L. A. Theatre Works: Neil Simon’s Biloxi Blues on Saturday 29 September

This Saturday, 29 September from 10 pm - midnight on 89.3 KPCC, L.A. Theatre Works’ The Play’s the Thing will air Biloxi Blues by Neil Simon, starring Josh Radnor, Justine Bateman, Steve Rankin, Rob Benedict, Joshua Biton, John Cabrera, Mathew Patrick Davis, Russell Soder and Darby Stanchfield.  In Simon’s semi-autobiographical, Tony Award-winning play newly enlisted Eugene Morris Jerome finds himself transplanted from Brooklyn, New York to Biloxi, Mississippi for basic training during World War II. The broadcast includes an interview with Neil Simon. 

Thanks to a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the first broadcast each month of The Play’s The Thing is a science-themed play. Each play in the Relativity series is available for podcasting at www.kpcc.org/ for three months following the broadcast.

L.A. Theatre Works’ radio theater series, The Play’s the Thing, airs locally every Saturday night from 10 pm to midnight on 89.3 FM KPCC Southern California Public Radio, and is streamed on the KPCC website (www.kpcc.org/) for one week following each broadcast. 

The series can also be heard on 89.1 KUOR in Redlands; 94.1 KPFA in Northern California; 91.5 FM WBEZ in Chicago; 91.1 FM KRCB in Sonoma County; 93.5 FM  KRTS Marfa Public Radio (Texas); 89.7 WGBH in Boston; 94.9 KUOW in Seattle; 88.9 FM KUNM in Albuquerque; 90.5 FM KUT in Austin; as well as on many other public radio stations nationwide and XM Satellite Radio.  Selected programs from LATW are also heard internationally over BBC World Service, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Telefis Eirann (Ireland), Radio Hong Kong, and Radio New Zealand.  The L.A. Theatre Works Audio Theatre Collection is available in bookstores, libraries, through their catalog, digitally on itunes, overdrive.com, audible.com, and on the L.A. Theatre Works website at www.latw.org/.

On XM Satellite Radio, The Play’s the Thing now airs on Sonic Theater three times a week.  Each broadcast premieres on Friday evening at 8 pm eastern/5 pm pacific and repeats the following Monday in the same time slot.  On Wednesday, XM offers an encore performance of a previously-broadcast program.

To get a full schedule,  go to the L.A. Theatre Works website at www.latw.org/ and follow the link through the “Radio Theatre Series” heading and then “Episode Guide” or go directly to www.scpr.org/ for KPCC.

Additional support for the series is provided by AudioFile Magazine.  Listeners can visit their website at www.audiofilemagazine.com/ to view 65 reviews of LATW plays and hear sound clips from them.  The Beverly Hilton hotel is the official hotel for The Play’s the Thing.

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Radio Drama Revival!: Thursdays from 1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. on WMPG FM 90.9 and 104.1 in Portland, Maine USA or on the web

Radio Drama Revival! is a weekly radio show/podcast dedicated to stories told through sound, showcasing the diversity and vitality of modern audio theater. Operated by Frederick Greenhalgh of FinalRune Productions, the show features audio theater stories and discussion with contemporary dramatists from across the United States. Radio Drama Revival! airs live on WMPG FM 90.9 and 104.1 in Portland, Maine, streams on the web at http://www.wmpg.org/ , and podcasts from http://www.radiodramarevival.com/ .

Details for Radio Drama Revival!:

Thursdays 1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Broadcasting on WMPG FM 90.9 and 104.1 in Portland, Maine

Streaming on http://www.wmpg.org/

Podcasting on http://www.radiodramarevival.com/

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Radio Drama Revival!: Thursdays from 1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. on WMPG FM 90.9 and 104.1 in Portland, Maine USA or on the web

Radio Drama Revival! is a weekly radio show/podcast dedicated to stories told through sound, showcasing the diversity and vitality of modern audio theater. Operated by Frederick Greenhalgh of FinalRune Productions, the show features audio theater stories and discussion with contemporary dramatists from across the United States. Radio Drama Revival! airs live on WMPG FM 90.9 and 104.1 in Portland, Maine, streams on the web at http://www.wmpg.org/ , and podcasts from http://www.radiodramarevival.com/ .

Details for Radio Drama Revival!:

Thursdays 1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Broadcasting on WMPG FM 90.9 and 104.1 in Portland, Maine

Streaming on http://www.wmpg.org/

Podcasting on http://www.radiodramarevival.com/

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Greetings to Theatre of the Mindless

Lit Between the Ears extends a warm welcome to Theatre Of The Mindless. Performing from Bowen Park Theater & Opera Company in Waukegan, Illinois, Stephen Jansen shares the following:

“It’s mainly going to be bits and pieces about my recreation group, “Theatre Of The Mindless”, along with some rare OTR shows and pics of memorabilia, some notes about what goes into a new audio production (writing, producing, sound effects, actors, recording, etc), and some of my views on OTR and NTR.”

Jansen promises several brand new stories are in various stages of completion with “some VERY GOOD stuff coming up.” We’re looking forward to joining the Mindless Ones (see their website for an explanation).

Besides, who wouldn’t tune into a group performing on Jack Benny Drive?

Details:

Stephen Jansen

Theatre Of The Mindless

c/o Bowen Park Theater & Opera Company

39 Jack Benny Drive

Waukegan, IL 

blog: http://theatreofthemindless.blogspot.com/ 

web: http://www.theatreofthemindless.com/

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Anne Fiero: Art Waves, Friday 7 September from 9:00-10:00 PM

The second half of Anne’s the Poets Wear Prada Series featuring editor Roxanne Hoffman, and a slightly more musical interpretation of the poetic life and process from Sheryl H. Simler and Efrayim Levenson.

Details

WKCR FM New York

89.9 FM

http://www.wkcr.org/

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