Podcast: Edward Seckerson Meets... Stephanie J Block

Edward Seckerson meets the fabulous Stephanie J Block, currently wowing London audiences as Lili Vanessi in Cole Porter’s Kiss Me, Kate. Her astonishing career has taken her from a Broadway debut as the young Liza Minnelli in the Hugh Jackman vehicle The Boy From Oz to The Cher Show (wait till you hear her Cher voice in this interview!) and a long-overdue Tony Award. She and Seckerson talk of her life-changing journey with Elphaba – which she almost [ital] originated – in Wicked and Tony-nominated turns in Falsettos and The Mystery of Edwin Drood, plus the not-so-little matter of Boublil and Schoenberg’s ill-fated The Pirate Queen. One song still resonates: her glorious account of ‘Woman’, a performance for the ages.

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Kiss Me, Kate is at the Barbican, London, until 14 September – for tickets, visit: barbican.org.uk

The musical excerpts featured on this podcast are as follows:

‘Woman’ – The Pirate Queen (Original Broadway Cast Recording) on Sony Masterworks Broadway; and ‘So in Love’ – Kiss Me, Kate (London 2024 cast). The opening and closing musical excerpts featured in this podcast are from the Overture to Gypsy (film version), taken from Jule Styne’s ‘Overtures Vol 2’, courtesy of JAY Records.