It's Miriam Shor, y'all! You Might Know Her From Younger, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Magic Hour, GCB, Shortbus, Swingtown, Maestro, American Fiction, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3.
Miriam gave us all the scoop on grounding the zaniness of Diana Trout on Darren Star's Younger, leading the indie comedy Magic Hour, and appearing in "brilliant but canceled" series like GCB and Swingtown.
All that, plus Miriam talked to us about being one of John Cameron Mitchell's "players," appearing in Shortbus and, of course, originating the role of Yitzhak in the Hedwig universe; popping up in prestige Oscar films; her musical theatre roots; New York City history; and dying by way of a paintbrush in The Americans.
We just LOVED Miriam.
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Discussed this episode:
Genesis' "Land of Confusion" + Garbage Pail Kids + Whoopi Goldberg latex mask
Realistic latex masks on TikTok
Christina Milian and The Dream; Little Wayne and Nivea swapped
Damian loves a sexy network drama and also HBO's Real Sex, Taxicab Confessions
People raising hyper realistic fake babies
Lars and the Real Girl ; Companion
MIriam's first leading film role is in Magic Hour
Dons a bald cap in Guardians of the Galaxy III
American Fiction had a $5M budget
Played Diana Trout on Darren Star's Younger for 6 seasons
Darren Star also made Beverly Hills, 90210, Melrose Place, Sex and the City, Emily in Paris, Good Christian Bitches
Robert Harling wrote Steel Magnolias
Met her husband doing karaoke - also with Bridget Everett
Marie's Crisis got a resurgence thanks to Younger
St Marks Is Dead by Ada Calhoun
Il Posto Accanto (thanks to Debi Mazar); Supper; Gnocco
Swingtown was championed by Nina Tassler but killed by Les Moonves
Hedwig and the Angry Inch was Miriam's first audition and show in New York
Met Lou Reed, Joey Ramone, Elliot Smith, Pete Townsend because of Hedwig
Anne saw Debbie Does Dallas in the Jane Street Theatre but didn't get to see Hedwig
Shortbus with John Cameron Mitchell
Did Fiddler on the Roof tour in 1994 with Theodore Bikel (Captain Von Trapp in Original Broadway cast of The Sound of Music). "Edelweiss"
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