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Not only is Lea DeLaria a comedian, a jazz musician and a Broadway performer, but she is also one of the talented actresses in Netflix's "Orange is the New Black."
DeLaria is grateful for the opportunity to play inmate Big Boo in Jenji Kohan's series because it opened her up to "a whole new audience."
"My audience is people who like jazz and people who like comedy and people who like Broadway. But more than anything my audience is people who like 'Orange Is the New Black,'" she told the Indy Star.
"It's the No. 1 show in the world. It's watched by over 60 million people, and there doesn't seem to be any kind of age [distinction]. It's all ages, it's all races, it's all genders. The fact that this show has brought me out to a whole lot of people that did not know I existed before, is awesome," she added.
DeLaria also said that it does not matter what she is doing -- whether it be cracking jokes for people to laugh or making music -- just as long as she is entertaining people, then she feels pretty happy.
"I probably like television more because I get paid a hell of a lot more. But I love performing for a live audience there's nothing quite like that. That instant gratification, people laughing immediately, people applauding immediately - that's it's own kind of little piece of heaven for any performer, I think," she reflected.
Meanwhile, DeLaria's co-stars are all eagerly awaiting the return of the show.
"What's cool is season 4 actually picks up right where season 3 left off. So it's literally, it continues five seconds later, which is really great because at the end of last season...I was in the greenhouse, and there was all this craziness going on and it's awesome," Laura Prepon, who plays Alex Vause, earlier told Entertainment Weekly.
"Orange is the New Black" will return to Netflix on Friday, June 17.
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Source: http://www.fashionnstyle.com/articles/81886/20160310/comedian-lea-delaria-reveals-why-orange-is-the-new-black-is-the-no-1-show-in-the-world.htm
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