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[0:10] Linedy Genao: Hello everybody, I'm Linedy Genao, and welcome to Entre Acts, your favorite podcast, where you get to talk to your favorite Broadway artists about everything, anything and everything, especially the messy middle, which we need to be vulnerable about and feel comfortable talking about.

[0:26] Linedy Genao: And I'm so excited to welcome today's guest, your favorite actress and TikTok superstar. Recently starred in Paper Mill Playhouse's production of Mystic Pizza as JoJo and recently the musical premiere of Songs for Sleddy Girls as Hips and a fringe show that I've heard such amazing things called Barbara and Kenneth. And also fun fact, one of Battison Dorella's biggest fans. And double fun fact, after the fact, I found out that she worked with my cousin in a restaurant. So we're basically family. So please welcome my prima.

[1:00] Deanna Giulietti: Wow, what an amazing intro.

[1:04] Linedy Genao: Like we literally thought about that.

[1:07] Deanna Giulietti: Right?

[1:07] Linedy Genao: Yeah, that's amazing.

[1:08] Deanna Giulietti: And we were both raised in Connecticut, a town away from each other, which I cannot believe.

[1:12] Linedy Genao: Yes.

[1:12] Deanna Giulietti: What year did you graduate high school?

[1:14] Linedy Genao: 2011.

[1:14] Deanna Giulietti: Oh, I'm 09.

[1:16] Linedy Genao: But still, you want to be high school together.

[1:18] Deanna Giulietti: Yeah, Chasha High.

[1:19] Linedy Genao: Hampton High.

[1:20] Deanna Giulietti: Oh my god.

[1:20] Linedy Genao: That's kind of crazy.

[1:21] Deanna Giulietti: Right?

[1:22] Linedy Genao: Yeah, that's amazing. Thank you for being here.

[1:24] Deanna Giulietti: I'm so excited to have a lot of people.

[1:28] Linedy Genao: Amen. And yeah, this is Schmackery's cookies thing for art and a fineness podcast.

[1:33] Deanna Giulietti: Oh my gosh.

[1:33] Linedy Genao: Okay, so I love to start each episode playing a fun game of dominoes. Because I love to incorporate my culture, you know, all that stuff. It's not really the actual game, but we're just gonna play our own way.

[1:43] Deanna Giulietti: Oh, I'm ready.

[1:43] Linedy Genao: So you're gonna shuffle and pick a domino. You're gonna sum up the numbers, and that'll um correlate to a funny this or that hot take question.

[1:51] Deanna Giulietti: Oh, love. Can I move this?

[1:52] Linedy Genao: Yes.

[1:54] Deanna Giulietti: Here we go.

[1:56] Linedy Genao: Oh, I love your nails.

[1:59] Deanna Giulietti: Okay.

[1:59] Linedy Genao: Okay.

[2:00] Deanna Giulietti: Oh my god.

[2:01] Linedy Genao: Okay. Come on, math.

[2:03] Deanna Giulietti: I'm a theater queen. What's going on?

[2:05] Linedy Genao: Okay. 12.

[2:07] Deanna Giulietti: Okay. Oh, wait. I didn't explain that coming up.

[2:09] Linedy Genao: Oh, I'm not supposed to read it.

[2:10] Deanna Giulietti: One at a time.

[2:11] Linedy Genao: Oh, one at a time.

[2:12] Deanna Giulietti: Okay. That was my bag.

[2:13] Linedy Genao: Okay. No, wait. One domino at that time.

[2:16] Deanna Giulietti: One domino at a time.

[2:17] Linedy Genao: No, I haven't had another one. Let us do math. Don't let us do math. And you know what? While we're at it, spelling bee, don't cast me in spelling bee. I can't spell.

[2:23] Deanna Giulietti: I can't either. I can sing. You know what I mean?

[2:27] Linedy Genao: Exactly. So this is five.

[2:29] Deanna Giulietti: Okay, number five.

[2:30] Linedy Genao: Okay. Should you text back K or leave it on red?

[2:36] Deanna Giulietti: I'm scared. I mean, I feel like K. But it's giving attitude.

[2:40] Linedy Genao: It's giving attitude, but it's not giving disrespect. Like if you read it and then you never responded.

[2:44] Deanna Giulietti: Yeah.

[2:44] Linedy Genao: Yeah. I love that. My friends watching this are like, she leaves it on red. I never reply. I never reply.

[2:48] Deanna Giulietti: Well, I'm grateful you replied to my email. And I think that's a good one.

[2:52] Linedy Genao: No, of course. Please, of course. Of course.

[2:54] Deanna Giulietti: Okay. Next.

[2:56] Linedy Genao: Seven.

[2:57] Deanna Giulietti: Okay, number seven.

[2:59] Linedy Genao: Thin crust or deep dish.

[3:01] Deanna Giulietti: Oh, deep dish.

[3:03] Linedy Genao: That's the first deep dish we've gotten.

[3:05] Deanna Giulietti: Oh, not you with your jaw open too.

[3:07] Linedy Genao: No, no. Wait, I'm terrified. Okay, where's your favorite deep dish from?

[3:11] Deanna Giulietti: No, it's good, but oh honestly, I'm thinking right now, like when I was in Chicago, I like loved the deep dish pizza.

[3:18] Linedy Genao: From which restaurant? Because that's also very like a hot take.

[3:22] Deanna Giulietti: Yeah. Oh my gosh. Yardonald's Lumonadis. Uh what was the other one? Uh Pequads.

[3:27] Linedy Genao: Pequads, and there's another one with a number.

[3:29] Deanna Giulietti: I worked in Chicago three times, so I'm you're like I feel very well versed on it. There's another one. I don't even know the name. I'm gonna let you know because I don't even know the name of where we went.

[3:38] Linedy Genao: But my friend Zoe lives there and was like, this is the spot we're gonna go, so you can try to show you.

[3:42] Deanna Giulietti: Please share that with me after because I need to try it.

[3:43] Linedy Genao: Okay, I'll text her because I have no idea what it was, but I just remember being like, oh, this pizza's so good. And we're Connecticut. We have the best pizza ever in Connecticut.

[3:50] Deanna Giulietti: I'm surprised you didn't say thin crust.

[3:51] Linedy Genao: I know. And what would you say? Pepe's or Sally's?

[3:54] Deanna Giulietti: Hot take modern.

[3:56] Linedy Genao: Oh, I knew you were gonna say modern.

[3:58] Deanna Giulietti: I knew you were gonna say modern, but Pepe's is the best.

[3:59] Linedy Genao: Just Pepe's and hot take, I've never had Sally's yet.

[4:03] Deanna Giulietti: I know I don't know. Because there's always a long line.

[4:06] Linedy Genao: You're loyal to modern.

[4:08] Deanna Giulietti: And I feel like that's fine. I just felt I was like, she's about to say modern. Like, and modern is really good.

[4:12] Linedy Genao: It is really good. But now we Can I say Please? Because I just recently now live in Virginia, and the pizza there is horrible.

[4:22] Deanna Giulietti: It's actually horrible. I'm sorry. Like sorry. And I feel like they don't know how bad it is, but their best cuisine pizza does not even come close to New York pizza.

[4:31] Linedy Genao: And I think New Haven pizza's even better than New York.

[4:33] Deanna Giulietti: New Haven pizza is top tier.

[4:35] Linedy Genao: I'm sorry. Yes, number one. They win they win every year, number one in the country.

[4:38] Deanna Giulietti: And it's the sauce because Correct.

[4:40] Linedy Genao: Yeah. And that's on that.

[4:41] Deanna Giulietti: Thank you. That's on that.

[4:42] Linedy Genao: I feel that's great. Okay, we're gonna do two more.

[4:44] Deanna Giulietti: Oh, I'm ready.

[4:46] Linedy Genao: Oh, I grabbed you more.

[4:48] Deanna Giulietti: Okay.

[4:49] Linedy Genao: Six.

[4:50] Deanna Giulietti: These are my lucky numbers.

[4:52] Linedy Genao: Double three, double three. I love this.

[4:54] Deanna Giulietti: Okay.

[4:55] Linedy Genao: Would you rather have the perfect memory or forget everything at will?

[4:59] Deanna Giulietti: Oh. It is. Okay. The uh the perfect memory.

[5:03] Linedy Genao: Me too.

[5:04] Deanna Giulietti: Yeah.

[5:05] Linedy Genao: Me too. Because it is sad.

[5:06] Deanna Giulietti: Right? Damn, that made me sad.

[5:08] Linedy Genao: I know. It can be very sad.

[5:10] Deanna Giulietti: So the perfect memory.

[5:12] Linedy Genao: Yes.

[5:12] Deanna Giulietti: Yes.

[5:12] Linedy Genao: Okay, one more.

[5:13] Deanna Giulietti: Oh yeah.

[5:14] Linedy Genao: And it would make self-tapes in my easy.

[5:17] Deanna Giulietti: Listen.

[5:17] Linedy Genao: Oh, another lucky one.

[5:19] Deanna Giulietti: Two.

[5:19] Linedy Genao: Two.

[5:20] Deanna Giulietti: Okay. Airport three.

[5:22] Linedy Genao: Oh, wait, no, no, no, no, no. Is it ever okay to take your shoes off on an airplane?

[5:26] Deanna Giulietti: Yes.

[5:27] Linedy Genao: Okay. What would you say?

[5:32] Deanna Giulietti: But I don't let my feet touch the floor. I put my feet on top of my shoes.

[5:35] Linedy Genao: Okay, okay, okay.

[5:38] Deanna Giulietti: And that's fair. And I think that's good. Unless, like, I've only traveled, what is it? Not even first class, business class, whatever, once during Bassinovella, and it was like where you lay down. And I felt so I felt like the queen of Spain. I was like, oh my gosh, this is amazing. So I definitely took off my shoes. That's because I'm laying down. I don't lay in bed with my shoes on.

[5:56] Linedy Genao: Exactly. Exactly. If it lays all the way down, it's a bed, you know, it's to take your shoes off.

[6:00] Deanna Giulietti: 100% 100%. Correct. I this only happened. I fly all the time.

[6:04] Linedy Genao: Yes, you do.

[6:06] Deanna Giulietti: And the only thing I would say, because like the airport, I feel like there's no rules at the airport. Like everything flies. Where people are walking, people are animals I've never seen in my life are flying. Like, so there's so many different things going on at the airport.

[6:20] Linedy Genao: But the one thing I would actually say we should say is a rule that when you're going through the TSA machines, at least wear socks. You do not want, honestly, you do not want to walk barefoot through the TSA machines because how many people you think they see today? Thousands of people. You can't have your barefoot on those floors. Please don't. Socks is wild. But one time I did have to do a barefoot, and I was like, I didn't never ever again. But let's we'll cut that part out.

[6:46] Deanna Giulietti: A long time ago, almost chopped my feet off.

[6:47] Linedy Genao: No, but speaking of almost chopping my feet off, oh my god, I'm so embarrassed to say this. So I have a very New York City story.

[6:54] Deanna Giulietti: I'm ready.

[6:55] Linedy Genao: Raised in New York City, born in New York City. I was wearing chancletas, like you know, flip-flops, like gladiator sandals to be specific. Okay. This was back in like 2016, 2017. Um, I was in the heights, uh, leaving my apartment and actually leaving a restaurant to go to my apartment, and it was garbage day. So there was all the trash, right? So I decided to jaywalk because we all do through the trash. I just felt no man. Okay, so I felt this over my feet, and it was a rat.

[7:27] Deanna Giulietti: A rat ran over my toes. When I tell you I froze, my now husband was with me, and I froze, and he was like, and I said, What's that? And he was like, um, a rat just ran over your foot. And I said, Oh what was that? I those were my favorite chancletas. I threw them out immediately. I scrubbed my foot so hard that like I was literally about to bleed, and I wanted to chop my feet off. Oh my god. Welcome to New York City, don't walk through the trash.

[7:52] Deanna Giulietti: New York story ever though. That would never happen in Connecticut. I should have I should have stayed living in Connecticut.

[7:58] Linedy Genao: That honestly, this story specifically, you should never be wearing flip-flops in the city.

[8:03] Deanna Giulietti: I I don't know. Listen to this every time. I don't wear flat open toe shoes in the city anymore. They have to have like a heel.

[8:09] Linedy Genao: Yes, like a platform. Every time you're like, oh, should I wear these? Remember Linetti and be like, no.

[8:14] Deanna Giulietti: No, no.

[8:15] Linedy Genao: Oh my gosh. Oh, thank you for for going on that deep dive with me on a freaking game of dominoes. So the first question I love to ask, because this podcast is about just everything that happens in the in-between in life. Personally, professionally, anything. So I always say I was inspired to do this. You know, Alan and the Broadway Podcast Network were kind enough to offer me a slot here to have a Latin voice representation on here. And specifically after Bad Cinderella, I found myself in a transitional period in my life, the unknown, right? Reaching such a you know high point in my career, putting pressure on myself, feeling that outside pressure, the social media of it all, ya tu sabes. And just like not knowing what comes next for myself as an artist, for myself as a human being, how to navigate those feelings. So I wanted to ask you, what does the in between mean to you? What does when life yells intermission and doesn't tell you what's next? What does that period in your life mean to you?

[9:11] Deanna Giulietti: Wow. Why did I love this? Okay. I think that is so powerful in just for everyone listening to this. I feel like they're gonna get so much out of your podcast. So I'm really excited. Okay, so I would say for me specifically, right after I did Jersey Boys, I did Jersey Boys the musical on Norwegian Cruise Lines, and I did it until COVID. And then that's why I was out of a job. And I was like, okay, so this is my in-between. Like, what do we do? I mean, everyone was at a pause. It was such a crazy time, crazy time for everyone. Um, but through that pause, I started working with my dad in construction, and I was a construction worker and that was my on tracks. And something through that gave me such empowerment.

And, you know, because it may feel like an intermission in our career world, but it's your life. Like you're the main character of your life. Like it's your next chapter. Like it's your next starring role for me was a construction work. And I was eating down because it works. I was building offices for people. Like we did a lot of outdoor work because obviously it was COVID, but it really inspired a lot of people to like uh take care of their home. And for me, it was me and my dad painting fences, building lattice in people's backyards. And at that time, then came TikTok. And everyone was doing TikTok dances. And so I was doing it in dumpsters. I was like, wait, like I can do this. That'll work.

Like I'm a construction worker. And I missed that applause. Like, where can I get it? TikTok, sure. But that's like for me through these intermission periods, changed my life. Because it went from performing every day, I'm living that dream. Like I am doing Jersey Boys. I'm seeing the world. I've always wanted to be a cruise performer. So for me, I made it. Like for me, I was like, I with if if COVID did not happen, I would be a cruise performer for the rest of my life. It was to me the top. And then we had COVID, and that period of what is next for me turned into like, no, I'm I'm broadening my skills. Like I could build you a studio. I could build there is not one DIY I see, and I'm like, oh, I couldn't do it.

Oh, I could do it. Oh man. I'm gonna contact you now. I'm my favorite. Like, please help. Yes, like really. And that that period, and it wasn't like redirection because it wasn't going away from performing, but it was we are just so many different people in one person. You know, we're we're multifaceted, we are performers, but we also are capable of doing crazy things like building an office, painting your house, starting a family, like yeah, finding life outside of it. So for me, that is what I've been finding. And then if I go fast forward, we just did Mystic Pizza. When Mystic Pizza ended, I would say professionally, maybe I didn't do anything for like three to six months. And at first, I was happy because I was like, Oh, I really want to relish and what an amazing experience that was.

And I took maybe the first month of like, this is what an amazing experience that was. Let me remember these beautiful memories I made with these people and staying in touch, and but you know how that goes. Everyone's on to their next thing. So then you start seeing everybody's on their next thing, and you're like, oh wait, what about me? What I tried to really just sit in the I love the intermission period because now I have now also I am like I am like TikTok famous.

[12:45] Deanna Giulietti: Like I'm a yes, you are girl. I do TikTok, I do Instagram, I do YouTube, and I'm constantly being creative in that way. So it's like whenever I'm not in a show, I get to really work that creative muscle, and that is becoming like I don't know, it's it's so valuable to me, it's so precious to me because I'm like every day finding something creative. Like even like this is just like an I wouldn't even say this is like, oh, this is an intermission. This is like you know, this is the top. This is this is main character energy. Hello, right here. One thing she will do is always make you feel a 10 out of 10. And you just did that for me, whole thing. I love you. Oh my gosh, you're the best. There's there's so many things to unpack there.

You're absolutely right, and I love that. And as a fellow fan, like you can tell you are a family person, you were family down, as am I, yes, and I'm a daddy's girl and can only assume you are too work with your dad like that and to bond, you know, over something so special that the both of you can, you know, share together, and to see now you renovating your home that you bought and all that stuff, it's it's so inspiring. And your your TikToks and your Instagrams, it's amazing. So I met her through Bad Cinderella when you were working on Bad Cinderella, and just I'm a bad Cinderella super fan.

[14:01] Linedy Genao: Thank you. Thank you for loving us.

[14:03] Deanna Giulietti: Yeah, um, I just loved from the beginning, seeing your joy, like on or off the camera. Just and how you exude such positivity in your brand and in yourself and through others, especially in this industry with women too. That's so important. Yes. And to see just how genuine you are and supportive is really, really inspiring and beautiful. So thank you for always being that way. Again, on or off with work.

[14:30] Linedy Genao: Yeah.

[14:30] Deanna Giulietti: So you're you're the best for that. And like I was saying, fun fact. We found out after the fact, I had posted a picture with you or a video through Madison Rella, and my cousin, Frank, was like, whoa, yo, I used to work with her. And I said, huh? Isn't that you don't understand? I am also Frank's number one fan. Frank was my manager at this restaurant that I used to work at, the Green Table. It no longer exists, but it was so good. Actually, maybe it still exists as catering or something. I don't know. Farmed table food.

[15:00] Linedy Genao: Was it in Chelsea Market?

[15:00] Deanna Giulietti: Yes.

[15:01] Linedy Genao: I went there.

[15:01] Deanna Giulietti: You did?

[15:01] Linedy Genao: I don't know if you were.

[15:02] Deanna Giulietti: Was I your host or waitress? Because I worked every day, Frank would let me.

[15:06] Linedy Genao: Frank was my best friend.

[15:07] Deanna Giulietti: I don't know. I were I went there and it was delicious.

[15:10] Linedy Genao: No, it was so good. The food was so amazing. What I loved the most was the people there. That was like my community. When I first moved to the city, I was oh my god, this is what a story. But Frank is a huge part of my life. I love Frank. And Frank's wife, Ashley, also worked at the Green Table.

[15:27] Linedy Genao: I didn't know she worked at that restaurant.

[15:29] Deanna Giulietti: You know Ashing too.

[15:31] Linedy Genao: Yes.

[15:31] Deanna Giulietti: Okay, please. You're literally my cousin.

[15:33] Linedy Genao: You're literally my cousin.

[15:35] Deanna Giulietti: I know. I love I uh okay. Where do where to be where to begin? Here's how it all went down. When I first graduated college, I booked shows back to back to back. I was like, oh my god, I'm a college success story. Oh my god. Well, well, wow, wow. Hey, hey. My first job out was rent at the fringe festival, produced by Anthony Rapp. It was like the most incredible. I was like, no, I'm a star. No, I'm a star. Yes. Then, however, looking back, the fringe festival, it doesn't pay anything. So just know that. Fresh out of college, doing a life-changing, amazing experience, doesn't pay at all. The musical I do right after that is the regional premiere of Heathers. Incredible. I'm Heather Duke. I'm like I'm a star. I'm a star, I'm a star. They did not pay at all.

[16:23] Linedy Genao: So now I am my all of my time is taking traveling back and forth.

[16:28] Deanna Giulietti: Um, because I lived on the second to last stop on the two, and I had to go to White Plains to do the regional premiere of Heathers. Like all of my time was getting to and from rehearsals and trying to find work. Right after that, I booked Tarzan at White Plains because they were like, you know, like I did Heathers, I I got in good, and then I was gonna get my first ever EMC points doing uh Tarzan, doing the ensemble of Tarzan. I was like, this is awesome. And then I lost my apartment because I had no money. I literally could not pay my rent, and I was getting the most confusing things. Like my social media, everyone's like, oh my gosh, I want to be like you. I want to be a performer. Like you're doing it.

Like you're the only one who's just graduating and taking off, and I'm packing out of my apartment because I have to, I'm being evicted. Isn't that wild? I was like so just confused by everything that was going on. I was like, wow, my college wants me to come speak on a panel about performing, and I have to go and move in with my grandfather in Connecticut because I have nowhere to live, but I'm so successful.

[17:34] Linedy Genao: It was the most confusing thing.

[17:40] Deanna Giulietti: So, anyways, through this show, Tarzan, I'm obviously confiding in my cast, being like, How are you all doing this? How are you finding time to perform and work and move your shifts around and find a new job, but tell your employer, by the way, I'm doing a show, so I'm gonna have to take off randomly. And if I swing in, good luck, you'll see me next week. So they connected me to the Green Table, and I went in, met Frank, hit it off like thieves. What's a what's I don't know, best buds? We hit it off instantly. And by hit it off, I was like, Frank, you're the best. And Frank was like, work. Yeah, he's very like dry humor, like not so dry. Like, it's so annoying. It's so annoying. I love you. You're so annoying.

[18:23] Linedy Genao: Yes.

[18:23] Deanna Giulietti: And I have to say, I told Frank I was performer, and Frank was like, my cousin does stuff like that, like sing stitties. And then when I found out it was you, I was like, Frank, the way you undersold your cousin, like she's a Broadway star, you're crazy. Um, I what I loved about that restaurant specifically is everyone who worked there, almost like none of them were performers, and something about that made the space so safe because we weren't talking about when's our next audition, what are we doing? What did you get called in for? I didn't get called in for it. What are you taping? We would come in and talk about like, hey, who can name the 50 states faster? Oh my god, like on our break, or you know, what was going on in politics and how we felt about it, and what are we gonna do in our community and who's joining a volleyball group?

And it was for me such a safe space to go to that restaurant where we all like kind of you know got on Frank's nerves, and then I could leave the next day and go to like an audition and I love that come back and tell them about it, and they'd be like, anyways, we don't care. What's next? You know?

[19:27] Linedy Genao: I love that.

[19:29] Deanna Giulietti: Which is like you know, healthier than surrounding yourself with that.

[19:31] Linedy Genao: Absolutely, absolutely. Thank you for sharing that. It's like everybody always says says this, and I say it, you never know what someone is going through. You never know. You can be at the apex of your career and your personal life or what you're struggling with, no one has any idea about. And I think it's just making sure we give ourselves grace, but also we on the outside give each other grace because again, you never you never know.

[19:57] Deanna Giulietti: I would have never nobody would have ever known.

[19:58] Linedy Genao: No, and I it was confusing me.

[20:01] Deanna Giulietti: The way that I was getting messages coming in, everything that all these new opportunities that were coming in. I was like, how are people doing this when their lives aren't falling apart? But people just do it, like you can you take it one day at a time.

[20:13] Linedy Genao: Yes, absolutely.

[20:14] Deanna Giulietti: And now, even when I like go into Pearl and I see so many people, like, you know, people come in with all this anxiety and all this built up. They could be running from their third job. They had to, they're hoping that one job doesn't notice that they didn't come in because they're trying to squeeze it. You know what I mean? There's so much people are carrying with them. So I try to like really give grace, especially in those big audition rooms, because you know, also that pressure of audition anxiety can make people snap, and it's like you don't know, they could be going through literally running from job to job and trying to figure it out.

[20:48] Linedy Genao: Yeah, it's it's that whole audition anxiety is a whole nother beast.

[20:51] Deanna Giulietti: It's so hard for yeah.

[20:53] Linedy Genao: Oh my gosh. Talk to me about Barbara and Kenneth for favor.

[20:58] Deanna Giulietti: Okay, first of all, it's the greatest show of all time. What's good? I say? I can't wait to see. Like, just when you posted pictures and talked about it, and when you performed it last time, just watching that, I was like, No, look, I'm a star. Okay.

[21:08] Linedy Genao: So yes, so it's you are.

[21:10] Deanna Giulietti: I mean I need to be like you and like own that. You yeah, yes. Yes. I am a 10 out of 10.

[21:16] Linedy Genao: You are.

[21:17] Deanna Giulietti: I no, you are. I am a star.

[21:19] Linedy Genao: Thank you.

[21:20] Deanna Giulietti: Thank you. You really are. So Barbara and Kenneth was the best show ever. I played Barbara. And it's about like okay. So technically, the lore of Barbie. Technically, she has done over a hundred jobs. And it's kind of a whole show about all of the jobs that she has done. However, she's only seen as a plastic blonde girl with boobs. Like she's the first doll that has boobs. And that's all anyone ever talked about. But she also was a marine biologist. She was not me not thinking of a single thing. She was a NASA. She was a gold medalist. She was a gymnastic. She was, and we just go through all of that. And we it's a really good women empowerment story. Being like, there are so many more things to us, but you just see that I am a blonde girl, and you can't get past this.

And is that my problem because I'm dressing really cute to everything I'm doing, or is it a you problem? And that's just like in the bar Barbie lore of it. And her name is Barbara legally, so yeah, and I love it so much, and I love it so much that I'm producing it, and I'm so so excited. I just this morning went to um a theater to like look around, find the space, and just to try to find a place to put it up, and that's Barbara's hopeful next journey. I really want to personally put it up and show everyone what it's about, and hopefully, it can do a good showcase. We can get an investor to take it. So I'm literally starting that journey now with Barbara and Kenneth.

[22:51] Linedy Genao: Oh my gosh, I'm very excited. Well, we wish you the best on that, and I can't wait to see it. It's it's inspiring again to watch a woman like take on all roles, yeah, put on all the hats and do the thing. You we can make our dreams come true and we can be and we're capable of anything and everything. Right. Like I was just like, uh, I'm done waiting for someone to take a chance and even just come and see this show. We had a sold-out run in French, sold-out run, amazing five-star reviews. It went crazy. And then I was just like, what are we waiting for? Are we waiting for someone to else to tell us they liked it? I was like, no, I'm gonna take the reins. Amen. I know it's that good. I'm gonna put it up.

So I'm excited to start the journey. If you want to watch what that journey's like, if you're someone who's like, oh my goodness, like I would like to put up a show too. Please follow along because it's gonna be a joy. My name's Deanna Giulietti. You should follow me everywhere. I can't wait. We all can't wait. And they axe can't wait.

[24:00] Linedy Genao: Oh no. So I so what where are you in the process? What is exciting you? Is there any family cheese man, any family drama? I'm like, oh yeah, how many people you can invite? Like you have to invite your uncle's best friends, best friends, best friends.

[24:11] Deanna Giulietti: Okay, I have a huge family too. I have a huge Italian family, and I love them all, and I want every single one of them to come to the wedding because at the same time, like growing up, I've been to so many weddings and like I love the chaos. I'm obsessed with it. Like, I love when people are just having one too many drinks and want to do karaoke and it's a wedding. I'm like, you know what? Yes, that's what I want. I'm interested in that. If to me, it wouldn't feel like a wedding if we didn't get there. So it's been a struggle deciding where to do it.

[24:41] Linedy Genao: Yeah, what state are you even?

[24:43] Deanna Giulietti: I know. Well, we've decided now Positano, Italy.

[24:49] Linedy Genao: Is that where you were engaged?

[24:50] Deanna Giulietti: Or you were engaged in Italy somewhere. We got engaged in Positano.

[24:53] Linedy Genao: Yeah.

[24:55] Deanna Giulietti: We started looking.

[24:56] Linedy Genao: Oh, sorry.

[24:56] Deanna Giulietti: We started looking at Villos.

[24:59] Linedy Genao: We started looking at villas in Positano, and I just keep getting emotional. And I was just like, yeah, that's the yeah. It's here. To me, it's like we're inviting our whole family in on our love story just to see a little piece of it. Because he proposed in Positano on a yacht.

[25:00] Linedy Genao: Oh my god. Oh, so okay, and then it's blindsing me a little bit right here.

[25:03] Deanna Giulietti: Oh my god, what Felicidad, she's a yay! I'm so happy for you. Talk to me about listen, planning a wedding is a lot.

[25:13] Deanna Giulietti: Go check out the pictures in the videos. They're oh my gosh. So thoughtful, so kind. My favorite Italian restaurant growing up in Cheshire, Connecticut is Rosini's shout out. Best of here. No, it's the best. I need to go see it. I haven't had enough coffee. I need to go check it out to eat there. Yes. No, it actually is the best restaurant. And on the walls is the Amalfi Coast, Cinque Terre. Like it's and I've just grown up looking at those pictures, being like, one day I'm gonna go there. And for all the times I've traveled, I've never pitched it ever to be like we should go to the Amalfi Coast. I've never said that. And he was like, That's where I'm proposing. And he literally did it. Like that's so emotional.

Go to her Instagram right now and check out those pictures and those videos because the backdrop looks fake. Right? Like, and he we took this long boat ride out, and they were like, it's gonna apparently they were like, it's gonna get dark, like you have to do it soon. He was like, Well, it's gotta be like the painting, like we have to go back, and he did it at the perfect spot. Like, uh, he's so perfect. Chase, I love you. Chase, I can't wait to meet you. I don't think I've met Chase. Really? No, at any of the events we've been together, he wasn't there. What's crazy is what do you mean? Didn't I take him to Bad Cinderella? But maybe I didn't meet him when I met you. Fair, fair. But no, an Italian wedding, my cousin got married in a CC a few years ago, and that was incredible. Like, I wish that I could get married again if they get married in either Italy or Spain. Oh my god. Can we get married again? Maybe if I won the lotto, because I want a nice wedding like over.

[26:44] Linedy Genao: Right. Oh my god. Well, Fiona, I love to have all my episodes like a little sanwichito, like a little sandwich. In the beginning it was something fun. Yes. The middle we get like real, you know, like and then the end we end with something fun again.

[26:57] Deanna Giulietti: Oh, I'm ready. So I'm gonna ask a few chisme questions. Number one, since we're talking about a sanwichito, what do you like in between your bread if you're making your perfect sandwich?

[27:08] Deanna Giulietti: Oh what do I like in some of bread? I'm thinking like what's coming to mind right now is a chicken parmesan, but don't quote me on that. Don't quote me on that. But that's what's coming to my heart. And maybe that's what I want right now. Wait, what do we call in Connecticut? Do we call them subs or grinders? I forget. My dad calls it a meatball grinder, but I call it a sub, meatball sub.

[27:38] Linedy Genao: I think they say grinder. And then when I got to New York, everybody was like, what is that? I'm like, oh sub. Yeah, do you feel like people are weird about the packy?

[27:45] Deanna Giulietti: What's the packy?

[27:46] Linedy Genao: Oh, I feel like it's such a Connecticut thing. Like, oh, I'm gonna go to the packy, and it's like the liquor store.

[27:51] Deanna Giulietti: Oh, I've never heard that.

[27:52] Linedy Genao: Yeah, or maybe it's my small town. Maybe it's Cheshire, Connecticut. I don't know. But everyone's always like, Oh, I'm just gonna go pick up like I'll go get I'll get liquor for the party at the packy. I'm going to the packy.

[28:01] Deanna Giulietti: I heard that. Packy shout out to the cowboy. Packing shout out, Connecticut. Shut up.

[28:07] Linedy Genao: Okay. Um, if you were to be cast in any reality TV show, what would it be?

[28:11] Deanna Giulietti: Oh my god, cast me in the traitors. I should be in the traitors. Also, I am made for reality TV. Can I just say? Everything I watch, I'm like, they need to put me on the show. Yes. People are not even giving barely a reaction. Bare minimum. Come on. I'm like, what? It's so crazy to me. The buried alive scenes and the people are like just like staying there. I'm like, I would be giving. I mean Prime TV. I would. I would be literally survivalist. I would have gotten out and been like, I've won the game. Like, they need to just put me out.

[28:43] Linedy Genao: Yeah. Sometimes I'm like, I don't think I could be in a scary movie because when the script says you're just going to check around the corner. No, no, no. I would have been out the back door. I'm not gonna go investigate what's there. Are you crazy? I'm writing. I'm running.

[28:55] Deanna Giulietti: Ideal meal. What would you say to that answer? What reality show?

[28:59] Linedy Genao: Okay, this is a throwback. Okay. Do you remember MTV Room Raiders?

[29:03] Deanna Giulietti: Oh my god. Yes.

[29:04] Linedy Genao: I would love to raid people's rooms.

[29:07] Deanna Giulietti: Or MTV Cribs.

[29:09] Linedy Genao: But like I would like to raid their crib.

[29:11] Deanna Giulietti: Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. Like I always okay. This is me pitching to any people that have money and the power. Hell yeah. I want to be like Guy Fieri and go try different restaurants and rate the foods, have a personal trainer and nutritionist on the side because the meal. I love to eat. And I would also love to knock on people's doors that have like pretty like uh houses and be like, I promise I'm not weird. I promise I'm not gonna take anything. I just want to look at your house. I love interior design. I just want to like walk into your house and see what your house looks like. I promise I'm not weird. Can I please look around your house?

[29:44] Linedy Genao: Oh my god, I love that. But then they're gonna call the house. HGTV, like that's what we're doing. Or like that new show that just came out about like designing the bachelor house.

[29:50] Deanna Giulietti: Oh, I haven't seen that yet.

[29:51] Linedy Genao: Oh, it's coming.

[29:53] Deanna Giulietti: Yeah.

[29:53] Linedy Genao: Okay, I gotta know. I think ABC is like redoing the Bachelor Mansion. You get to like go around and like redo things.

[29:58] Deanna Giulietti: Oh, I didn't know that.

[29:59] Linedy Genao: Exciting. I gotta check that out.

[30:01] Deanna Giulietti: That's for you and I'll be on Traders.

[30:02] Linedy Genao: Okay.

[30:03] Deanna Giulietti: Um, all right.

[30:05] Linedy Genao: Okay. We're keeping a PG 13 here. Well, you know that game. Mary Kill.

[30:10] Deanna Giulietti: Yes.

[30:10] Linedy Genao: Bed Wet Dead.

[30:12] Deanna Giulietti: Okay.

[30:12] Linedy Genao: Bed Wet Dead. What's this? Phantom.

[30:15] Deanna Giulietti: Oh, good.

[30:16] Linedy Genao: Cats Evita.

[30:17] Deanna Giulietti: Dun dun dun.

[30:20] Linedy Genao: I know. I know. First of all, I have to say one of my best friends just saw Masquerade and said it was like the best show in its history of the world. I need to see it.

[30:27] Deanna Giulietti: I've heard incredible things.

[30:28] Linedy Genao: Yes. Literally, he went yesterday and gave me such a good review. I'm like, I have to buy tickets for this evening. Okay, anyways.

[30:35] Deanna Giulietti: Um Bed Wed Dead. I feel like I can't say anything right now. This is horrible. They're gonna come for us.

[30:42] Linedy Genao: I know. You answer it first.

[30:44] Deanna Giulietti: Not me on the spot.

[30:45] Linedy Genao: Oh, Andrew, I love you so much. Bed Wed Dead.

[30:49] Deanna Giulietti: Shoot.

[30:49] Linedy Genao: Bed Phantom.

[30:52] Deanna Giulietti: I was gonna say Phantom too.

[30:53] Linedy Genao: Bed Phantom.

[30:54] Deanna Giulietti: Okay, let's do it together. Um, who are we wedding? And we're gonna do one, two, three, name.

[30:58] Linedy Genao: Okay, wedded. We have cats or Evita.

[31:00] Deanna Giulietti: I'm ready. One, two, three, Evita!

[31:02] Linedy Genao: Yay!

[31:03] Deanna Giulietti: Okay! And then we don't even need to say this. We don't even say okay, but I saw the revival of the last last revival of cats. And when I watched it, oh, I'm gonna get cancelled with it. No, I'm not gonna say it.

[31:13] Linedy Genao: This is tough.

[31:14] Deanna Giulietti: But when I saw Jellicle, I was like, I understand cats and success with cats.

[31:18] Linedy Genao: Exactly.

[31:18] Deanna Giulietti: And that wasn't the question. Look, that wasn't the question. So we weren't talking about Jellicle.

[31:22] Linedy Genao: No, we're talking about the previous one.

[31:23] Deanna Giulietti: We were talking about the past past cats.

[31:25] Linedy Genao: So let's let's get that clear.

[31:26] Deanna Giulietti: Okay. I feel good now.

[31:27] Linedy Genao: Me too.

[31:28] Deanna Giulietti: Bed Wet Dead. Sweeney Todd Into the Woods Company.

[31:34] Linedy Genao: I'm sorry. For a long time, I would say my favorite musical was The Revival of Company for a long time. That used to be my favorite favorite musical. It was so good.

[31:42] Deanna Giulietti: Um, this is hard.

[31:45] Linedy Genao: Okay. Wed into the woods.

[31:47] Deanna Giulietti: Yes.

[31:48] Linedy Genao: Yes.

[31:49] Deanna Giulietti: Um, what was the third one? Sweeney Todd or Company.

[31:51] Linedy Genao: Okay, yeah.

[31:53] Deanna Giulietti: Let's bed company and let's sweet.

[31:56] Linedy Genao: Yeah.

[31:57] Deanna Giulietti: It's three hours.

[31:58] Linedy Genao: And he's really bad, like mean.

[32:00] Deanna Giulietti: Like, he's what he does is wrong.

[32:02] Linedy Genao: Exactly. Whatever. Whatever. You know the song about the knives?

[32:07] Deanna Giulietti: That song keeps me up at night, really.

[32:10] Linedy Genao: He's on my phone.

[32:11] Deanna Giulietti: Not my manager laughing in the background producer because he's Sweeney Todd's biggest fan.

[32:15] Linedy Genao: I have to shout you out here.

[32:17] Deanna Giulietti: You're lying.

[32:21] Linedy Genao: When Sweeney Todd was open, he would work out to some of the song.

[32:25] Deanna Giulietti: You're serious.

[32:26] Linedy Genao: A stan.

[32:27] Deanna Giulietti: What about these are my friends? We have Sweeney Todd stands on Entre Acts.

[32:31] Linedy Genao: Stans.

[32:32] Deanna Giulietti: I wish you saw that.

[32:33] Linedy Genao: Manager like this.

[32:36] Deanna Giulietti: Maybe that's the stretching song.

[32:38] Linedy Genao: And now I can't think of another Sweeney song.

[32:40] Deanna Giulietti: That's the only one I think.

[32:42] Linedy Genao: Oh, poor poison.

[32:44] Deanna Giulietti: You're running to that.

[32:45] Linedy Genao: Literally, manager willingness.

[32:46] Deanna Giulietti: And clock that.

[32:47] Linedy Genao: I'm screaming.

[32:49] Deanna Giulietti: Oh my gosh.

[32:50] Linedy Genao: Okay, so my last two questions are I'm screaming. What where are you going immediately after this? Like, like, actually, like what is the rest of your day and what are you doing in between?

[33:01] Deanna Giulietti: Wow. Okay, so the rest of my day. So I have a flight back to Virginia tonight.

[33:06] Linedy Genao: Thank you for being here.

[33:07] Deanna Giulietti: Yeah. No, please. I was like immediate, yes. I have to make sure this works. Um, oh wait, but I can't I say tell us.

[33:14] Linedy Genao: This is not answering her question at all.

[33:15] Deanna Giulietti: No, tell us, tell us.

[33:16] Linedy Genao: Okay. I'm so excited. I'm so excited. Next week I'm going to see Titanic.

[33:21] Deanna Giulietti: I invited dress.

[33:23] Linedy Genao: I can't wait to see it.

[33:23] Deanna Giulietti: Oh my god. I can't wait to see it, and I need to just like it needs to be out here. I saw it years and years and years and years ago. Underground, I saw Titanic.

[33:30] Deanna Giulietti: Wow.

[33:33] Linedy Genao: It was so incredible and so funny. Every single line, I was crying laughing. I was like, oh, they wrote this for me. This is the best. This is the best musical ever. And I never saw it again because I was like, you know when you see something and it's so amazing and it's never gonna be that good again. You know what I mean?

[33:47] Deanna Giulietti: Yeah.

[33:47] Linedy Genao: And then I it said it was coming on Broadway, and I was like, Are you nervous?

[33:50] Deanna Giulietti: No, please. I'm so excited. It's gonna be crazy and it's gonna be different. It's gonna be amazing. I can't wait. The only ever other musical I felt that way about is Hadestown.

[34:00] Deanna Giulietti: I saw it.

[34:01] Linedy Genao: You saw it.

[34:02] Deanna Giulietti: I saw the first preview ever of Hadestown, and it was the best thing I've ever seen, and I've never been back, and I'll never go back because it was like, you know what I don't even know how to explain it. I the way I feel when I listen to the soundtrack, I'm right back to that first preview. I don't want anything else to ruin that or to take it. It was the most artistic, beautiful thing ever. So I go Hadestown and Titanic.

[34:22] Linedy Genao: Hilarious.

[34:23] Deanna Giulietti: So I'm doing that next week. I'm gonna go and see Titanic, and then I'm seeing Meg the Stallion in Moulin Rouge.

[34:28] Linedy Genao: I cannot wait for the prime theater.

[34:31] Deanna Giulietti: Like I just cannot wait. The audience is gonna go wild.

[34:37] Linedy Genao: It's just gonna be scary almost.

[34:39] Deanna Giulietti: Like it's gonna be like those pictures.

[34:41] Linedy Genao: The pictures that fierce.

[34:43] Deanna Giulietti: Oh my god, I can't.

[34:45] Linedy Genao: Fierce.

[34:45] Deanna Giulietti: I can't actually wait. So I feel like that is like just to go back to your question of like, and what am I doing in between? Like, I feel like that's my I'm back in New York and I'm like so looking forward to those two days.

[34:55] Linedy Genao: So what am I doing in between?

[34:57] Deanna Giulietti: What are you doing before you go to the airport?

[34:58] Linedy Genao: Before I go to the airport, you know, I thought about getting a lash lift and tint. I've never done that before.

[35:02] Deanna Giulietti: They hurt, I'm scared.

[35:04] Linedy Genao: I've never done that scary.

[35:05] Deanna Giulietti: I've actually never done it before.

[35:07] Linedy Genao: Okay, when you do it on this video, please make me and so I was gonna go to the drama drama bookstore because it's very close, and I've never been in my whole life. Lived here 15 years.

[35:16] Deanna Giulietti: What are we doing?

[35:16] Linedy Genao: I feel like we should go.

[35:17] Deanna Giulietti: We need to go.

[35:18] Linedy Genao: Because I wanna, you know, if I didn't have a personal fun with you.

[35:21] Deanna Giulietti: That would be fun.

[35:22] Linedy Genao: And there's like a cafe there. Maybe we all need to start going there more.

[35:26] Deanna Giulietti: Um, so I'm gonna go to the drama bookstore, maybe a lash lift and tint, and then I'm gonna make my way. Maybe I'll go eat at La Pecor Bianca before I go.

[35:34] Linedy Genao: Where's that?

[35:38] Linedy Genao: Where is that?

[35:39] Deanna Giulietti: Oh my gosh, it's all over the city.

[35:40] Linedy Genao: There's no one.

[35:41] Deanna Giulietti: I don't have my phone to save on Google.

[35:46] Linedy Genao: What's your go-to meet?

[35:47] Deanna Giulietti: Oh, West.

[35:50] Linedy Genao: I like their vodka pasta with the burrata on top, but they also have like really good ricotta.

[35:55] Deanna Giulietti: And I like their Tagliatelle too.

[35:57] Linedy Genao: Oh my god, it's real I mean starving.

[36:00] Deanna Giulietti: Wow, next level Italian food in the city.

[36:02] Linedy Genao: So I feel like maybe I'll do that. And then I'll go to LaGuardia.

[36:05] Deanna Giulietti: And did you hear that LaGuardia is like going wild right now?

[36:07] Linedy Genao: Why?

[36:08] Deanna Giulietti: I don't know. It's like people every flight is getting delayed at least three hours.

[36:12] Linedy Genao: So who knows? And if it does, I'm going to see the Great Gatsby starring Linedy.

[36:16] Deanna Giulietti: Thank you.

[36:18] Linedy Genao: I hope it doesn't get delayed, but if it does, that's what I'm doing.

[36:21] Deanna Giulietti: Please call me.

[36:22] Linedy Genao: I will. Thank you so much for being here.

[36:25] Deanna Giulietti: Thank you for the time.

[36:25] Linedy Genao: I love you. You're so inspiring. It's just a joy. And it means a lot that you're here today.

[36:30] Deanna Giulietti: So my god, I can't wait.

[36:32] Linedy Genao: I can't wait. I think so. And follow along the journey, everyone.

[36:36] Deanna Giulietti: Yes, Barbara and Ken.

[36:38] Linedy Genao: Get Barbara and Kenneth off Broadway.

[36:40] Deanna Giulietti: Yeah.

[36:40] Linedy Genao: Manifesting that. Big things, big things.

[36:42] Deanna Giulietti: Love you.

[36:43] Linedy Genao: Say back.

[36:44] Deanna Giulietti: Oh, wait, wait. How do you do this? This is the Gen Z heart.

[36:45] Linedy Genao: Wait, okay.

[36:48] Deanna Giulietti: Point your fingers.

[36:50] Linedy Genao: Yeah.

[36:50] Deanna Giulietti: Yes.

[36:51] Linedy Genao: Love you.

[36:52] Deanna Giulietti: Wait, what is your?

[36:53] Linedy Genao: I want to do it with the back.

[36:54] Deanna Giulietti: Okay.

[36:54] Linedy Genao: Love you.

[36:55] Deanna Giulietti: Say it back.

[36:56] Linedy Genao: Love you. Say it back.

[36:57] Deanna Giulietti: Oh, and okay. And I love to end my every episode too with.

[37:01] Linedy Genao: Because life doesn't pause, it just moves.

[37:04] Deanna Giulietti: Entre Acts.

[37:05] Linedy Genao: Thank you.

[37:09] Linedy Genao: Entre Acts is created, posted, and executive produced by yours truly, Linedy Genao. Produced in partnership with Alan Seales and the Broadway Podcast Network. Carlos E. Hernandez of EK Guy Management and Media serves as our lead executive producer. Original music by Johan Beltre and Pedro F. Fortunato. And special thanks to WelcomeToTimesSquare.com, the billboard where you can be a star for the day. Don't forget to subscribe and follow Entre Acts so you never miss an episode. Nos vemos.