<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" version="2.0"><channel><title>Off Stage and On The Air</title><description>A lively and fun conversation about Theatre around the country and the local Austin Theatre Sce ne</description><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Off Stage and On the Air)</managingEditor><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 15:18:30 -0700</pubDate><generator>Blogger http://www.blogger.com</generator><openSearch:totalResults xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">857</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">2</openSearch:itemsPerPage><link>http://offstageontheair.blogspot.com/</link><language>en-us</language><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4O7Yn8is1DA/SfvELxQ-gCI/AAAAAAAAAFY/Y654sdCHe-g/Blog%20Square.jpg"/><itunes:keywords>Musical,theatre,theater,opera,dance,showtunes,austin,koop,Lisa,Scheps,Stuart,Moulton,Nicole,Shiro,Austin,Theatre,Broadway</itunes:keywords><itunes:summary>Off Stage and On The Air focuses on Theatre around the country.   We are a lively and funny bunch who love theatre and love to talk about it.  We also feature guest from and around the Austin, TX theatre scene (yes, there is LOTS of theatre in Austin).&#13;
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Off Stage and On The Air can be heard on Wednesdays from 2:00 to 3:00 on KOOP radio in Austin 91.7 or streaming live at www.koop.org</itunes:summary><itunes:subtitle>Having a blast talking about theatre</itunes:subtitle><itunes:category text="Arts"><itunes:category text="Performing Arts"/></itunes:category><itunes:author>Lisa Scheps</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:email>lisa@offstageonair.com</itunes:email><itunes:name>Lisa Scheps</itunes:name></itunes:owner><item><title>Performance 871</title><link>http://offstageontheair.blogspot.com/2026/04/performance-871.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 9 Apr 2026 07:16:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509166095293732335.post-5732214128448492868</guid><description>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://offstageandontheair.com/podcast/Performance%20871.mp3" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span face="" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Listen to the Show&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt; Right Click to Save&lt;/span&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span face=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span face=""&gt;Guests&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.filigreetheatre.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Filigree Theatre&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Take Care of My Friend&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://scottishritetheater.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Scottish Rite Theater &lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt;Junie B. Jones: The Musical&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: helvetica;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span face=""&gt;What We Talked About&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://didtheylikeit.com/shows/becky-shaw/"&gt;Becky Shaw&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://didtheylikeit.com/shows/cats-the-jellicle-ball/"&gt;Cats Jellicle Ball&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/business/broadway-across-america-tours-justice-department.html"&gt;Broadway Across America&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.americantheatre.org/2026/04/01/terrence-mcnallys-name-to-grace-nycs-rattlestick-theater/?utm_source=sniply&amp;amp;utm_campaign=sniply&amp;amp;utm_medium=sniply"&gt;Rattlestick – Terrance McNally&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://deadline.com/2026/04/lin-manuel-miranda-octet-dave-malloy-1236770871/?utm_source=sniply&amp;amp;utm_campaign=sniply&amp;amp;utm_medium=sniply"&gt;Octet – Lin Manuel Miranda&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.broadwaynews.com/six-musical-capture-sets-2026-theatrical-release/?utm_source=sniply&amp;amp;utm_campaign=sniply&amp;amp;utm_medium=sniply"&gt;SIX in movie theatres&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theatermania.com/news/juliana-canfield-manoel-felciano-and-emily-skinner-join-the-cast-of-girl-interrupted_1831577/?utm_source=sniply&amp;amp;utm_campaign=sniply&amp;amp;utm_medium=sniply"&gt;Girl Interrupted&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.broadwaynews.com/the-evolution-of-the-broadway-orchestra-pit/?utm_source=sniply&amp;amp;utm_campaign=sniply&amp;amp;utm_medium=sniply"&gt;Orchestra pit Changes&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/theater/rocky-horror-show-broadway-audience.html?utm_source=sniply&amp;amp;utm_campaign=sniply&amp;amp;utm_medium=sniply"&gt;Rocky Horror&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theatermania.com/news/adam-pascal-will-play-jesus-in-jesus-christ-superstar_1831957/?utm_source=sniply&amp;amp;utm_campaign=sniply&amp;amp;utm_medium=sniply"&gt;Superstar w/ Adam Pascal&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://playbill.com/article/rachel-zegler-ben-platt-the-last-five-years-cast-album-is-headed-your-way"&gt;The Last Five Years&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"&gt;Thank you to Dean Johanesen, lead sin&lt;span face=""&gt;ger of "&lt;a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/humanconditionfl" target="_blank"&gt;The Human Condition&lt;/a&gt;"
 who gave us permission to use "Step Right Up" as our theme song, so 
please visit their website.. they're good! (that's an order)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><author>lisa@offstageonair.com (Lisa Scheps)</author><enclosure length="-1" type="audio/mpeg" url="http://offstageandontheair.com/podcast/Performance%20871.mp3"/><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>&amp;nbsp;Listen to the Show Right Click to Save GuestsFiligree Theatre&amp;nbsp;Take Care of My FriendScottish Rite Theater Junie B. Jones: The Musical&amp;nbsp;What We Talked About&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Becky Shaw Cats Jellicle Ball Broadway Across America Rattlestick – Terrance McNally Octet – Lin Manuel Miranda SIX in movie theatres Girl Interrupted Orchestra pit Changes Rocky Horror Superstar w/ Adam Pascal The Last Five Years&amp;nbsp;Thank you to Dean Johanesen, lead singer of "The Human Condition" who gave us permission to use "Step Right Up" as our theme song, so please visit their website.. they're good! (that's an order) &amp;nbsp;</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Lisa Scheps</itunes:author><itunes:summary>&amp;nbsp;Listen to the Show Right Click to Save GuestsFiligree Theatre&amp;nbsp;Take Care of My FriendScottish Rite Theater Junie B. Jones: The Musical&amp;nbsp;What We Talked About&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Becky Shaw Cats Jellicle Ball Broadway Across America Rattlestick – Terrance McNally Octet – Lin Manuel Miranda SIX in movie theatres Girl Interrupted Orchestra pit Changes Rocky Horror Superstar w/ Adam Pascal The Last Five Years&amp;nbsp;Thank you to Dean Johanesen, lead singer of "The Human Condition" who gave us permission to use "Step Right Up" as our theme song, so please visit their website.. they're good! (that's an order) &amp;nbsp;</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Musical,theatre,theater,opera,dance,showtunes,austin,koop,Lisa,Scheps,Stuart,Moulton,Nicole,Shiro,Austin,Theatre,Broadway</itunes:keywords></item><item><title>Performance 870</title><link>http://offstageontheair.blogspot.com/2026/04/performance-870.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 2 Apr 2026 17:16:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509166095293732335.post-3306906403707402094</guid><description>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://offstageandontheair.com/podcast/Performance%20870.mp3" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span face="" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Listen to the Show&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt; Right Click to Save&lt;/span&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span face=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span face=""&gt;Guests&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://austinrainbowtheatre.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Austin Rainbow Theatre&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Hedwig and the Angry Inch&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;The VORTEX&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="https://vortexrep.org/38_the_happiness_gym" target="_blank"&gt;The Happiness Gym&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: helvetica;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span face=""&gt;What We Talked About&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://didtheylikeit.com/shows/dog-day-afternoon/"&gt;Dog Day Afternoon&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://playbill.com/article/theatrical-eatery-sardis-sold-to-the-shubert-organization"&gt;Sardis&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;First  Regional Theatre &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/theater/book-of-mormon-stone-parker.html"&gt;Book ‘o Mormon&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/theater/mariska-hargitay-daniel-radcliffe-every-brilliant-thing.html"&gt;Mariska Hargitay&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/hadestown-live-capture-theatrical-release-summer-1236547817/?utm_source=sniply&amp;amp;utm_campaign=sniply&amp;amp;utm_medium=sniply"&gt;Hadestown stream&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/2026/03/26/circle-of-life-composer-sues-comedian-viral-translation/89333640007/"&gt;Lion King&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8bWJGks/"&gt;Time Warp&lt;/a&gt; – Fame Black &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/broadway-audiences-shows-food-noise-dn9cglbnm?gaa_at=eafs&amp;amp;gaa_n=AWEtsqfp9lygU8GlQhlordscUQ-b73o-lJomLOFfwgxzREhJozLcOW3U_Iw3&amp;amp;gaa_ts=69c6b8b8&amp;amp;gaa_sig=EGVzDmi789ZO9Jv9uTI12IDb-c3wHVPYcXXH8C5UDGEfMRCh7TbWsCeNpDNCy7hORctp13CeJjHXOQ9F7AsFsA%3D%3D&amp;amp;utm_source=sniply&amp;amp;utm_campaign=sniply&amp;amp;utm_medium=sniply"&gt;“Badly Behaving” Audience&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.americantheatre.org/2026/03/27/alliance-for-jewish-theatre-launches-resource-guide/?utm_source=sniply&amp;amp;utm_campaign=sniply&amp;amp;utm_medium=sniply"&gt;Jewish Theatre Resource Guide&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.wbez.org/theater-stages/2026/03/30/are-chicagos-theater-awards-broken-the-jeffs-face-growing-backlash?mrfcid=2026033069cad07b5939d3022ba73eaf&amp;amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawQ5-OZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe5AR7Ou-xxT7QAuIacXd1F8PU-4OQCBupvGqK20dp3fXsAXyJbXkojyT8pPQ_aem_AORjJLgm8KFIYcSRsb744w"&gt;Jeff Awards Controversy&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://playbill.com/article/see-whos-starring-in-world-premiere-of-hip-hop-musical-young-john-lewis"&gt;Young John Lewis&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"&gt;Thank you to Dean Johanesen, lead sin&lt;span face=""&gt;ger of "&lt;a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/humanconditionfl" target="_blank"&gt;The Human Condition&lt;/a&gt;"
 who gave us permission to use "Step Right Up" as our theme song, so 
please visit their website.. they're good! (that's an order)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><author>lisa@offstageonair.com (Lisa Scheps)</author><enclosure length="-1" type="audio/mpeg" url="http://offstageandontheair.com/podcast/Performance%20870.mp3"/><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>&amp;nbsp;Listen to the Show Right Click to Save GuestsAustin Rainbow Theatre&amp;nbsp;Hedwig and the Angry InchThe VORTEX&amp;nbsp;The Happiness Gym&amp;nbsp;What We Talked About&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Dog Day Afternoon Sardis First Regional Theatre Book ‘o Mormon Mariska Hargitay Hadestown stream Lion King Time Warp – Fame Black “Badly Behaving” Audience Jewish Theatre Resource Guide Jeff Awards Controversy Young John Lewis&amp;nbsp;Thank you to Dean Johanesen, lead singer of "The Human Condition" who gave us permission to use "Step Right Up" as our theme song, so please visit their website.. they're good! (that's an order) &amp;nbsp;</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Lisa Scheps</itunes:author><itunes:summary>&amp;nbsp;Listen to the Show Right Click to Save GuestsAustin Rainbow Theatre&amp;nbsp;Hedwig and the Angry InchThe VORTEX&amp;nbsp;The Happiness Gym&amp;nbsp;What We Talked About&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Dog Day Afternoon Sardis First Regional Theatre Book ‘o Mormon Mariska Hargitay Hadestown stream Lion King Time Warp – Fame Black “Badly Behaving” Audience Jewish Theatre Resource Guide Jeff Awards Controversy Young John Lewis&amp;nbsp;Thank you to Dean Johanesen, lead singer of "The Human Condition" who gave us permission to use "Step Right Up" as our theme song, so please visit their website.. they're good! (that's an order) &amp;nbsp;</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Musical,theatre,theater,opera,dance,showtunes,austin,koop,Lisa,Scheps,Stuart,Moulton,Nicole,Shiro,Austin,Theatre,Broadway</itunes:keywords></item></channel></rss>