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#132 - Chilina Kennedy - Reunions, Kings and Wild About You

#132 - Chilina Kennedy - Reunions, Kings and Wild About You

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 Broadway Star Chilina Kennedy joins Behind the Awards to chat about her upcoming show Reunions at City Center Stage 2. Chilina joins Chip Zien, Courtney Reed, Joanna Glushak, and Bryan Fenkart in this musical directed by Gabriel Barre. Chilina also talks about working with and playing Carole King & Billie Jean King on stage, and gives us an update of Wild About You the musical she created. Tickets for Reunions - https://www.nycitycenter.org/pdps/2025-2026/reunions/ Also in this episode - Debbie Allen’s Oscar Win. Chilina is best known for playing Carole King in the musical Beautiful on Broadway for over 1,200 performances. She also recently originated the Tony-award winning role of Dina on the First Broadway National Tour of The Band’s Visit (Toronto Critics Award). Chilina recently played Myrtle in The Great Gatsby on Broadway. Her first appearance on Broadway was in 2012 when she played Mary Magdalene in Des McAnuff’s Jesus Christ Superstar, which also had successful runs at the Stratford Festival of Canada and the La Jolla Playhouse. Other US credits include the world premiere of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, in which she originated the role of Phoebe at Hartford Stage and The Old Globe in San Diego (San Diego and Connecticut Outer Critics nominations), the world premiere of A Sign Of The Times as Cindy (DTC/NYC New World Stages), Binky in the Off-Broadway world premiere of This Ain’t No Disco (Dir. Darko Tresnjak/Chor. Camille A. Brown) and Sophie in the 1st US National Tour of Mamma Mia!. Selected Canadian credits include the title role in Ted Dykstra’s Evangeline (Charlottetown Festival and original recording), the title role in Ross Petty’s Pantomime The Little Mermaid (Toronto Critic’s Award), three seasons at the Stratford Festival (three Broadways World Awards), three seasons at the Shaw Festival, the World Premiere of The Lord of the Rings (Mirvish), Philia in A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (Stratford/Toronto), Cecily in The Importance of Being Earnest (Neptune) and the title role in Mary Poppins (Theatre Aquarius). Chilina is currently playing the role of Billie Jean King in a new play Billie Jean, currently in development, written by Lauren Gunderson and directed by Marc Bruni. Chilina is also a singer/songwriter with a debut album “What You Find In A Bottle”, released in 2015. She has written a new musical called Wild About You with Eric Holmes (The Good Fight, Smash). Featuring music and lyrics by Chilina, and book by Eric, and musical arrangements by Daniel Edmonds, Wild About You was produced for two nights at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane (Brian Spector/Keaka Productions). Chilina has also composed music featured in 'Til Then (Toronto) and is co-writing another new musical with Daniel Edmonds and Eric Holmes, which is currently in development, and produced by ArtLab. Chilina has worked with Burt Bacharach, guest-starred in concert with the TSO, Colm Wilkinson, and Jason Robert Brown. She also appeared on the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors as Carole King, singing with legends Aretha Franklin, James Taylor, Janelle Monae, and Sara Bareilles. You can hear Chilina’s voice on CBC’s Celebrate The Seasons and Carols For A Cure. She is a graduate of Sheridan College and the Birmingham Conservatory for classical theatre in Stratford, Canada. Make sure to check out Eila's book, "The Tony Awards", and all her other amazing books: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/43WMu5Y⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Connect with Eila and Bruce: Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@behind_the_awards⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Eila ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@eilamell⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bruce ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@cominghomewithbruce Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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