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KMUZ Theatre Talk

KMUZ Theatre Talk

By: Ed Schoaps
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KMUZ Theatre Talk brings you news and interviews about live theatre performing throughout the mid-Willamette Valley. Host Ed Schoaps covers shows that are opening, playing and auditioning in the area, and interviews playwrights, directors, actors, production designers and more.Ed Schoaps Art Entertainment & Performing Arts
Episodes
  • Episode 25-1121: Two theatrical love letters from the 60s
    Nov 21 2025

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    (13:29) Neil Simon’s classic comedy, BAREFOOT IN THE PARK runs Dec. 5-20 at Albany Civic Theater. A pair of newlyweds is adjusting to marriage. But Paul is a straight-as-an-arrow lawyer and Corie is a free spirit of the 60s, always looking for the latest kick. Add in a recently widowed mother, a worldly upstairs neighbor and a hapless telephone repair man and you’ve got a laugh riot. Host Ed Schoaps talks with director Becky Roth and actors Aja Cook and Lexy Macedo.

    (32:55) Open auditions for the hit musical, BYE BYE BIRDIE are 6 p.m. Nov. 30 through Dec. 3 at Gallery Theater in McMinnville. With its memorable score, lovable characters and playful satire of 1950s teen culture and small-town values, BYE BYE BIRDIE is a favorite of audiences and performers alike. Director Emily Matsuda talks with Ed about the show and how best to prepare for a great audition.

    (45:14) Wrap-up.

    KMUZ Theatre Talk airs at 9 a.m. the first and third Fridays of the month on ⁠KMUZ 100.7 and 88.5 FM ⁠in the mid-Willamette Valley, on the KMUZ mobile app and anytime wherever you listen to podcasts.

    #MidValleyTheatreNetwork #MVTN #MVTNRepresentatives #theatre #livetheatre #stageplay #onstage #KMUZmedia #KMUZtheatretalk #PressPlaySalem #AlbanyCivicTheater #barefootinthepark #neilsimon #comedy #GalleryTheater #byebyebirdie #musical

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    47 mins
  • Episode 25-1107: A four-score circumnavigation and a full house for the Holidays
    Nov 7 2025

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    (11:32) An adaptation of Jules Vern’s AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS fills the stage at Corban University Nov. 13-23. Host Ed Schoaps talks with director Tamara McGinnis about why this story is more about what the travelers learn about themselves along the journey than just winning a wager.

    (33:01) Two hapless thieves from a Christmas Eve liquor store holdup take a houseful of family and neighborhood friends hostage in the hilarious INLAWS, OUTLAWS AND OTHER PEOPLE (WHO SHOULD BE SHOT), playing Nov. 21 – Dec. 13 at Pentacle Theatre. Director Karen McCarty and actors Patrick Moser and James Hall join Ed to preview this zany holiday comedy.

    (52:14) Wrap-up.

    KMUZ Theatre Talk airs at 9 a.m. the first and third Fridays of the month on ⁠KMUZ 100.7 and 88.5 FM ⁠in the mid-Willamette Valley, on the KMUZ mobile app and wherever you listen to podcasts.

    #MidValleyTheatreNetwork #MVTN #MVTNRepresentatives #theatre #livetheatre #stageplay #onstage #KMUZmedia #KMUZtheatretalk #PressPlaySalem #CorbanUniversary#JulesVerne #80days #PentacleTheatre #HolidayComedy

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    54 mins
  • Episode 25-1017: Medieval royal family battle and The Necronomicon returns
    Oct 17 2025

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    (19:27) THE LION IN WINTER, by James Goldman, comes to the Keizer Homegrown Theatre stage Nov. 7-23. The dramady follows the medieval Plantagenet family, who are locked in a free-for-all of competing ambitions. Host Ed Schoaps talks with director Linda Baker, and actors Rick Sanders, who plays England’s King Henry II, and Nyla McCarthy, who plays Henry’s wife, the powerful Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine about this family battle royale.

    (41:24) Wandering Players Theatricsis bringing back an audience favorite that its members produced last fall. The bloody and funny EVIL DEAD THEMUSICAL will play Nov. 6-23 at Salem’s Historic Grand Theatre and Event Center. Actors Kristin Barrett, Vincent Turner and Emily Paoli join host Ed Schoaps to talk about why this cult musical is so popular with audiences and so much fun for actors.

    (51:11) Wrap-up.

    KMUZ Theatre Talk airs at 9 a.m. the first and third Fridays of the month on ⁠KMUZ 100.7 and 88.5 FM ⁠in the mid-Willamette Valley, on the KMUZ mobile app and wherever you listen to podcasts.

    #MidValleyTheatreNetwork #MVTN #MVTNRepresentatives #theatre #livetheatre #stageplay #onstage #KMUZmedia #KMUZtheatretalk #PressPlaySalem #KeizerHomegrownTheatre #Plantagenet #MedievalRoyals #familybattle #dramady #EvilDead #musical #zombies #necronomicon #horrorparody #horrorcomedy #historicgrandtheatre

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    53 mins
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