Lesli Margherita is currently starring as The Princess of Emojiland in Emojiland: The Musical, a role that could have — and may have — been written for her!
If Broadway had a poster child for living out loud, it would be the woman here with me in-studio today. Never had there been a fiercer, more outspoken advocate for living your truth, owning your weirdness, and ruling your own kingdom.
There’s a reason her social media accounts are all called Queen Lesli — and it’s not because she thinks she’s better than anyone else. In fact, she believes we are all kings, queens, princes, or, in her words, “Head Fart Head” if we want to be.
Lesli Margherita has played royalty on stage before — in fact, she won an Olivier Award (the British equivalent of a Tony), for playing the Gypsy Queen Inez in “Zorro: The Musical.”
We’ve been friends since she was Mrs Wormwood in the original Broadway cast of Matilda; and it is such a happy occasion for me to welcome my favorite, Lesli Margherita, to Laura Heywood Interviews.