The Salisha Show-Where Broadway Meets Culture

SHOW NOTESÉponine in Les Misérables, Janelle Woods in Beautiful, Eliza in HamiltonWearing natural hair all the time makes hair inherently healthierYou can't wear it down/out everydayOuidad Curl Creme (first)Ouidad Climate Control Gel (second)Only puts a little bit in hair because she wants hair to feel a little frizzy (doesn't want crunchy look)Deva Cut did not go well! Took too much off...

AmelieBook of MormonHairsprayTina on BroadwayCo Creator of BOLDWhat is BOLD? -BOLD is a nonprofit that shoots to BUILD UP BLACK WOMEN IN THE PERFORMING ARTS FOR THE RESTORATION OF CULTUREBroadway debut in Amelie was WILD for Destinee, but she thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Pandemic talk: Worries, stay-at-home experiences, and hope for the future! The black hair department has been great for De...

Laquet Pringle is no stranger to the Broadway Industry. She is a dancer extraordinaire, a veteran, and an educator. In this episode, Laquet keeps it all the way real with her authentic, genuine self. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices You can send fan mail here! @salishathomas @thesalishashow, www.thesalishashow.com Many thanks to Gotham Network in NYC, TyNia Brandon fo...

Salisha Thomas sits down with the one and only Todrick Hall to discuss his journey to stardom, and of course, HAIR! Todrick is a choreographer, actor, dancer, singer, songwriter and director, who first became famous as a contestant on American Idol before going viral with his online Disney re-working videos. He is an absolute trailblazer, and huge inspiration for people all over the world. Todrick...

Danielle is a vocalist in theater and the music recording industry. She was in Beautiful on Tour, Memphis and countless other shows. Download Danielle's new hit single: PHOTOSHOP on all streaming platforms and follow her on IG @gimmesumm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices You can send fan mail here! @salishathomas @thesalishashow, www.thesalishashow.com Many thank...

From the hit TV show Glee and currently starring in Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist on Hulu, Alex Newell is a force in every single room. Alex discusses advocating for oneself, starring on Broadway in Once On This Island, and gracefully explains a couple controversial topics. An outpouring vessel of love, a voice descended from the heavens, and a whole lot of personality, Alex Newell is truly f...

Our BPN Podcasters bring you exclusive interviews with cast and creatives from In the Heights, in theaters on June 11 2021. Watch the video version of this event here: https://youtu.be/py3YLSt8MSo. Interview 1: Daphne Rubin-Vega, interviewed by Salisha Thomashttp://bpn.fm/bhblInterview 2: Olga Merediz and Jimmy Smitts, interviewed by Dori Berinsteinhttp://bpn.fm/ddbInterview 3: Quiara Alegría Hude...

She's a doula, a hair dresser, and a Broadway star. Harper Miles is down to earth and has many hidden talents. In this episode, Harpers breaks it down when it comes to Hair porosity, detangling, and finally reveals that YES, SHE BRAIDS HAIR!Follow her on IG @harpermilesFollow Black Hair in the Big Leagues on Patreon HERE!Follow Host Salisha Thomas @salishathomasSHOW NOTESHARPER MILESA member...

Down to Earth, real, and hilarious, Leandra Gaston graced the halls of Beautiful the Carole King Musical on Tour before becoming a full blown badass in Tina: The Tina Turner Musical understudy Adrienne Warren in the Title role. She's the real deal AND since recording this interview has cofounded a whole company with former guest Deanne Stewart. Hand clap for Black Owned and Women owned. Follo...

Anissa Show Notes:Made her Broadway debut in MotownIn Sunset Boulevard and Summer (The Donna Summer Musical) on BroadwayTV & FILM: Pose, The Deuce, The Good Fight, 2017 movie DetroitSalisha’s Curl CrushCurrently in her apartment in Brooklyn, enjoying quarantine with her Fiancé. Spent most of quarantine living Little House on the Prairie style! Washing clothes in the bathtub, baking bread, walk...

Black Hair in the Big Leagues features Alexis Tidwell this week from the National Tour of Beautiful the Carole King Musical. Y'all, she is a real one. Her self worth, self confidence, grace, ingenuity, comedic skills are all off the chain. I loved talking to her because I've watched her love and embrace her hair since the day I met her. Follow Alexis Tidwell at https://alexistidwell.com/...

From theater, film, commercial, and voiceover actress, Ayana Major Bey is an INSPIRATION. Black Hair in the Big Leagues was born in part due to Ayana's influence. Always on a grind, always leveling up, Ayana Major Bey cares for her curls like nobody's business, and this episode will make you feel like you are truly one of the girls! Listen to her podcast: THE ARTIST PIVOT.Follow Ayana on...

Broadway's Rick Younger was on hiatus from starring in Mean Girls as Mr. Duvall at the time of this recording due to the pandemic. Since this time, Mean Girls has announced its official closing on Broadway but Rick hasn't slowed down a bit! He's been booking national commercial after national commercial, filmed for The Last OG with Tracy Morgan, as well as doing a whole lot of writi...

Brittany Nicholas hails from Meangirls on Broadway. She was also the dance captian for Matilda and Billy Elliott. Black Hair in the Big Leagues highlights a lot of Natural Hair sisters. But this episode is special because Brittany is holding down the fort for the girls out there perming their hair. She seems to have gotten it down to a science for how to do it long term and in the healthiest way....

From the Beautiful the Carole King Musical on Tour family, Marla Lou joins Black Hair in the Big Leagues! Marla is a true trailblazer, unapologetically going forth as her most authentic self. During this pandemic she founded Claim Our Space and is a VOICE and activist during a time that it's needed the most. She is a model, director, student at Fordham University, and a stylist with a bomb ey...

We simply cannot celebrate Women's Month without uplifting my favorite Miss America: Caressa Cameron (now Jackson): Miss America 2010. Hailing from Virginia, Caressa is the first Black Miss Virginia (2009) who went on to become the 8th Black Miss America. And as expected, she is warm, gracious, eloquent, intelligent, out of this world yet somehow still giving off Girl Next Door vibes. She is...

Currently starring in Voyeur: The Windows of Toulouse Letrec in Greenwich Village, Natasha Frater joins the Black Hair in the Big Leagues family. FINALLY, THEATER!!!! IT'S HAPPENING! Slowly but surely. In this episode, host, Salisha Thomas asks all the questions about this Pandemic-friendly outdoor show in New York City: Is it safe? How does it work? Are people masked? Natasha answers all the...

Chantea McIntyre is a real life superhero and powerhouse. A mentor, a mother to four gorgeous children, blogger, influencer, and all around badass, Chantea is CONSTANTLY leveling up and challenging herself to get to the next level. A former Miss Fresno County, Miss Tulare, and Mrs. California, she has mastered the art of making anything glamorous and following her journey is like taking a free Mas...

Making her Broadway Debut in the Cher Show in NYC, this UCLA grad is no stranger to big stages including the Hollywood Bowl (Mamma Mia, A Chorus Line) and some of the yummiest Live musicals on TV including Hairspray Live and Grease Live. In Southern California, Tiana Okoye was Disney's first Black Elsa in FROZEN: Live at the Hyperion. You can catch her on The Good Place and HBO's Silicon...

Host Salisha discusses the science and technology of Black hair with Cheryl Morrow, CEO of the California Curl Company, and daughter of its founder, world-renowned, Willie Morrow. Willie Morrow is famous for coining "the blowout" era and is the inventor of the blow attachment comb for hair dryers. Watch 400 Years Without A Comb at the following link: https://youtu.be/B6Lg9IWFDLg Get a gl...

Simone Imaani (also, Simone Williams) has gone down in history for currently holding the Guinness Book of World Records for the LARGEST afro., with her afro measuring in at a whopping 4 feet and 10 inches in circumference! A fashion designer hailing from Brooklyn, this Vegan powerhouse is humble and AWE-INSPIRING. There's no better way to begin to bring Black History Month to a close than wit...

Salisha Thomas sits down with Nasia Thomas (no relation, by the way), where Nasia makes the poignant point that “our hair is not the problem” while discussing the issue of Black hair with our host. Nasia was a cast member of the National Tour and the Broadway cast of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and was an original cast member of Broadway musical Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The T...

From The Voice, to the Beautiful tour to making history as the first Black Regina George in Meangirls on Broadway, to Beautiful on Broadway to Hamilton as 'And Peggy,' Ashley De La Rosa is a the most humble, kind, force of nature you've ever met. She boldly stands in her truth and shares her thoughts on important issues. This episode was recorded many months ago and was saved for su...

Broadway's Brittney Johnson is no stranger to making History. She first made history in Les Mis as the first black woman to play both Eponine and Fantine and the first woman to go on for both roles on the same day. And more recently, she became of the first black woman to grace Wicked on Broadway as Glinda! She is an icon and a gem and you're not going to miss what she has to say. There...

Host Salisha talks with Deanne Stewart, who recently made her Broadway debut on the Alanis Morrissette-inspired rock musical, Jagged Little Pill,. They discuss being "conditioned to the European standards of beauty" and finding the beauty within their own natural hair while on Broadway. Follow Deanne Stewart:Instagram: @deannestewartFor more information on Claim Our Space founded by Marl...