Filmed Live Musicals

Host Luisa Lyons chats with Julie Leach, the Executive Director of Sarasota's Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe (WBTT). We look at how WBTT were able to pivot during the COVID-19 shutdown, connection with community, the business end of putting theatre online, and Vinnette Carroll's Your Arms Too Short to Box With God. Based in Sarasota, Florida, the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe is a non-p...

Host Luisa Lyons chats with actor David Colston Corris, who portrayed Maximus in the recently released filmed live Disney musical Tangled . In this episode, we chat about puppeteering, working on a cruise ship, and what it took to bring Maximus the horse to life.  Visit Filmed Live Musicals at www.filmedlivemusicals.com . Follow us on Facebook and Twitter . You can also support the site at Patreon...

Host Luisa Lyons chats with Brenda Braxton about the filmed live musicals When Hell Freezes Over I’ll Skate and Smokey Joe’s Cafe, the Tony Awards, working on The Good Fight , who Brenda would cast in a filmed live version of Chicago, and Act 2… Now What? .  Brenda Braxton is an award-winning actor, dancer, and singer who has performed around the world, and on multiple Broadway productions includi...

Host Luisa Lyons chats with dancer and performer, and former optical engineer, Lena Wolfe about virtual and augmented reality and how it can be used in theatre today.  Lena Adele Wolfe is originally from Tucson, AZ and currently lives in NYC. She stayed in the sunny southwest city to graduate from The University of Arizona with a B.F.A in Dance and a B.S. in Optical Sciences and Engineering. Her p...

Host Luisa Lyons chats with Mitch Nugent, founder and artistic director of Prima Theatre. Based in Lancaster, PA, Prima is a non-profit organization focused on invigorating lives through fresh theatrical experiences. An experienced director, actor, and producer Mitch Nugent has led Prima, from its start in 2010 as a nomadic organization, to its own home in 2018. On the west side of Lancaster City,...

Host Luisa Lyons chats with Caroline Friedman, founder of new theatre streaming platform Scenesaver. Scenesaver is the only website making performances from the world's off-Broadway, off- West End, small theatres and emerging artists accessible to everyone online. It's free to register and watch with 150 shows of all genres from around the world available now. New work is being added all...

It's our very first podcast! Host Luisa Lyons and guest host Al Monaco take a look at firsts in the world of filmed live musicals and dive into a range of other topics. A couple of corrections: Me and My Girl was composed by Noel Gay with book and lyrics by Douglas Furber and L. Arthur Rose. The online audience for Daddy Long Legs could have filled the theatre for 2.7 years. Thanks for listen...