Ep 87: André De Shields, TABLE 17 Extends through 9/29, Marjorie Johnson, Howard Ho, Marissa Carpio

Ep. 87 of Backstage Pass with Lia Chang airs Sunday, September 8 at 6:30pm (EST) on FIOS 34, RCN 83, SPECTRUM 56/1996 and streams on MNN2. Extended episodes are available on my @backstagepasswithliachang youtube channel.
Tony, Grammy and Emmy Winner André De Shields is featured in Baltimore magazine Fall Edition, as Old Deuteronomy in CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL PAC NYC through Sept. 8, Guest Stars on NBC's "Brilliant Minds" Premiere airing Sept. 23
Zhailon Levingston is at the helm of two hot tickets in New York right now, as co-director for the NY Times Critic's pick, CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL, now enjoying its third extension through September 8 at PAC NYC, and as director for the World Premiere of MCC Theater's Table 17 by Douglas Lyons, now extended through September 29 at MCC Theater’s Susan & Ronald Frankel Theater.
After the show, TABLE 17 cast members Biko Eisen-Martin, Michael Rishawn, Kara Young and Playwright Douglas Lyons visited with cast members from CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL, before they caught a car for their evening show. A grand time was had by all.
Marjorie Johnson in Rob Peace.
Interviews with Howard Ho (The Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival) and Marissa Carpio (Asian CineVision's #aaiff47)