Looking for Theatre Podcasts that are NOT about musicals

JBroadway said: "Hey all, I just started getting into podcasts recently, but I've been hesitant to start any theatre-related podcasts because it seems like all the ones that come up are related to musicals and/or are very Broadway-centric. And that's just not what I'm looking for in a theatre podcast.

Does anyone have any recommendations for podcasts that focus more on plays and/or Off-Broadway and/or theatre history? It can either be interviews with artists or other kinds of discussion-based podcasts. I also enjoy following the London theatre scene, so that's a potential area of interest as well.

Thanks!"

3 On The Aisle -- sometimes their conversations are very broadway-centric, but they typically tie it into larger themes in theater throughout the country. It's less "These are the broadway shows I love!" and more "How is the theater-scape changing through the country"

Public Square (the Public Theater)

Live at the Lortel (interviews, conducted live at the Lortel, with people involved in the theater in various capacities; the one I listened to most recently was with John Benjamin Hickey, but they have also done interviews with, among others, Rebecca Taichman, Richard Nelson, and John Doyle)

Shakespeare Unlimited (podcast of the Folger Shakespeare Library; obviously Shakespeare-centric, often interviews with people who have written books about Shakespeare)

If you're interested in actual *short plays* via podcasts, not just interviews with artists, Playing On Air is great: http://bit.ly/PlayingOnAir



Our archive has short plays-- from Lynn Nottage, David Ives, Jesse Eisenberg, Lily Akerman, and others-- with a ton of brilliant actors. Plus they're a) free, b) not based in NYC (because it's a podcast), c) often short enough to get through a show over your commute!

This series of podcasts is very much about history and also includes individual artists.

Maybe it is what you are looking for? they tend to focus on people, composers, and then individual shows . A very entertaining series.



https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/behind-the-curtain-broadways-living-legends

One of the best theater podcasts out there is Behind The Curtain: Broadways Living Legends with hosts Rob Schneider and Kevin David Thomas. These guys are fantastic and what's great, is that they have about 400 podcasts in the can so you can go back and listen to all these legends of Broadway (many of which are now gone). Now, they are taking a bit of a sabbatical until the fall, but its so worth going back and listening to what they've already done. Can't recommend it enough.

And of course, Three on the Aisle is equally as great. Three of Broadways finest critics and their insight to Broadway and theatre in America