Reviewed: Steve Ross' Close and I Won't Dance and Divas, a new Andrew Lloyd Webber collection. Interviewed: Mabel Award-winning cabaret artist Steve Ross, appearing for two weeks at The Cabaret at Savor in St. Louis, October 25th through November 4th.
Sunday, October 22, 2006
Sunday, October 15, 2006
Stage Left Podcast, 15 October 2006
Reviewed: The soundtracks from Hollywoodland and Jet Li's Fearless; the original cast recordings of Tarzan and The Drowsy Chaperone; The Broadway Musicals of 1963 and music from Cirque du Soleil's Quidam. Interviewed: Merle Dandridge, who plays Kala in the Broadway cast of Tarzan.
Monday, September 25, 2006
Stage Left Podcast, 24 September 2006
Reviewed: The soundtracks from Crank, Quinceañera, The Black Dahlia and The Wicker Man, as well as the original cast recording of Michael John LaChiusa's Bernada Alba. Interviewed: Cabaret star Craig Rubano on the subject of his upcoming appearance in St. Louis and his affinity for Cole Porter.
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Stage Leftover Podcast: Interview with Ron Stevens and Joy Grdnic Part 2 (1 March 2005)
We take a look inside allstarradio.com, among other things, and listen to some of their new material: "Sponge Bob QueerPants", "Michael Jackson Trial Re-Enactment", and "First Witness News".
Stage Leftover Podcast: Interview with Ron Stevens and Joy Grdnic Part 1 (1 March 2005)
Formerly known as the comedy team of Stevens and Grdnic, Ron and Joy are now the owners of the radio syndication service allstarrradio.com. In this first segment, we discuss how they got started in radio and what it was like writing for WKRP in Cincinnati and listen to a couple of their classic comedy tracks, "Fast Food" and "Marijuana Helper".
Saturday, September 02, 2006
Stage Left Podcast, 3 September 2006
I'm a week late with this one, but it's a double-length episode. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Reviewed: The Broadway Musicals of 1949, Anne Kerry Ford's Weill, Maria Friedman's Now and Then, and the two latest releases in Silva Screen's Film Music Masterworks series, Film Music by John Williams and Film Music by James Horner. Interviewed: The Los Angeles based composer and lyricist team of Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner. They're responsible for the now-notorious "Happy Mornings" coffee commercial and are working on a stage adaptation of the film Secondhand Lions with Rupert Holmes.
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Stage Leftover: Interview with Keith Knight, Jr., Part 2 (29 March 2005)
More conversation about cartoons and politics (as if there's a difference these days). This interview segment includes "Yes Pants" from The Marginal Prophets disc Bohemian Rap CD.
Stage Leftover: Interview with Keith Knight, Jr., Part 1 (29 March 2005)
Cartoonist and rapper Keith Knight, Jr. talks about his art (both on stage and on the page), the alternative comics scene and more. Check out Keith's work at www.kchronicles.com and www.marginalprophets.com. This interview segment includes "Hip-Hop Hypocrisy" from The Marginal Prophets disc Bohemian Rap CD.
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Stage Left, 13 August 2006
In this episode: news of the St. Louis Political Theatre Festival, the satirical musical Walmartopia, and a listen to Randal Keith's self-published CD Life Has Been Good to Me. I also review Patti LuPone's The Lady With the Torch CD as well as the soundtrack albums from My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Scoop, and Little Miss Sunshine.
Monday, August 07, 2006
Stage Leftover: Interview with Phil Proctor, Part 1 (22 March 2005)
It's an interview with actor/writer Phil Proctor, one of four members of the legendary Firesign Theatre and one of the most sought-after voice actors in the USA. We talk about the Theatre and Phil's monthly newsletter, Planet Proctor.
Stage Leftover: Interview with Phil Proctor, Part 2 (22 March 2005)
Phil and I continue to discussing breaking fourth walls - literally - and we have a Radio Reality Moment from Beverly Hills Adjacent.
Thursday, August 03, 2006
Stage Left, 30 July 2006
The premiere episode of a program of CD reviews, news and interviews from the world of stage, screen, cabaret and related places. This week: the soundtrack albums from Peaceful Warrior (which, contrary to what I say on the podcast, actually did open in St. Louis on August 4th), Lady in the Water, Roving Mars, and You, Me and Dupree. Also Neil Norman's latest, Greatest Science Fiction Hits V.
See the play list at the Stage Left web site for complete track listings of all reviewed CDs.
Stage Leftover: Interview with Jim Rose, Part 1 (19 April 2005)
From the Stage Left archives, an interview with Jim Rose (of the Jim Rose Circus). In part 1, Rose talks about his circus, his nearly fatal career as a motorcycle daredevil, and the America's enduring interest in the freak show
Stage Leftover: Interview with Jim Rose, Part 2 (19 April, 2005)
In part 2, Rose relentlessly plugs his new book, Snake Oil, and gives some examples, including tips on how to survive jail.
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Stage Left, 30 July 2006
The premiere episode of a program of CD reviews, news and interviews from the world of stage, screen, cabaret and related places. This week: the soundtrack albums from Peaceful Warrior, Lady in the Water, Roving Mars, and You, Me and Dupree. Also Neil Norman's latest, Greatest Science Fiction Hits V.
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Monday, July 03, 2006
To Begin at the Beginning
For some years now, Stage Left has been providing a wildly eclectic mix of music, comedy and the spoken word from the stage screen and "other, stranger places". For most of those years, it has been broadcast on public radio station KDHX here in St. Louis, Missouri.
Times change, and so do we (less hair for one thing..) and now Stage Left is a podcast featuring reviews of new (and not-so-new) albums from the worlds of stage, film and cabaret, as well as interviews with some of the artists who create those albums - and with anyone else we think might be interesting.
So for now I'm off to the studio to create some content. Tentatively scheduled for the first show: reviews of the soundtrack albums for Roving Mars and Peaceful Warrior, and a new CD single by Neil Norman and His Cosmic Orchestra.
Stay tuned for the first broadcast! And, while you're here, check out the official Stage Left web site for background on the show and playlists from earlier episodes.
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