Allison Luff's guest appearances

Allison Luff

The Theatre Podcast with Alan Seales

Alice Lee

Neal Brennan

Lynn Nottage

Kelli O'Hara

Keith Powell

Laura Osnes

Casey Nicholaw

Ken Davenport

Caitlin Kinnunen

Kathryn Allison

Desi Oakley

Kalyn West

Bret Shuford

Morgan Marcell

Ramone Owens

OwlTail

From the Broadway stage to the television screen, this performer opens up about her undying love for live theater, as well as the new bug she caught for doing TV while filming her new series.Alison Luff is a Broadway veteran, maybe best known for her roles as Jenna in Waitress, and Elphaba in the First National Tour of Wicked. Her other Broadway credits include Matilda (Miss Honey), Les Mis (Fantine), Ghost, Scandalous, Escape to Margaritaville, and Mamma Mia (her Broadway debut). On TV she has appeared in FBI and New Amsterdam. Alison now has a starring role as Staci Spade in the Starz wrestling drama Heels, which was just released on August 15. Alison began performing professionally at age 10 in Texas, and opens up about the journey that took her from Houston, to New York City straight out of high school to pursue her dreams. From understudying greats like Carolee Carmello, to earning star billing herself, Alison charts her career by a series of brave decisions. She recalls the first time she read sides for her starring role on the new Starz series Heels, what attracted her to the role, and what the audition process was like. Alison also chats about what draws her to performing onstage, and while she will always return to the theatre. In this episode, we talk about: Following her gut while auditioning for Elphaba  The Margaritaville connection that lead to her Heels audition  The stunt performances on Heels  Being one of the first shows to begin filming during COVID Performing emotional scenes on stage v. on camera  ﻿Connect with Alison: IG: @alisonluff  Watch HEELS on Starz Connect with The Theatre Podcast: Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcast  Twitter &amp; Instagram: @theatre_podcast  Facebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcast TheTheatrePodcast.com Alan's personal Instagram: @alanseales  Email me at feedback@thetheatrepodcast.com. I want to know what you think. Thank you to our friends Jukebox The Ghost for our intro and outro music. You can find them on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @jukeboxtheghost or via the web via jukeboxtheghost.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the Broadway stage to the television screen, this performer opens up about her undying love for live theater, as well as the new bug she caught for doing TV while filming her new series.Alison Luff is a Broadway veteran, maybe best known for her roles as Jenna in Waitress, and Elphaba in the First National Tour of Wicked. Her other Broadway credits include Matilda (Miss Honey), Les Mis (Fantine), Ghost, Scandalous, Escape to Margaritaville, and Mamma Mia (her Broadway debut). On TV she has appeared in FBI and New Amsterdam. Alison now has a starring role as Staci Spade in the Starz wrestling drama Heels, which was just released on August 15. Alison began performing professionally at age 10 in Texas, and opens up about the journey that took her from Houston, to New York City straight out of high school to pursue her dreams. From understudying greats like Carolee Carmello, to earning star billing herself, Alison charts her career by a series of brave decisions. She recalls the first time she read sides for her starring role on the new Starz series Heels, what attracted her to the role, and what the audition process was like. Alison also chats about what draws her to performing onstage, and while she will always return to the theatre.  In this episode, we talk about:<ul> <li>Following her gut while auditioning for Elphaba </li> <li>The Margaritaville connection that lead to her Heels audition </li> <li>The stunt performances on Heels </li> <li>Being one of the first shows to begin filming during COVID</li> <li>Performing emotional scenes on stage v. on camera </li> </ul> ﻿Connect with Alison:<ul> <li>IG: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/alisonluff" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">alisonluff</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.starz.com/us/en/series/heels/60760" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Watch HEELS on Starz</a></li> </ul> Connect with The Theatre Podcast:<ul> <li>Support us on Patreon: <a href="http://patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcast</a> </li> <li>Twitter &amp; Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/theatre_podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@theatre_podcast</a> </li> <li><a href="http://facebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcast</a></li> <li><a href="http://thetheatrepodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TheTheatrePodcast.com</a></li> <li>Alan's personal Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/alanseales" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@alanseales</a> </li> <li>Email me at feedback@thetheatrepodcast.com. I want to know what you think.</li> </ul> Thank you to our friends Jukebox The Ghost for our intro and outro music. You can find them on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @jukeboxtheghost or via the web via <a href="http://jukeboxtheghost.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">jukeboxtheghost.com</a>. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Ep159 - Allison Luff: Heels, Waitress, Wicked