<?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, 22 Jul 2026 18:09:13 -0700</pubDate><generator>Blogger http://www.blogger.com</generator><openSearch:totalResults xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">872</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 886</title><link>http://offstageontheair.blogspot.com/2026/07/performance-886.html</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 18:09:13 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509166095293732335.post-3351312224058774054</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://offstageandontheair.com/podcast/Performance%20886.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="http://www.thejigglewattsburlesque.com/" target="_blank"&gt;The Jigglewatts Burlesque Review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://seedandspark.com/fund/a-vice-of-kings?fbclid=IwY2xjawTOSFdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeIGrIwqx1RYyIA-d_ur87rLBCmyWhsIWpuepDhb2sFzhwKGj6xMJ77I5uykw_aem_cJf-hvBz9WlKEaZjinWeuA#story" target="_blank"&gt;Devin Finn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Alex Garza&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.groundfloortheatre.org/box" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Aye No!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&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;&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://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/theater/les-miserables-valjean-javert.html"&gt;Les Mis in Concert&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/theater/hadestown-theater-to-stream.html"&gt;Hadestown in theatres&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.broadway.com/buzz/207451/oh-mary-starring-cole-escola-to-be-filmed-in-london-for-upcoming-release/?utm_source=sniply&amp;amp;utm_campaign=sniply&amp;amp;utm_medium=sniply"&gt;Oh, Mary&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/west-end-show-opts-for-6-30pm-start-time_1727644/?utm_source=sniply&amp;amp;utm_campaign=sniply&amp;amp;utm_medium=sniply"&gt;West End to start at 6:30?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://playbill.com/article/antonio-banderas-directed-theyre-playing-our-song-releases-spanish-language-cast-album?utm_source=sniply&amp;amp;utm_campaign=sniply&amp;amp;utm_medium=sniply"&gt;They’re playing Our Song – Espanol&lt;/a&gt;         &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theatermania.com/news/new-app-theater-games-launches-cofounded-by-matt-rodin_1846491/?utm_source=sniply&amp;amp;utm_campaign=sniply&amp;amp;utm_medium=sniply"&gt;Theater Games App&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://playbill.com/article/laurie-woolery-will-direct-real-women-have-curves-the-musical-at-the-pasadena-playhouse?utm_source=sniply&amp;amp;utm_campaign=sniply&amp;amp;utm_medium=sniply"&gt;Real Women have Curves – Pasadena&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&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="50990713" type="audio/mpeg" url="http://offstageandontheair.com/podcast/Performance%20886.mp3"/><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Listen to the Show Right Click to Save GuestsThe Jigglewatts Burlesque ReviewDevin FinnAlex Garza&amp;nbsp;Aye No!&amp;nbsp;What We Talked About&amp;nbsp; Les Mis in Concert Hadestown in theatres Oh, Mary West End to start at 6:30? They’re playing Our Song – Espanol Theater Games App Real Women have Curves – Pasadena&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; &amp;nbsp;</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Lisa Scheps</itunes:author><itunes:summary>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Listen to the Show Right Click to Save GuestsThe Jigglewatts Burlesque ReviewDevin FinnAlex Garza&amp;nbsp;Aye No!&amp;nbsp;What We Talked About&amp;nbsp; Les Mis in Concert Hadestown in theatres Oh, Mary West End to start at 6:30? They’re playing Our Song – Espanol Theater Games App Real Women have Curves – Pasadena&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; &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 885</title><link>http://offstageontheair.blogspot.com/2026/07/performance-885.html</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:02:14 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509166095293732335.post-7088801937653920608</guid><description>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://offstageandontheair.com/podcast/Performance%20885.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 Summer Youth Theatre&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="https://vortexrep.org/38-summer-underground" target="_blank"&gt;Summer Underground&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Broadway in Austin&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://austin.broadway.com/shows/juliet/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;amp; Juliette&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;&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://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/theater/giulia-poison-queen-of-palermo-review-nettles.html"&gt;Giula&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/theater/the-whoopi-monologues-review-kerry-washington-kara-young.html"&gt;The Whoopi Monologues&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://thescene.substack.com/p/theatre-is-a-team-sport?utm_source=substack&amp;amp;publication_id=804916&amp;amp;post_id=206141616&amp;amp;utm_medium=email&amp;amp;utm_content=share&amp;amp;utm_campaign=email-share&amp;amp;triggerShare=true&amp;amp;isFreemail=true&amp;amp;r=2sbdoi&amp;amp;triedRedirect=true"&gt;Theatre is a team sport&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://playbill.com/article/see-whos-starring-in-north-american-tour-of-the-whos-tommy"&gt;Tomy National Tour&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.broadway.com/buzz/207313/cats-the-jellicle-ball-to-close-early-on-broadway/?utm_source=sniply&amp;amp;utm_campaign=sniply&amp;amp;utm_medium=sniply"&gt;Cats Jellicle Ball to Close&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.broadwaynews.com/les-miserables-is-now-available-for-amateur-licensing-in-u-s-and-canada/?utm_source=sniply&amp;amp;utm_campaign=sniply&amp;amp;utm_medium=sniply"&gt;Les Mis now available to license&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.50playsbywomenover50.com/"&gt;50 plays by women over 50&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://playbill.com/article/midnight-at-the-never-get-starring-tony-winner-ben-platt-begins-london-run-july-11"&gt;Midnight at the never get&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://playbill.com/article/midnight-at-the-never-get-starring-tony-winner-ben-platt-begins-london-run-july-11"&gt;Midnight at the Never&lt;/a&gt; (You Tube Song &lt;a href="https://youtu.be/yompKIkx4vY?si=6hRqRA0LHUmJNEKC"&gt;https://youtu.be/yompKIkx4vY?si=6hRqRA0LHUmJNEKC&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/jesse-tyler-ferguson-london-stage-tru-capote-menier-theater-1236643786/?utm_source=sniply&amp;amp;utm_campaign=sniply&amp;amp;utm_medium=sniply"&gt;Tru – Jesse Tyle Fergueson&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&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="140982968" type="audio/mpeg" url="http://offstageandontheair.com/podcast/Performance%20885.mp3"/><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>&amp;nbsp;Listen to the Show Right Click to Save GuestsThe Vortex Summer Youth Theatre&amp;nbsp;Summer UndergroundBroadway in Austin&amp;nbsp;&amp;amp; Juliette&amp;nbsp;What We Talked About&amp;nbsp; Giula The Whoopi Monologues Theatre is a team sport Tomy National Tour Cats Jellicle Ball to Close Les Mis now available to license 50 plays by women over 50 Midnight at the never get Midnight at the Never (You Tube Song https://youtu.be/yompKIkx4vY?si=6hRqRA0LHUmJNEKC Tru – Jesse Tyle Fergueson&amp;nbsp;&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; &amp;nbsp;</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Lisa Scheps</itunes:author><itunes:summary>&amp;nbsp;Listen to the Show Right Click to Save GuestsThe Vortex Summer Youth Theatre&amp;nbsp;Summer UndergroundBroadway in Austin&amp;nbsp;&amp;amp; Juliette&amp;nbsp;What We Talked About&amp;nbsp; Giula The Whoopi Monologues Theatre is a team sport Tomy National Tour Cats Jellicle Ball to Close Les Mis now available to license 50 plays by women over 50 Midnight at the never get Midnight at the Never (You Tube Song https://youtu.be/yompKIkx4vY?si=6hRqRA0LHUmJNEKC Tru – Jesse Tyle Fergueson&amp;nbsp;&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; &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>