Alternate Stages
Weekly show about live theatre and those who keep it afloat in the current digital tidal wave of digital-streaming substitutes, hosted by actor/playwright Rob Armstrong Martin
Episodes
34 episodes
Living Legends: Rob interviews Theatre Educator/Producer Paula Baksa Stein
Paula Baksa Stein shares with us her life in theatre, from being choreographed in Junior high by fellow legend David Chavez (before his Juliet Prowse phase), to her co-starring friendship with Donna Reed's leading man Carl Betz, her 30 years as...
Subscriber Bonus: Refuge, the Origin of Shylock, Chapter 1
Refuge: The Origin of ShylockAs read by the authorChapter 1: Ghosts, Memories and Prayers in VeniceSynopsis: In 1512 Venice, Chilogo(Shylock) calms his young daughter Jessica after a nightmare, th...
Sondheim's "Company" Opens Friday with Megan McCormick and Stevie Nichols
Broadway recently dusted off Stephen Sondheim’s musical “Company”. As one of the earliest musicals of the 20th century that featured a large group of main characters with intertwining stories, Company has ...
Ep.30 Broadway Producers Drew Desky and Dane Levens speak about how they find and enable new artists.
For the second season of the Alternate Stages podcast, we'll be talking to some influential theater leaders at the national level, including Broadway, academic theater, creative writers, and many others. Don't worry, we'll still...
Ep.29 Be my Valentine, Surely!
Jessica Osbourne chats with us about playing Shirley Valentine this month for West End Productions at North Fourth Arts Centervideo version of this podcast: https://youtu.be/tHua9cEB26s
Ep.28_City of Angels goes in-Zane (Barker)! Plus sneak Preview of Lenora Inez Brown
This week, everybody’s favorite stage dad and “Quintuple Threat” Zane Barker stops by Alternate Stages podcast to share his thoughts on City of Angels, performing with immediate family members and raising kids backstage, coaching stage comba...
Ep27: City of Angels, Part 2 "The Leading Men"
This Week on Alternate Stages, Ron Gallegos and Michael Finnegan, the two leading men of Albuquerque Little Theatre’s jazz musical City of Angels stop by to talk about the art of singing a male duet while fighting, how to delive...
City of Angels: Film Noir meets Musical theatre
Episode 26: City of Angels first-ever opening in Albuquerque. The show’s director (and cinephile/historian) Art Tedesco dishes on must-see film noir classics and their heritage in inspiring the authors of City of Angels. Plus behind-the-scen...
Ep. 25 The Six: "Beautiful" Stars Collide just before opening night
Ep. 25 The Six: "Beautiful" stars stop by to chat Costume Envy, Cross-dressing, Civil Rights, and How to Play a real-life person without Stress. Will they cat-fight over who gets the Dress, and who wore it best? Naaah, w...
Ep.24 Carole King and the Myth of Trauma as being necessary to Art.
Ep.24 CArole King and the Myth of Trauma as being necessary to Art. Consider instead the Art of Healing and the Healing of Art, says Celena Cox, director of Beautiful.Celena Cox, Certified Intimacy Specialist defines Chemistry on stage: ...
Ep.23 The Actor Who Writes, with Kari Reese.
Who needs fantasy football when you got the real-live dream team? Giving a love-letter to New Mexico: The Bawdy Politic at TheBox theatre.FeaturingAngie Alley, Wendy Barker, Elora Daniels, Deb Flores, Jillian ...
Misery's Double Episode!
In this double episode about the Stephen Kings inspired play Misery:Daniel Paul Anaya who plays the bedridden author Paul Sheldon in Misery, talks to us about playing a character who never leaves the stage, and his secret use of ho...
Stephanie Jones, of MISERY
This week on ALTernate Stages PodcastStephanie Jones, who currently plays Annie Wilkes in Stephen King’s thriller MISERY talks Horses, Horoscopes, and Horrifying House Hosts.
Ep.19_Depending on the Kindness of Strangers
Depending on the Kindness of Strangers: Ambition, Risk and Social Mobility in 1947 America.Season 96: lineup detailsMadison Dodd and Timothy Dougherty and Baby Genevieve on riding a Streetcar Named Desire...
Our American Shakespeare IMHO: Christy Burbank is Stella(r) in A Streetcar Named Desire
Ep. 19: Our American Shakespeare IMHO: Christy Burbank is Stella(r) in A Streetcar Named DesireMarch is an exciting month at Albuquerque Little Theatre:On Sunday March 2, we announced our 96th Season lineup of 10 shows...
Ep 17: Actor/Director/Producer Devon Frieder Talks Prom!
Devon Frieder and Jacob talk about "The Prom" and how one can direct, choreograph, and star in a musical! They also fangirl about the incredibly talented cast. The Prom opens TODAY and runs until February 9th!
Ep 16. Everything's Fine When you're Alyssa Green
Arwyn Vernold talks with Jacob about playing the iconic teenager with secrets. Plus a sneak peek into WinterFest!
And if I were a Belle, I’d be….Tiana Youtzy
Tiana Youtzy on playing roles ranging from Sondheim survivors to Bible villains to Disney heroines in the same season; Tiana and Jacob talk about the Acting Singer and the Singing Actor; their formative influences on stage, film, TV and video g...
Beastie Boy: Mark Pino played the Disney Beast at ALT in 2020 returns this December as The Beast
Mark Pino, after playing the Disney Beast in 2020 at ALT returns this December as The Beast in this beloved holiday classic playing December 6 to 24. Mark, or the Double Beast as we sometimes call him, shares his origin story as a shy chi...
Megan McCormick, (Two-time Mrs. Potts) Spills the Tea about Disney's Beauty and The Beast;
Megan McCormick, (Two-time Mrs. Potts in Beauty and The Beast ) Spills the Tea with Jacob; The Matriarch of the Kitchen dishes out celebrity encounters, acting training, and tells you how to empower your local theatre using Phone-A-Friend! J...
Tables Turned on Jacob in Journey to the Stars; The Reign In Spain.
Tables Turned! Jacob undergoes his own actor’s grillin’ as Dracula, interviewed in Journey To the Stars segment by Pocket Theatre Producer Christy Burbank. We’ll get a sneak peak into Laura Cummins-Wright’s Director’s notebook for Beauty and th...
11. Journey to the Stars of Dracula (Part 3)
Kristen and Isaac speak to Jacob about their comic role models and influencers.Kristen goes from Class Valedictorian to “Pinky and the Brain” to nationally known Cos-player: How does a (self-described) All-Encompassing Nerd play both patriarch ...
A Mt. Rushmore of the Slashers?!
Journey to the Stars, Dracula A Comedy of Terrors Edition: DACOT's Devoney and Jacob dish on horror books, horror movies, and propose a Mt. Rushmore of the Slashers! Then they serve you a few bits of scholarly history of pop culture, just to...
Actor as Thinker: Meow Wolf’s Brent Whitted in Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors
Actor as Thinker: Meow Wolf’s Brent Whitted on making comic and demonic choices for Dracula, A Comedy of TerrorsBrent as Meow Wolf’ Mindsplitter Oleander:
Hold the Stage Parsley! Dracula A Comedy of Terrors Director Robb Sisneros on why every actor matters;
Dracula A Comedy of Terrors Director Robb Sisneros on why every actor matters; True West directed by Jacquline Reid sweeps the Fusion Theatre Company with true Sam Shepard grit. And listen for a special flash-sale code given in this episode ...