Polly starred Phylicia Rashad as Aunt Polly Harrington and Keshia Knight Pulliam as Polly Whittier. At the time, the two were also starring on the hugely popular The Cosby Show as mother and daughter.
Jimmy and Lin-Manuel Miranda perform a song about every musical they can’t wait to see when Broadway returns and sing a parody of Hamilton’s “You’ll Be Back” with the help of special guest Broadway legends Jimmy Smits, Olga Merediz, Phylicia Rashad, Kristin Chenoweth, Christopher Jackson and Laura Benanti.
Lin talks about being Jimmy’s first guest on The Tonight Show At-Home Edition, the return of Broadway, the viral Hamilton and Space Jam mashup and his kids getting into Weird Al.
Lin talks about the film adaptation of his musical In the Heights and how his role in the film came to fruition.
Celebrating Phylicia Rashad and Debbie Allen on #NationalSiblingsDay (LISTEN)
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) On #NationalSiblingsDay, we celebrate Tony and Emmy award-winning sisters Phylicia Rashad and Debbie Allen in today’s GBN Daily Drop podcast. To read about them, read on. To hear about them, press PLAY:
Phylicia Rashad, designer B Michael and Condola Rashad walk the runway at the B Michael America fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall at New York Public Library on February 18, 2015
One of the most famous TV mothers of all time is about to play another matriarch: EW has exclusively learned that Phylicia Rashad (The Cosby Show) will recur as Taye Diggs’ mother on Fox’s Empire.
Rashad plays the wealthy Diana Dubois, whose son, Angelo (Diggs), is a prominent New York politician and a new love interest for Cookie (Taraji P. Henson).
Rashad isn’t the only season 3 newcomer: Scott Mescudi, a.k.a. Kid Cudi, is playing a rapper named Gram, a rival to Hakeem (Bryshere “Yazz” Gray);French Montana will appear as music mogul Vaughn, a member of Lucious Lyon’s (Terrence Howard) inner circle; and Mariah Carey is playing a singer named Kitty who joins Jamal (Jussie Smollett) in the recording studio.
