<?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>Wed, 2 Sep 2026 18:02:06 -0700</pubDate><generator>Blogger http://www.blogger.com</generator><openSearch:totalResults xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">877</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 892</title><link>http://offstageontheair.blogspot.com/2026/09/performance-892.html</link><pubDate>Wed, 2 Sep 2026 18:02:06 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509166095293732335.post-1385454025351314953</guid><description>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://offstageandontheair.com/podcast/Performance%20892.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.lafeniceaustin.org/" target="_blank"&gt;La Fenice's&lt;/a&gt; Spark&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Barbie Dream Heist&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Clown Carbonara&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://coldtownetheater.com/show/clown-carbonara-pantalones/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Pantalone&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"&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;&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://longisland.beyondthenest.com/content/long-island-premiere-rocky-musical"&gt;Rocky the musical&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/theater/les-miserables-review-hudson-valley-shakespeare.html?utm_source=sniply&amp;amp;utm_campaign=sniply&amp;amp;utm_medium=sniply"&gt;Les Mis Review&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/25/politics/demolish-kennedy-center-renovations"&gt;Kennedy Center&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/theater/here-there-are-blueberries-broadway.html"&gt;Here there are blueberries&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://playbill.com/article/six-musical-sets-closing-date-on-broadway"&gt;SIX is closing&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.broadwaynews.com/rupert-grint-to-reprise-film-role-as-ron-weasley-in-broadways-harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child/?utm_source=sniply&amp;amp;utm_campaign=sniply&amp;amp;utm_medium=sniply"&gt;Rupert Grint&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/Deaf-West-Theatre-Sets-Lineup-for-First-NYC-Gala-at-Joes-Pub-20260901?utm_source=sniply&amp;amp;utm_campaign=sniply&amp;amp;utm_medium=sniply"&gt;Deaf West Gala&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/5th-BREAKING-THE-BINARY-THEATRE-FESTIVAL-Sets-Dates-and-Venue-20260826?utm_source=sniply&amp;amp;utm_campaign=sniply&amp;amp;utm_medium=sniply"&gt;Breaking the Binary Festival&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Julie-Andrews-THE-GREAT-AMERICAN-MOUSICAL-Is-Now-Available-for-Licensing-20260830?utm_source=sniply&amp;amp;utm_campaign=sniply&amp;amp;utm_medium=sniply"&gt;The Great American Mousical&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span face="&amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/movies/tim-curry-a-life-in-pictures.html"&gt;Tim
Currey in pictures&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&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;&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="51499482" type="audio/mpeg" url="http://offstageandontheair.com/podcast/Performance%20892.mp3"/><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>&amp;nbsp;Listen to the Show Right Click to Save GuestsLa Fenice's Spark&amp;nbsp;Barbie Dream HeistClown Carbonara&amp;nbsp;Pantalone&amp;nbsp;What We Talked About Rocky the musical Les Mis Review Kennedy Center Here there are blueberries SIX is closing Rupert Grint Deaf West Gala Breaking the Binary Festival The Great American MousicalTim Currey in picturesThank 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; &amp;nbsp;</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Lisa Scheps</itunes:author><itunes:summary>&amp;nbsp;Listen to the Show Right Click to Save GuestsLa Fenice's Spark&amp;nbsp;Barbie Dream HeistClown Carbonara&amp;nbsp;Pantalone&amp;nbsp;What We Talked About Rocky the musical Les Mis Review Kennedy Center Here there are blueberries SIX is closing Rupert Grint Deaf West Gala Breaking the Binary Festival The Great American MousicalTim Currey in picturesThank 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; &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 891</title><link>http://offstageontheair.blogspot.com/2026/08/performance-891.html</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 14:00:23 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509166095293732335.post-2482717451144329583</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://offstageandontheair.com/podcast/Performance%20891.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;The VORTEX&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="https://vortexrep.org/39-fire-work" target="_blank"&gt;Fire Work&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.kungfucowgirl.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Kung Fu Cowgirl&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt;Kung Fu Cowgirl the Musical&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"&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;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&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;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/arts/music/dolly-parton-dead.html"&gt;Dolly&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://didtheylikeit.com/shows/paranormal-activity/"&gt;Paranormal Activity&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ohmaryplay.com/tour/home"&gt;Oh Mary Tour&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/HADESTOWN-Movie-Will-Be-Available-to-Rent-or-Own-in-the-US-Next-Week-20260819?utm_source=sniply&amp;amp;utm_campaign=sniply&amp;amp;utm_medium=sniply"&gt;Hadestown Available to Rent&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.tdf.org/on-stage/tdf-stages/connecting-the-dots-the-benefits-of-collaborative-set-design/?utm_source=sniply&amp;amp;utm_campaign=sniply&amp;amp;utm_medium=sniply"&gt;Dots Scenic Design&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.broadway.com/buzz/207576/the-heart-sets-complete-off-broadway-cast-including-joaquina-kalukango-and-heidi-blickenstaff/?utm_source=sniply&amp;amp;utm_campaign=sniply&amp;amp;utm_medium=sniply"&gt;The Heart&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.latteda.org/"&gt;Theater Latte Da&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.broadwaynews.com/leslie-rodriguez-kritzer-maxim-chlumecky-nathan-levy-and-ruthie-ann-miles-to-star-in-the-fantasticks/?utm_source=sniply&amp;amp;utm_campaign=sniply&amp;amp;utm_medium=sniply"&gt;The Fantasticks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&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;&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="58241787" type="audio/mpeg" url="http://offstageandontheair.com/podcast/Performance%20891.mp3"/><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>&amp;nbsp;Listen to the Show Right Click to Save GuestsThe VORTEX&amp;nbsp;Fire WorkKung Fu Cowgirl&amp;nbsp;Kung Fu Cowgirl the Musical&amp;nbsp;What We Talked About Dolly Paranormal Activity Oh Mary Tour Hadestown Available to Rent Dots Scenic Design The Heart Theater Latte Da The Fantasticks 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; &amp;nbsp;</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Lisa Scheps</itunes:author><itunes:summary>&amp;nbsp;Listen to the Show Right Click to Save GuestsThe VORTEX&amp;nbsp;Fire WorkKung Fu Cowgirl&amp;nbsp;Kung Fu Cowgirl the Musical&amp;nbsp;What We Talked About Dolly Paranormal Activity Oh Mary Tour Hadestown Available to Rent Dots Scenic Design The Heart Theater Latte Da The Fantasticks 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; &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>