Books on Broadway: The Lost Boys

Take a backstage look at Broadway in the Bryant Park Reading Room, and hear from the cast and crew who make the magic happen.

Join us for a talk on The Lost Boys with actor, musician, and producer Orfeh and host Ilana Levine, actress and podcaster at Little Known Facts with Ilana Levine.

Orfeh is a Tony and Grammy Award-nominated New Yorker. Last summer she completed a run in her West End debut in Burlesque the Musical as Tess. On Broadway, she is best known for originating the role of Paulette in Legally Blonde: The Musical (Tony nomination) and was most recently seen as Mama Morton in Chicago. Other NY stage credits include Kit De Luca in Pretty Woman: The Musical, Janis Joplin in Love, Janis and Annette in Saturday Night Fever. TV appearances include roles on Law & Order: SVU and Sex and the City among others. As a producer, she is Tony-nominated for this season's The Lost Boys on Broadway. A singer, songwriter and recording artist, Orfeh and her band have performed everywhere from Jazz at Lincoln Center to Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London. Upcoming projects include Heidi in the Heidi Fleiss musical Little Black Book. She began her music career as a teen, when she landed on the Billboard charts with her album Or-N-More. Her latest singles “Live My Life” and “Back in Love Again” are available on all streaming platforms.

As an actress, Ilana Levine has performed on stage and screen to critical acclaim. Her ability to portray characters with raw honesty, humor, and pathos, has sustained her career as an actress for over 25 years. She has appeared in many television shows and films, and has done commercials and audio books as a voice over actor. For the past three years Ilana has been cited as a “Twitter Influencer To Follow”. She also frequently hosts talkbacks with the cast and creatives of Broadway Shows. In May of 2016, Levine joined the podcast universe when she began hosting Little Known Facts with Ilana Levine.