Billy Porter, Leslie Jones, Phoebe Robinson Launch Theater Podcast — SkimNews
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- Billy Porter, Leslie Jones, and Phoebe Robinson are co-hosting the 48-part weekly podcast Places, Dahlingz!, blending celebrity interviews with live creative performance.
- Acast Productions is producing the podcast in audio and video formats, offering brands marketing packages including host-read ads, title sponsorships, and live-event activations.
- Broadway stars including Shoshana Bean, Ariana DeBose, and Renée Elise Goldsberry will appear as guests, each contributing a prompt or creative seed used to build an original one-act show.
- Evan Trevor Thompson, Rachel Borders, and Jeff Kasanoff co-created the series and serve as executive producers alongside Jenny Kaplan, Emily Rudder, DJ Gugenheim, and the three hosts.
- Acast Originals is producing Places, Dahlingz! in collaboration with Tiny Reparations and Incognegro, with the first episode launching on November 5 and an official trailer released today.
Why it matters: The podcast merges interview, improvisation, and live theater into a serialized format, giving audiences a behind-the-scenes look at show creation while offering brands integrated marketing opportunities across audio, video, and live events—expanding how performance content can be monetized and distributed.
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