Welcome to "On with the Show," where we delve into the intriguing stories that have shaped the world of performing arts.

I'm your host, Lee O'Sullivan.

Join me as we witness one of the most unlikely pivotal points of the Cold War, the defection of Russian Ballet superstar Rudolf Nureyev. An incident that changed the zeitgeist for Ballet in the Western world and humiliated the USSR.

So, without further ado, let's dive into the spotlight and explore the stories behind the curtain. This is "On with the Show."

Welcome to "On with the Show," where we delve into the intriguing stories that have shaped the world of performing arts. I'm your host, Lee O'Sullivan.

Join me as we delve into one of the 90’s biggest Pop Culture incidents, The attack on US Olympic Figure Skater Nancy Kerrigan. An incident that put Figure Skating at the forefront of the 1994 Norway Winter Olympics for all the wrong reasons.

So, without further ado, let's dive into the spotlight and explore the stories behind the curtain. This is "On with the Show."

Welcome to "On with the Show," where we delve into the intriguing stories that have shaped the world of performing arts. I'm your host, Lee O'Sullivan, Join me as we head to Texas 1955 where jazz icons Ella Fitzgerald & Dizzy Gillespie would find themselves in jail after performing to a mixed race crowd, despite segregation already being abolished. So, without further ado, let's dive into the spotlight and explore the stories behind the curtain. This is "On with the Show."

Welcome to "On with the Show," where we delve into the intriguing stories that have shaped the world of performing arts. I'm your host, Lee O'Sullivan. There’s one song in New Zealand that means Christmas more than it does anywhere else in the world.

“Snoopy’s Christmas” makes reference to the World War One Christmas day truce and features traditional carols “O Tannenbaum” and “Hark the Herald Angels Sing”

Despite it’s lack of success anywhere else, it is a Kiwi Christmas staple

So, without further ado, let's dive into the spotlight and explore the stories behind the curtain. This is "On with the Show."

Join me as we discover how an overzealous 1920’s New York court system tried to take down Mae West and created a global icon whose legacy and witty repartee lives on over 100 years later .

Welcome to "On with the Show," where we delve into the intriguing stories that have shaped the world of performing arts. I'm your host, Lee O'Sullivan, Join me as we follow the career of “Baby Ballerina’s” Tatiana Riabouchinska who escaped the Russian Revolution & became a Disney icon

Welcome to "On with the Show," where we delve into the intriguing stories that have shaped the world of performing arts.

I'm your host, Lee O'Sullivan, Join me as we follow the career of “Baby Ballerina” Tamara Toumanova who went from being born a refugee to superstar at just aged 10.

So, without further ado, let's dive into the spotlight and explore the stories behind the curtain. This is "On with the Show."

Welcome to "On with the Show," where we delve into the intriguing stories that have shaped the world of performing arts. I'm your host, Lee O'Sullivan, Join me as we follow the careers of the “Baby Ballerina’s” starting with Irina Baranova who took on her first lead role at just 14 years old

So, without further ado, let's dive into the spotlight and explore the stories behind the curtain. This is "On with the Show."