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32. Is Wicked the best stage-to-screen movie? What might beat it?
As the musical Wicked becomes a big screen sensation, Sarah and Alex talk about the challenges and pleasures of transferring a stage show to a movie …
1 year, 9 months ago
31. The best movies about theatre
With the release of Sing Sing, a film about the power of theatre in prison, in time for the awards season, Sarah and Alex chose their top three backs…
1 year, 9 months ago
30. What are the best stage shows of 2024?
As the theatrical year comes to an end with The Tempest, Sarah and Alex look back on the hits of the last 12 months from The Years to Fiddler on the …
1 year, 10 months ago
29. Bonus episode! Wilde women Sharon D Clarke, Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ́ and Eliza Scanlen discuss the National Theatre's Importance of Being Earnest
In a fantastic additional episode, WhatsOnStage's intrepid deputy editor Tom Millward hopped to the National to meet three of the stars of The Import…
1 year, 10 months ago
28. The ultimate theatre stocking fillers
Al Pacino, Hadestown, Sunset Boulevard, a new Sondheim deepdive, Lin-Manuel Miranda and more are among Sarah and Alex’s top books and vinyls for Chri…
1 year, 10 months ago
27. The Sex Education effect
In a new episode, Sarah and Alex mull on the National Theatre's bold new take on Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest led by Sex Education a…
1 year, 10 months ago
26. Santa vs Scrooge: top Christmas shows for all tastes
Alex takes the role of Santa and Sarah finds her inner Scrooge to round up the top Xmas fare whether your mood is full of joy or melancholy - or a bi…
1 year, 10 months ago
25. Bonus episode! The Wicked movie costume designer Paul Tazewell spills his spellbinding secrets
In this bonus episode of the WhatsOnStage Podcast, Features Editor Tanyel Gumushan sits down with the award-winning designer Paul Tazewell, who has w…
1 year, 10 months ago
24. 164 years, 70 characters. Three actors. Three hours
Since its premiere in 2018, The National Theatre’s production of The Lehman Trilogy has enjoyed extraordinary success around the world. As it arrives…
1 year, 10 months ago
23. Special guest Mason Alexander Park on The Tempest, The Sandman and The Emcee
Ahead of starring as Ariel in Jamie Lloyd's new Shakespeare production of The Tempest at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Mason Alexander Park took time out…
1 year, 11 months ago