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| Andy Serkis, who played Gollum in Lord of the Rings, and David Warner are to star in an audio comedy drama being made by independent producer Ladbroke Radio for BBC Worldwide. Read the story. |
| "God of the Razor" by Joe Lansdale, adapted by Jerry Stearns, music by Mike Wheaton, and directed by Brian Price for Scott Hickey's Grist Mill Productions was premiered at the World Horror Con 2006 in San Francisco on May 13th. Got a lot of good comments and we spent the evening attending publisher's parties and accepting free drinks under a full moon |
| Tony Palermo toured - Neil Simon's "The Prisoner of Second Avenue" - 23 PERFORMANCES |  |
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Tony Palermo toured nationwide with L.A. Theatre Works' traveling
production of Neil Simon's "The Prisoner of Second Avenue." This is a hybrid
form of radio-on-stage where Tony--from a riser on-stage--provides live
sound effects as actors move about a minimal set of furniture while miming
actions (opening doors, throwing things, making lunch, dialing phones, etc.)
There are mics positioned strategically across the stage and the actors
cross to the couch, terrace, kitchen, etc. as the drama requires, pausing to
deliver their lines at the mics. The format resembles the earliest days of
television. We're playing 1000-2000 seat theaters up and down both coasts
with a few dates in the Midwest.
The cast includes Hector Elizondo, Elizabeth Ward Land, David Manis, Sharon Madden, Lynn Marda and Diane Adair. Rob Blasko is the stage manager. If the tour comes to your town, stop by the stage after the show to say hello to Tony as he wraps up. Even if you've done a million radio dramas you've never seen anything like this.
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| The Night Kitchen's Radio Theatre made their debut at the Kennedy Center and XM Radio Live, Wednesday night December 21 before an invitation only audience. The evenings show, The Emperor's New Clothes, featured special guests Debra Winger and Arliss Howard. The theatre's founder and director, Arthur Yorinks, says the idea is to bring the audience a rich and refreshing original "oasis" from the current landscape of television and film. The script was adapted by Yorinks for radio from the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale |
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THE SHERLOCK HOLMES THEATER is being
published by Blackstone Audiobooks (www.blackstoneaudio.com) in January.
Directed and produced by Yuri Rasovsky, it includes Martin Jarvis playing Holmes and Kristoffer Tabori essays Watson, with Dwight
Schultz, Tony Jay, Phil Proctor, Roslyn Ayers and a pretty damn good supporting cast!
Making the noise (sorry...sound effects) was Tony Palermo. The package consists of the only two full-length plays written by Conan Doyle himself, SHERLOCK HOLMES, co-written with William Gillette, and THE STONOR CASE, based on "The Adventure of the Speckled Band." There is no other sound recording of the two plays. |
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MICHAEL LEARMONTH from Variety Magazine reports that
Sirius Satellite Radio will partner with
Charlie Kaufman and the Coen brothers to produce
2 new radio dramas based on Coen's "Sawbones" and Kaufman's "Hope Leaves the Theater"
The shows will have music scored from them and be performed live for three nights at St. Ann's Warehouse in Gotham and then move to the Royal Festival Hall in London. The event is being called Theater of the New Ear. |
 On Tuesday 21 September 2004 at 6.30pm The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy returns to Radio 4 for a brand new series. Hear the demo and more...
Announcing the first major radio event of the new millennium:
The sequels to THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
As Douglas Adams wished, internationally acclaimed audio producer Dirk Maggs
has adapted and will be directing the the final books of the HITCHHIKER'S
GUIDE TO THE GALAXY. The 'Tertiary Phase' LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND
EVERYTHING is scheduled for broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2004.
Much of the original cast will appear in the new series including: Simon
Jones as Arthur Dent, Mark Wing-Davey as Zaphod Beeblebrox, Geoff McGivern
as Ford Prefect, Susan Sheridan as Trillion, and Stephen Moore as Marvin.
Many new voices are also cast including William Franklyn as the Book, and
Roger Gregg of Ireland's Crazy Dog Audio Theatre as Eddie the on-board
computer.
More details NOW at www.crazydogaudiotheatre.com
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Roger Gregg and Dirk Maggs
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| Recently Published: Blackstone (www.blackstoneaudio.com) has published on cassette, CD and MP3, Yuri Rasovsky's 1981 Peabody Award-winning "Odyssey of Homer," which has not been in circulation for 20 years! |
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An Independent Audio Theatre Producers Conference
"Creating Contacts and Collaborations" Hosted by: Great Northern Audio Theatre and KFAI-FM Community Radio, with support from: Assoc of Independents in Radio (AIR), The National Audio Theatre Festivals (NATF), and Radio K |
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| Atlanta's three professional acting unions - the Screen Actor's Guild (SAG),
the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA),
and Actor's Equity Association (AEA) raised over $1300 and 827 pounds of food for the local
food co-op. Read more...
2006 Date is Monday November 13 |
| Brian Bull of Wisconsin Public Radio reported on NPR about
Arkham House. In his report he featured a sound bite from The Atlanta Radio
Theatre Company's The Dunwich Horror. You can hear that report here. |
| BODYLOVE has been awarded three (3) of the prestigious Communicator Awards!
The program was entered in three categories of the Audio competition (Best Instructional Program, Best Creative Concept, Best Scriptwriting) and won them all. This is an enormous tribute to all the dedicated and talented people who made Season One of this show come together. BODYLOVE is the brainchild of several dedicated health professionals at the UAB School of Public Health. They wanted to produce a radio serial drama (better known as a "soap opera") which would subtly teach about health issues in the listening area of local radio station WJLD. Check out the program. |
| GREAT NORTHERN AUDIO THEATRE is pleased to announce the release of two new comedy CD DOUBLE-HEADERS:
PETER GALAXY:
A Great Northern Audio Double-Header
featuring: PETER GALAXY: Can two retired, old-time radio actors find work for 300 billion illegal aliens and still find time to finish their game of gin rummy? Michael Sheard (Admiral Ozzel in Star War's Empire Strikes Back, Dr. Who) and David Ossman (Firesign Theatre) join forces to show just much fun answering that question can be. TELL THEM NAPA SEND YOU: An average guy leaves the relative safety of an average auto parts store to take on Dwarf Cavern Fabrications, Sirens and Urchins (among others) in search of the perfect replacement part for whatever it was that broke. It was a wonderful experience to drag two consummate pros onto the same stage, provide them with a wonderful supporting cast and an enthusiastic audience, and watch them go to work.
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Soundstage Audio Theatre has once again been recognized at the Communicator Awards.
Offramp received two Crystal Awards of Excellence at the 2003 Communicators -- for Radio Programs/Other and for Narration/On Air Talent/Humor. The Sixty Second Radio Hour received an Award of Distinction for Writing/Humor and an Honorable Mention for Writing/Script.
Offramp is an improvisational audio project of surrealism, absurdity, high comedy, low drama, or music featuring Gary Bass, Matthew Cowley and David Waterman, and produced by Sheila Cowley. More information is available at http://www.offrampinfo.com. Offramp is available for free to radio stations in a series of thirteen half-hours. A single cd "best of" sampler is available for sale at offrampinfo.com. The Sixty Second Radio Hour is a series of short sketches, vignettes, and audio dreams, written and produced by Matthew Cowley. More information at http://www.radiosoundstage.com. The Sixty Second Radio Hour is available as well -- free for radio play and for sale on the radiosoundstage site. There are two cds so far, with roughly 23 episodes on each one. Soundstage is a production of WMNF 88.5 FM in Tampa, FL. http://www.wmnf.org. The Communicator Awards are an international competition honoring excellence in audio communications. More information at http://www.communicator-awards.com/audio/ |
| "Not From Space" from Borgus Productions has received the Crystal Award of
Excellence from the Communicator Awards.
This international award is judged by a panel of industry proffesionals and given to
those audio productions which serve as a benchmark for the industry.
"Not From Space" is a two-hour alien invasion created entirely through the Internet.
The story is like a modern "War of the Worlds" news broadcast, only this time Bill Gates
is one of the aliens. Includes the voices of 15 worldwide actors and the music of
Australia's "Send One."
This production also won the silver Mark Time science fiction award earlier this year and was featured in a special documentary on Danish National Radio. In October it was broadcast on XM Satellite Radio. Now airing on the W0kie satellite network and various FM Stations.
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New website for Willamette Radio Workshop - Portland, OR.www.radiowork.com
The third and last of our Sherlock Holmes trilogy, The Final Adventure, is now available for listening at http://www.mp3.com/oneact |
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Jeffrey Adamsis reports that he has begun to experiment with my own, short series in mp3 on the web
The series is called Imagination X. My hope is to update six or more times
a year with stories of the fantastic, the incredible, the delightful, the
terrifying. The first show in the series, 'Distance' starring me and my
iMac computer (playing the role of an onboard ship's computer) is available
at the line below. Enjoy, and thank you.
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New Listing - Riverfront Radio Playhouse. streaming 40 shows in rotation.
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BBC7
The BBC has launched a new channel and web feed playing
unadulterated entertainment. They are playing classic British Drama and
they'll also be adding Dr. Who and Blake's Seven.
BBC 7
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