In this episode of the OnStage Colorado Podcast, hosts Alex Miller and Toni Tresca look at some recent A&E news — including the Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s season announcement and a chat with Ballyhoo Table & Stage founder Julia Tobey on the new venue’s grand opening this Saturday.

Later in the podcast, Alex chats with Scot Merchant, creator of the new musical Ichabod, which has its world premiere at Denver’s Mizel Center Oct. 30.

Also in this episode, the Top 10 Colorado Headliners — upcoming shows from around Colorado that may be worth checking out. Here’s the list in no particular order:

• Ghostlight, Oct. 29, Oct. 31, Nov. 1 and Nov. 12, at various venues in the Denver metro area
• Edgar Allan Poe Is Dead and So Is My Cat, Oct. 31-Nov. 16, Buntport Theater, Denver
• La Traviata, Nov. 1-9, Ellie Caulkins Opera House, Denver
• Hedwig and the Angry Inch - remount, Nov. 6-23, Ballyhoo, Denver
• R.U.R., Nov. 6-23, Spring Ensemble Theatre, Colorado Springs, 
• The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Schoolhouse Theater, Parker, through Nov. 16
• Dracula, Main St. Live, Trinidad, through Nov. 2
• Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, Denver Center Garner Galleria, through May 10
• Misery, OpenStage at Fort Collins Lincoln Center, Oct. 31-Nov. 29
• Alibis & Other Lies, What If Theatre, Lakewood, through Nov. 1