{"podcast":{"title":"Little Known Facts with Ilana Levine","slug":"little-known-facts-with-ilana-levine-218599","podcast_index_feed_id":218599,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ALM3701330109","website_url":"http://www.LittleKnownFactsPodcast.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/eed12a4a-c61c-11e6-808f-07b60c989991/image/IMG_6644.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Hosted by actress Ilana Levine","episode_count":527,"summary":"With her unique style of hosting, Ilana Levine gives her listeners up close and personal access to today's biggest stars from Broadway, Film and Television. Her intimate and revealing conversations with Tony Award, Academy Award, Grammy Award and Emmy Award winners gives listeners the feeling they are part of a conversation between old friends. Guests include Julianne Moore, Matthew Broderick, Isabelle Huppert, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ben Platt, Uma Thurman, Matt Bomer, Aasif Mandvi, Octavia Spencer, Edie Falco, Allison Janney, Beanie Feldstein, John Slattery, Judith Light, Molly Ringwald, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Chenoweth, Anthony Rapp, Jason Alexander, Tony Shalhoub, Griffin Dunne, Kaskade, Laura Linney and many more. New episodes are released on Mondays.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/little-known-facts-with-ilana-levine-218599"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 508 - Zhailon Levingston","slug":"episode-508-zhailon-levingston","published_at":"2026-05-18T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/little-known-facts-with-ilana-levine-218599/episode-508-zhailon-levingston","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/little-known-facts-with-ilana-levine-218599","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/ADL4533502780.mp3?updated=1779071403","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/ADL4533502780.mp3?updated=1779071403","summary":"Zhailon Levingston is a Louisiana-raised storyteller, director, and activist who co-directed CATS: The Jellicle Ball, an immersive reimagining of the classic musical that premiered in 2024 at New York City’s Perelman Arts Center. The production earned him an OBIE Award (co-directing) as well as a Drama Desk, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations for Outstanding Direction of a Musical. Zhailon’s first “Broadway” job was selling tickets to Broadway shows in Times Square. In 2017 he sold concessions for multiple Broadway theaters. At 27 years old, he became the youngest Black director in Broadway history, directing the Broadway production of Chicken and Biscuits. His other directing credits include Wonderful Town at New York City Center Encores!; Reconstructing at Brooklyn Academy of Music (co-directed with Rachel Chavkin); Little Miss Perfect (Olney Theater Center); Patience at Second Stage Theater; and Table 17 at MCC Theater (Lortel Award nominee for Outstanding Direction) and currently at Los Angeles’ Geffen Playhouse. Levingston is a board member of the Broadway Advocacy Coalition, Artistic Director of Inheritance Theater Project, and co-created a ‘Theater of Change’ course at Columbia University School of Law that is still being taught today. Once a year he returns to his hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana to direct. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Zhailon Levingston is a Louisiana-raised storyteller, director, and activist who co-directed CATS: The Jellicle Ball, an immersive reimagining of the clas…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1606,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/little-known-facts-with-ilana-levine-218599/episodes/episode-508-zhailon-levingston/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/little-known-facts-with-ilana-levine-218599/episode-508-zhailon-levingston.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}