Radio Theatre

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Conversations about theatre ... on the radio.

Conversations about theatre ... on the radio.


81 Pieces

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You know that anxiety dream where you're on stage (sometimes naked) and you've got no script, no lines memorized - nothing? The improv actors of R...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2015
  • Length: 06:28
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Opera singer Sarah Lawrence of LOON (Lyric Opera of the North) takes us on a tour of the science, superstition and opera lore surrounding singing w...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2015
  • Length: 07:31
Caption: Mary Poppins and Bert in the Great Movie Ride at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Credit: Credit Sam Howzit/Flickr
Christine Seitz of the Duluth Playhouse with a fascinating look at the theatrical magic that makes actors fly.

  • Added: Nov 24, 2015
  • Length: 06:57
Caption: USO entertainers in the back of a military vehicle during World War II, Credit: John Atherton
For several years now, the Douglas County Historical Society is giving audience members a chance to return to 1943. From the decorations to the ad...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2015
  • Length: 05:49
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Maybe the students opening "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" at St. Scholastica tonight aren't familiar with the singing and dancing of Al Jolson ...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2015
  • Length: 05:27
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What's your favorite "Rocky Horror Picture Show" memory?

  • Added: Oct 30, 2015
  • Length: 06:25
Caption: A scene from Flat Earth Theatre's production of "The Underpants," Arlington, MA 2011, Credit: Credit Flat Earth Theatre/Flickr
Every fall, new students show up at college theatre auditions. Some have never tried acting before; some were pretty big deals at their high schoo...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2015
  • Length: 06:20
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Crystal Pelkey, the producing director for The Underground, joins us to welcome Take It With You to the KUMD airwaves Saturday night at 10pm. ...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2015
  • Length: 08:13
Caption: Don Ness and Tom Isbell.  Nice Midwestern Guys.
Andy Bennett of Renegade Theater Company offers tips on creating an impersonation ... and takes notes on an evolving piece of sketch comedy involvi...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2015
  • Length: 06:37
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"The Kitchen Witches" is the latest dinner theatre offering from Twin Ports Stage, set, as Vicki Main describes it, against "the exciting backdrop ...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2015
  • Length: 06:38
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Chris Harwood talks with Tom Isbell, UMD Professor of Theatre, about collaboration in the arts. What are the dynamics involved negotiating a potent...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2015
  • Length: 12:11
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Frustrated by the local media's inability to discover in-depth information about Duluth's Balloon Festival, Rubber Chicken actors Cathy Podeszwa an...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2015
  • Length: 07:22
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Christine Seitz of the Duluth Playhouse talks about the theater's interesting approach to auditions in a smallish town: where even though there are...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2015
  • Length: 07:36
Caption: Charles Starkweather, Katharine Lenroot and David Barry - all early luminaries in Douglas County history, Credit: Credit Douglas County Historical Society
History comes alive - literally - at the Douglas County Historical Society.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2015
  • Length: 07:59
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Blake Thomas and Mary Fox host Take it With You, a live radio comedy with music at The Underground every third Tuesday of the month, and they vis...

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  • Added: Sep 01, 2015
  • Length: 15:24
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What do theater folks do on summer vacation? See shows and read scripts or avoid anything theatrical altogether?

  • Added: Sep 01, 2015
  • Length: 07:26
Caption: Crystal Pelkey and Lucy the ... never mind., Credit: Crystal Pelkey
"Avenue Q" sounds a lot like "Sesame Street." And yes, there are puppets that look a lot like Muppets. But that's where the similarity between th...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2015
  • Length: 05:40
Caption: "Helping Hands: game at the Salon where someone gets shocking news: Derek Ronding, Marcus D'Auria, Josh Smith and hidden hands Evan Hohnstadt., Credit:  (photo by Cheri Tesarek)
Art in the Park is old hat. Music in the Park is so yesterday. These days, it's Something Superior in the park. The Something Superior Improv is a...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2015
  • Length: 08:48
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It's almost like a soap opera plot. Plucky little theater has grand plans to open a multi-use arts facility in the heart of downtown ... and in be...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2015
  • Length: 04:32
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Broadway actress Patti LuPone is making headlines after she stopped her performance at Lincoln Center this week to snatch a cell phone out of the h...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2015
  • Length: 06:58