Andrea Martin: Perky, Funny, Scene-Stealer

The Leonard Lopate Show | Nov 24, 2014

Multiple Tony and Emmy-awarding winning actress Andrea Martin, who stole scenes in “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” shares her fondest remembrances of a life in show business, motherhood, relationships, family, chimps in tutus, squirrels, and why she flies to Atlanta to get her hair cut. Martin opens up in Lady Parts, a series of entertaining and often moving essays. This is a rebroadcast of a conversation that originally aired September 24, 2014.

 

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