Encore: Telly Leung

You've had such an amazing career that we can't possibly fit it all in the timeframe that we have.

But between 2002 and 2011, you performed in amazing productions such as the Broadway revival of Sondheim's Pacific Overtures, which is an incredibly pivotal musical for Asian representation on Broadway.

You originated Bach in the Chicago production of Wicked.

You were with the final Broadway company of Rent.

And you were the all good gift soloist in the Broadway revival of Godspell with George Salazar, who we recently also had on the podcast.

So we would like to jump to what you just mentioned, which was your work in the 2012 workshop of Allegiance, which would then come to Broadway in 2015, collaborating again with Lea Salonga, but also working with George Takai and another pivotal musical for Asian representation on Broadway.

Yes, George Takei, actually.

Oh, George Takei, my apologies.

As George would always say, it's Takei.

It rhymes with gay, which I love, which is the best way to remember how to pronounce his name.

We'll never forget it.

I know, you'll never forget it now.

And all of us who've worked with George, all of us have a George Takei impression somewhere in there.

Yes.

So what was it like to work with some of these iconic

Asian actors? onto Broadway.

And I just remember all three of us going, okay, how are we today? I'm a little phlegmy today.

Oh, the allergies are acting up today.

I have a little post-nasal drip today.

Or Leia, who has to kiss Mike in the show, was like, I think I gave Mike a cold today.

We're trying to, you know, stuff like that, which happens, you know, that's what happens on Broadway.

So we would always sort of vocally check in with each other a lot.

And also I I think part of that too was to not feel so, taking some of that Broadway stress and leaving it going, okay, you too, your allergies are bad today too? Okay, thank God.

Like it's, I'm not, okay, it's fine.

We're all gonna deal with this together.

You've had such an amazing career that we can't possibly fit it all in the timeframe that we have.

But between 2002 and 2011, you performed in amazing productions such as the Broadway revival of Sondheim's Pacific Overtures, which is an incredibly pivotal musical for Asian representation on Broadway.

You originated Bach in the Chicago production of Wicked.

You were with the final Broadway company of Rent.

And you were the all good gift soloist in the Broadway revival of Godspell with George Salazar, who we recently also had on the podcast.

So we would like to jump to what you just mentioned, which was your work in the 2012 workshop of Allegiance, which would then come to Broadway in 2015, collaborating again with Lea Salonga, but also working with George Takai and another pivotal musical for Asian representation on Broadway.

Yes, George Takei, actually.

Oh, George Takei, my apologies.

As George would always say, it's Takei.

It rhymes with gay, which I love, which is the best way to remember how to pronounce his name.

We'll never forget it.

I know, you'll never forget it now.

And all of us who've worked with George, all of us have a George Takei impression somewhere in there.

Yes.

So what was it like to work with some of these iconic

Asian actors? onto Broadway.

And I just remember all three of us going, okay, how are we today? I'm a little phlegmy today.

Oh, the allergies are acting up today.

I have a little post-nasal drip today.

Or Leia, who has to kiss Mike in the show, was like, I think I gave Mike a cold today.

We're trying to, you know, stuff like that, which happens, you know, that's what happens on Broadway.

So we would always sort of vocally check in with each other a lot.

And also I I think part of that too was to not feel so, taking some of that Broadway stress and leaving it going, okay, you too, your allergies are bad today too? Okay, thank God.

Like it's, I'm not, okay, it's fine.

We're all gonna deal with this together.