I think of Hedda Gabler as one of those Mount Everest sort of shows; “exciting and daunting,” as one of the guests on today’s episode puts it. The ideas and challenges of Ibsen’s classic are brought smack-dab between the play’s original … Continue reading →

I make this podcast because I love sound, and I love theatre; Go See a Show! is a great way to unite the two. And I’m an amateur sound-designer, and make radio dramas, for much the same reason. For this episode … Continue reading →

If you’ve seen any press about We Were Nothing!, the first thing you probably noticed was that you don’t know where you can see it. The play, written by Will Arbery, is being performed in an undisclosed location of a … Continue reading →

I’ll admit, I’m not much of a musical guy. But if anyone’s going to convince me otherwise, Pipe Dream Theatre has got a great shot at it. After two new Christmas musicals based on classic tales — The Nutcracker in … Continue reading →

In 1903, Thomas Edison publicly electrocuted Topsy the elephant at Coney Island, in a demonstration of the “dangers” of alternating current. The event was filmed by Edison, later becoming a huge hit as the new ‘moving pictures’ were shown across … Continue reading →

How does one go from writing contemporary comedies to writing historically-based musicals, reintroducing certain figures who popular culture have largely forgotten? As Island Girls director/co-author Barbara Kahn notes in our conversation, she made that transition out of a desire to … Continue reading →

For this special episode, a little something different — instead of hearing your regular host, Go See a Show! is proud to host on the podcast a talkback conducted by Indie Theatre Now‘s Martin Denton with playwrights J. Julian Christopher, Leah … Continue reading →

A Christmas Carol is produced everywhere, every year; so often that most of us in the theatre world could recite the lines along with the actors. We know exactly what we’re going to see, and willingly submit to having our … Continue reading →

Whenever we walk into that dark room for a work of theatre, I think it’s safe to say that most of us are, at the least, looking to be entertained. But the theatre that excites me most is that which … Continue reading →

Less Than Rent was last on the podcast with a provocative take on a theatre company’s provocative take on Beckett’s Endgame (listen to it here). Now, the company sets their sights on the holidays, with three distinct evenings of theatrical … Continue reading →