You Might Know Her From

Dreams do come true and we were finally able to finish our interview with Lainie Kazan. You Might Know Her From My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Beaches, My Favorite Year, Lust in the Dust, Funny Girl, The Nanny, and her five decade recording career. Lainie remembered getting her start as Barbra Streisand’s understudy in Funny Girl, being embraced by the LGBTQ+ community, & her transition from chanteuse to film vixen to ethnic mom. A wonderful conversation with a fucking a living legend. Folks, it’s Lainie Kazan!  Follow us on social media: @damianbellino || @rodemanne  Discussed this week:  Lainie’s IMDB  Upspeak  Vocal fry Catalina Bar and Grill Feinstein’s/54 Below Funny Girl era Lainie Kazan (originated by Barbra Streisand) Funny Girl revival canceled || Lea Michele + Funny Girl Funny Girl Producer, Ray Stark “Lekos“ Lainie does Playboy Lust in the Dust (1984) w/ Tab Hunter & Divine; dir: Paul Bartel Costume designer, Dona Granata Coppola One from the Heart (1981) playing a  “broken down valise of