Have you ever wondered what it takes to stand up before a live audience and do something worthwhile? Sing an aria, play in a jazz trio, perform a one-man show, do a comedy act, make balloon animals or swing on a trapeze?

“Doing It Live!” is about those people who take their art and work to the stage, whether that stage is a 100-seat theater, and 10,000-seat amphitheater, or a street corner, to offer it up to others who may be enthralled, appalled or indifferent.

This is where you can download interviews, conversations and stories with famous and soon-to-be-famous people who create art before a live audience without edits, retakes, do-overs or special sound effects.

The show is hosted by me, Nancy Tierney. The idea came to me while watching the Tony Awards. I found myself sobbing with a combination of love and grief. Not because I cared about the awards or who won, but because I had such a profound respect and love for these artists who do it live, who don’t have the fallback of endless takes, cinematic tricks, voice-overs or a top-notch editor splicing in the editing room. These are artists who have to give it all to the moment, because they can’t pause and say, “Wait, let me do that over.”

“Doing It Live!” includes interviews with all types of performance artists. Musicians, comedians, improv theater artists, street performers, dancers and just about anyone who knows what it takes to perform before a watching, listening audience.