tonys Tonya worked with Voice and Speech therapist Annemette Verspeak Playwright/director, George C Wolfe Sweetwater's (nightclub on 68th & Amsterdam Ave in NYC) The Caucasian Chalk Circle Cynthia Martells Patty Holley in Jelly's Last Jam Gregory Hines Tonya wins Tony for Jelly's Last Jam Jelly's Last Jam (doc on YouTube) Jelly's Last Jam at The Tonys Publicist: Leonard Fink 2015 Mother Courage controversy with Classic Stage Company Tonya getting aged to death on Gotham (by Fish Mooney's henchman) Glenda Jackson in King Lear Clip of Eartha Kitt & Tonya in The Wild Party Controversy at The Wild Party (Patinkin spits at Collette, Collette shoves Patinkin) Tonya Pinkins diss track Tonya singing "Somewhere That's Green" at the piano with Alan Menken (arrangement by Brian Nash) Tonya's Dentist: Jeffrey Wright  Tonya's Seymour: Erik Lieberman Trip to Paris with Ellen Greene, Howard Ashman, puppeteer     Merrily We Roll Along Patrik-Ian Polk: Noah's Ark + Jumping the Broom