The OnStage Blog Theatre Podcast
OnStage Blog (www.onstageblog.com) talks about all things theatre, including Broadway, community theatre trends, movie musicals, audition tips, and much more. Hosted by Rachel Wagner of Rachel's Reviews.
Episodes
Rachel interviews theaterloversexperience.com's founder, Megan Gutierrez, about how she pulled off watching 11 Broadway shows in 5 days, including hit shows Othello and Glengarry Glen Ross, and discusses her reviews of each. The 11 shows Megan watched and discussed on this podcast are as follows:
Real Women Have Curves
John Proctor Is The Villain
The Picture Of Dorian Gray
DRAG: The Musical
Good Night And Good Luck
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In a special Jane Austen-themed episode, Rachel Wagner interviews the playwrights of two Jane Austen plays she saw and discusses the challenges and thrills of producing Jane Austen's works for the stage.
1st Guest: Melissa Leilani Larson, Pride & Prejudice https://www.melissaleilanilarson.com/pride-and-prejudice
2nd Guest: Laura Bedore Lerwill, Emma (26:24)
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Theatre Critic Rachel Wagner and OnStage Blog's Chris Peterson preview the new Broadway productions coming to Broadway this Spring, including BOOP The Musical, Dead Outlaw, The Last 5 Years, Pirates! The Penzance Musical, and more!
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OnStage Blog Founder Chris Peterson and Actor/Acting Coach Jacklyn Collier give advice to readers and reddit users asking for advice on all things theatre-related. Greg Ehrhardt guest hosts.
Questions answered include:
What to do if you can't make callbacks (https://www.reddit.com/r/Theatre/comments/1j4ukv2/question/)
What to do if you don't have any chemistry with your acting partner (https://www.reddit.com/r/Theatre/comme...
Rachel Wagner and Jacklyn Collier analyze the 2025 Olivier Award Nominations, which recognize the best of London Theatre. They also run through the latest shows they have attended or watched in the last few weeks, including the most recent national tour of Les Miserables, The Book of Mormon, Beautiful, Prince of Egypt, English, Gypsy, and more.
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On a Community Theatre edition of the OnStage Blog Theatre Podcast, Rachel and Jax sit down with OnStage Blog editor Chris Peterson to discusshow theatres can evolve in the wake of Trump's second term, how theatres should select shows for their seasons, important etiquette tips all performers should practice, and much more!
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Rachel and Jax discuss and debate the merits of the three movie musicals nominated for Best Picture for the 2025 Oscars: Emilia Perez, A Complete Unknown, and Wicked. For a complete breakdown of Wicked Part One, listen here.
Check out all OnStage Blog's Wicked and movie musical content on onstageblog.com!
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In a special edition of the OnStage Blog Theatre Podcast, Editor-In-Chief Chris Peterson and Editorial Staff member Greg Ehrhardt react to the news that Donald Trump intends to fire many of the board members of The Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts and appoint himself Chairman of the Board.
Can he do this? Does it matter? Are the arts nationwide in trouble? Chris and Greg give their thoughts on these questions and much mo...
OnStage Blog's Greg Ehrhardt joins Rachel Wagner to talk about his experience seeing "Harry Potter and The Cursed Child" on Broadway and why all future Harry Potter stories should only be adapted on stage in the future.
Then, Broadway actress Zurin Villanueva joins Rachel and co-host Jacklyn Collier (17:20) to talk about her career, lessons she learned about when to leave a show, the hard lessons of Broadwa...
To kick off 2025,, Rachel Wagner and Jacklyn Collier preview the 2025 Winter Broadway Season, including Redwood, Smash on Broadway, Boop, and much more.
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In a special podcast exclusive, OnStage Blog's Rachel Wagner and Greg Ehrhardt sit down with Dave Solomon, the associate director of Elf: The Musical, to discuss his journey from a high school theatre enthusiast to a Broadway career. They explore the challenges of adapting Elf from screen to stage, his career highlights, and much more.
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Rachel Wagner recaps her trip to Broadway and reviews the shows she saw, including Drag: The Musical, Elf: The Musical, The Rockettes, Death Becomes Her, and more with co-host Jacklyn Collier. Check out all of OnStage Blog's reviews on onstageblog.com!
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Broadway By Ghostlight's Marc Bonanni joins Rachel Wagner and Jacklyn Collier to break down all of the songs, dances, and everything Broadway-related that they saw in this year's Thanksgiving parade in New York City.
Find out more about Broadway history from Marc Bonanni on his YouTube Channel www.youtube.com/@broadwaybyghostlight and stay up on all of the latest theatre and Broadway news on onstageblog.com.
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Rachel Wagner and Jacklyn Collier explain why the cinematic adaptation of Wicked is a movie musical masterpiece and what made it work so well. Yes, it's that good!
Check out onstageblog.com for more commentary on Wicked on stage and on screen!
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Rachel and Jacklyn talk with critic Mark Woodring of the Utah Film Critics Association about all things Evil Dead and how well the adaptation works on stage.
Check out Mark's podcast on his website today! https://vsmoviepodcast.com/
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Rachel and Jacklyn of The OnStage Blog Theatre Podcast take a deep dive into Stephen Sondheim's hit, "Sweeny Todd."
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Rachel Wagner and special guest Chris Peterson, the founder of OnStage Blog, discuss the controversy surrounding Cynthia Erivo calling out a fan-made Wicked Poster covering her eyes and changing the color of her lips.
They also discuss Chris's viral editorial on the topic, which you can read here: https://www.onstageblog.com/editorials/2024/10/17/dear-cynthia-erivo
They also share their thoughts on the upcom...
Rachel and Jacklyn give the audience their selections for the best and worst songs from the most popular Broadway musicals today.
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Rachel Wagner and Jacklyn Collier debate the merits of producing jukebox musicals with director David Hanson, who recently directed a production of Mamma Mia in Utah.
For more thoughts on the jukebox musical, read our editorial here on onstageblog.com: https://www.onstageblog.com/editorials/2022/1/20/can-we-stop-bashing-jukebox-musicals-for-simply-being-jukebox-musicals
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Podcast Hosts Rachel Wagner and Jacklyn Collier peel back the curtain and interview each other about the origins of their love of theatre, some of their favorite productions, and play a game of Overrated/Underrated Broadway shows. They also reveal some of their personal favorite things in life beyond theatre.
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