Stage Talk

Theater aficionado Steven Hunt takes listeners backstage to chat with actors, directors, playwrights and technical artists about the theater scene in Anchorage and the Mat-Su Valley. When multiple events allow, a calendar of the best live performances and stage events in Southcentral Alaska is also provided.

Stage Talk: Broadway at Bernies

Revolution II: Birthright featuring singer/actors Julia Cossman and John Fraser accompanied by Juliana Osinchuk happens this Tuesday, July 29th at Bernie's Bungalow on D...

Stage Talk: Yippee Kayak

Stage Talk hosts Mark and Jean welcome Jay Gish and Tom McMahon from Yippee Kayak, an improv comedy group from Chicago along with Rich...

Stage Talk: Anchorage Opera 08/09 season preview

Torrie Allen, general manager of the Anchorage Opera stops by this week. Find out what's happening this season. Look forward to new voices and...

Stage Talk: The Head That Wouldn't Die

This week on Stage Talk, hosts Mark and Jean chat with Lindsay Lamar and Elle DeLaney, two local actresses currently starring in Rand Higbee's,...

Stage Talk: OTIS

Hollywood actor, Bostin Christopher returns home to Anchorage to share his latest film, OTIS - a dark comedy about suburban America gone haywire....

Stage Talk: Cyrano at the Last Frontier Theatre Conference

Returning to Alaska for the Last Frontier Theatre Conference, director Mark Lutwak visits from Hawaii. Next week Lutwak will redirect Cyrano (previously performed...

Stage Talk: QueerSpace

Celebrating thousands of years of gay and lesbian literature, Theatre Artists United presents QueerSpace, opening tonight at OutNorth in Anchorage. This week on Stage...

Stage Talk: The Three Barons Renaissance Fair

Director of the tomato wives, Megan Bladow and Shane Mitchell from The Three Barons Renaissance Fair are the guests this week on Stage Talk....

Stage Talk: Time of Your Life

William Saroyan's Pulitzer Prize winning comedy, Time of Your Life is now playing at Cyrano's in Anchorage. Set in a decrepit bar in 1939,...

Stage Talk: Last Frontier Theater Conference / The 3 Wise Moose Theater Company

This week on Stage Talk, hosts Mark Muro and Jean Paul chat with the coordinator of the Last Frontier Theatre Conference, Dawson Moore and...

Stage Talk: The Music Machine / Hansel and Gretel the Musical

The Music Machine has been teaching music and movement to Anchorage's youth since 1982. Director, Janet Carr-Campbell talks about upcoming auditions in May and...

Stage Talk: Little Women

The March sisters gather around their mother. Alora Zulliger (seated far left) and Kaitlyn Miller (standing far right) reenacted their favorite scene on Stage...

Stage Talk: Flamel's Dream

Dick Reichman and Bob Pond join hosts Mark Muro and Jean Paal to discuss the world premiere of Flamel's Dream, now playing at Cyrano's...

Stage Talk: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar / Waves of Mu

Artistic director of Alaska Theatre of Youth, Christian Heppinstall stops by this week, along with Amy Caron from Waves of Mu, now playing at...

Stage Talk: New Dances 2008 / Alice In Wonderland

This week, hosts Mark and Jean interview Brian Jeffrey from New Dances 2008 and Katya Kuznetsuva from Dance Together Alaska Festival at UAA. Plus,...

Stage Talk: Donizetti's Don Pasquales

Join hosts Marks Muro and Jean Paal for a weekly discussion about local theatre in Alaska. This week, director Bill Fabris chats about Donizetti's...

Stage Talk: Becoming a man in 127 easy steps

Transgender performer Scott Turner Schofield, formerly known as KT Kilborn, brings his 127 step program on becoming a man in America to Out North...

Stage Talk: Arthur and Esther / Ball in the House

Returning home to Anchorage, Taylor Hanes stops by this week to talk about his role as Arthur in Arthur and Esther. Plus, the a...

Stage Talk: Smack the Wagon / The Count of Monte Cristo

This week on Stage Talk, director and producer Kari Mote talks about the world premiere of Smack the Wagon at Out North in...

Stage Talk: Sylvia

Director, Teresa Pond visits from New York to talk about Sylvia. Pond talks about growing up in Anchorage and the theatre scene...