Backstage With...

The host of New York 1's On Stage joins Mikey to compare what's happening in the theatre industries in the UK and US. 

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Alexia Khadime was the first woman of colour in the world to be cast as the principal Elphaba in Wicked. 

She's also known for playing Nabalungi in the original London cast of The Book of Mormon, Eponine in Les Miserables, and Nala in The Lion King.

This episode was recorded prior to the announcement of the Government's arts rescue package. 

We discussed the issue of race and how it relates to the theatre industry at length. #BlackLivesMatter

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Best known as the first British Elphaba in Wicked, Kerry Ellis made her name as the one of the most popular actors in musical theatre.

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This week's guests are currently touring the UK in Rufus Norris's production of Cabaret.

Kara Lily Hayworth (Sally Bowles) is best known for playing the title role in Cilla the musical on tour in 2017. 

Charlie Hagerty (Cliff Bradshaw) has worked extensively in the US, Europe and in the UK where he now lives with his husband. He was also in the original Broadway cast of If/Then alongside Idina Menzel in 2014. 

Mikey Worrall chats to Kara and Charlie at the New Wimbledon Theatre. 

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Miriam-Teak Lee is the WhatsOnStage award winning, Olivier nominated star of & Juliet the musical. 

The show won six WhatsOnStage awards and has been nominated for nine Oliviers. 

Mikey Worrall chats to Miriam-Teak in her dressing room at the Shaftesbury Theatre.

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Stephen Schwartz is an Oscar, Grammy, Golden Globe and Honorary Tony award winning composer and lyricist.

His work has spanned six decades and includes Wicked, Godspell, Pippin, The Baker’s Wife, and London’s newest musical, The Prince of Egypt, which is based on the 1998 Dreamworks animated film. 

Stephen also wrote the lyrics for the Disney films Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Enchanted, on which he collaborated with the composer Alan Menken. 

We recorded this conversation in a dressing room at the Dominion Theatre a few days before The Prince of Egypt's opening night. 

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Rachel Tucker is flying off to New York next week to join the cast of Come From Away on Broadway.

Before that she's starring in a one-off charity performance of The Pirate Queen (by Les Mis writers Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg) in aid of Leukaemia UK. You can get tickets here.

Rachel is best known for playing Elphaba in Wicked in London and on Broadway. She was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical last year for Come From Away. She's also appeared in We Will Rock You in London and The Last Ship on Broadway. 

In between starring in all those shows she's released two albums and toured the country as well as performing a number of solo concerts over the last few years.

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This week's guest is Carley Stenson who's currently starring the UK tour of Curtains, the musical comedy. 

After 10 years in Hollyoaks, Carley moved into theatre where she's remained ever since. She's played Elle Woods in Legally Blonde, Princess Fiona in Shrek, The Lady of the Lake in Spamalot as well as appearing in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and, most recently, as Fantine in Les Miserables. 

We had a chat at the New Wimbledon Theatre in January when the show was back on the road after its West End transfer over Christmas. 

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Sara Bareilles and Gavin Creel are getting ready to join the cast of Waitress the musical in London's West End for six weeks from 27th January.

Sara Bareilles wrote the music and lyrics for the show and has previously played Jenna for three engagements on Broadway, most recently alongside Gavin Creel.

Gavin returns to London as a Tony award winner (Hello Dolly!), after winning the Olivier award for best actor in a musical for The Book of Mormon, in which he originated the role of Elder Price in the London production.

He made his West End debut in 2006 as Bert in the original West End production of Mary Poppins.

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Rachel John is currently playing Mrs Neilsen in Girl from the North Country at the Gielgud Theatre in the West End. 

You may have previously seen her as Angelica in the Original London Cast of Hamilton, for which she received an Olivier nomination. Her other credits include The Bodyguard, Memphis, We Will Rock You and Sister Act. 

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