Jan 23, 2020
Anne and Damian are delighted to be joined by actress, singer, dancer, and director, Sondra Lee. You Might Know Her From original Broadway productions of Peter Pan; Hello, Dolly!; Hotel Paradiso; High Button Shoes; and Fellini’s La Dolce Vita. Sondra invited us into her penthouse to talk about coaching film directors, working with the mystery that was Carol Channing, collaborating with Jerome Robbins, and wooing moviestar Marlon Brando. Wonderful woman!
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The “woman” Rescue Ranger was Gadget
Anne’s favorite Survivor players: Shambo Waters, Sandra Diaz-Twine
Sondra’s book I’ve Slept with Everybody: A Memoir
Sondra Lee as Tiger Lily in the Peter Pan musical (music by Mark "Moose" Charlap, Jule Styne, and lyrics by Carolyn Leigh, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green)
Directed and choreographer by Jerome Robbins
Mary Martin’s daughter, Heller Halliday, played Liza
Sondra could have been Anybodys in West Side Story but Arthur Laurents said N-O.
The “Stella” Sondra mentions: actor and iconic acting teacher Stella Adler
Sondra was sick of playing Minnie Fay in Hello, Dolly! for so long
Hello, Dolly! book by Michael Stewart, music and lyrics by Jerry Herman
Directed and choreographed by Gower Champion
Sondra’s Hello, Dolly! castmates: Carol Channing (Dolly), Eileen Brennan (Irene), Charles Nelson Reilly (Cornelius)
Hotel Paradiso with Sondra, Angela Lansbury, and Bert Lahr
Bert Lahr, famously played the Cowardly Lion
Marlon Brando worked with Tallulah Bankhead
“Original Tiger Lily Will Skip NBC’s ‘Peter Pan’” story
Sandra Lee the “chef” and former First Lady of New York (but since this recording Lee and Andrew Cuomo have split)
Actress Sandra Dee
Sondra Lee in Pinocchio
Carol Channing allergic to hair dye
Italian director and screenwriter Federico Fellini
Sondra Lee’s favorite curse word: Fuck
Dr. Sandra Lee, a.k.a. Dr. Pimple Popper
Eileen Brennan as Mrs. Peacock in Clue