LA TheatreWorks: A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde on Saturday June 6 at 10:00pm June 6, 2009
Posted by William Spear in >> News, >> Radio Drama.Tags: A Woman of No Importance, Jane Carr, Judy Geeson, KPCC, L. A. Theatre Works, Martin Jarvis, Merlin Holland, Miriam Margolyes, Oscar Wilde, Robert Machray, Rosalind Ayres, Samantha Mathis
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This weekend, beginning June 6, L.A. Theatre Works will air its production of A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde, starring Rosalind Ayres, Martin Jarvis, Miriam Margolyes, Jane Carr, Judy Geeson, Samantha Mathis and Robert Machray. The broadcast can be heard locally in Southern California on Saturday from 10pm to midnight on KPCC 89.3 FM, and can also be streamed on demand at www.latw.org .
Devilishly attractive Lord Illingworth is notorious for his skill as a seducer. But he is still invited to all the best houses, while his female conquests must hide their shame in seclusion. In this devastating drawing room comedy, Wilde uses his celebrated wit to expose English society’s narrow view of everything from sexual mores to Americans. The broadcast includes an interview with Merlin Holland, Oscar Wilde’s grandson.
L.A. Theatre Works’ radio theater series can also be heard on the following stations (check local listings for broadcast times): 89.7 WGBH in Boston; 91.5 FM WBEZ in Chicago; 94.9 KUOW in Seattle; 93.5 FM KRTS “Marfa Public Radio” in Texas; 90.5 FM KUT in Austin; 88.9 FM KUNM in Albuquerque; 91.5 FM, Interlochen Public Radio in Northern Michigan; 90.1 FM KKFI in Kansas City, MO; 90.7 FM KVNO in Omaha; 94.1 KPFA in Northern California; 91.1 FM KRCB in Sonoma County; and 89.1 KUOR in Redlands.
Major funding for L.A. Theatre Works broadcast series is provided by the S. Mark Taper Foundation. Founded in 1989, the S. Mark Taper Foundation is a private family foundation dedicated to enhancing the quality of people’s lives by supporting non-profit organizations and their work in the community.
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LA Theatre Works: Blithe Spirt by Noel Coward on Saturday October 25 – tonight! October 25, 2008
Posted by William Spear in >> News, >> Radio Drama.Tags: Blithe Spirit, Ian Ogilvey, Judy Geeson, KPCC, L.A. Theatre Works, noel coward, Rosalind Ayres, Shirley Knight
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The Play’s The Thing
L.A. THEATRE WORKS
Tonight, Saturday, October 25 from 10 pm - midnight on 89.3 KPCC, L.A. Theatre Works‘ The Play’s the Thing will Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward, starring Rosalind Ayres, Judy Geeson, Shirley Knight, and Ian Ogilvey. A casual, witty evening among friends is transformed by a seance that conjures the ghost of the host’s first wife, who delights in wreaking havoc among the living. The broadcast includes an interview with ghostbuster Loyd Auerbach (Director of the Office of Paranormal Investigations and author of the book Mind Over Matter http://www.mindreader.com/loyd/)
Next Saturday, November 1 from 10 pm - midnight on 89.3 KPCC, L.A. Theatre Works‘ The Play’s the Thing will air The Rivalry by Norman Corwin. David Strathairn and Paul Giamatti star as Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, rivals for the U.S. Senate – one a rising Illinois legislator and abolitionist candidate of the newly formed Republican party, the other the Democratic incumbent and champion of states’ rights. Join L.A. Theatre Works on this pre-election day weekend for a rare and timely revival of Corwin’s Broadway play, taken from the transcripts of the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates that tackled the day’s most passionate issue – slavery. Also starring Lily Rabe as Adele Douglas, the young wife of Senator Douglas through whose lens we witness the proceedings. Eric Simonson, 2006 Academy Award-winner for his documentary The Golden Age of Norman Corwin, directs. The broadcast includes an interview with Paul Giamatti and David Strathairn.
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 89.7 WGBH in Boston; 91.5 FM WBEZ in Chicago; 94.9 KUOW in Seattle; 93.5 FM KRTS “Marfa Public Radio” in Texas; 90.5 FM KUT in Austin; 88.9 FM KUNM in Albuquerque; 91.5 FM, Interlochen Public Radio in Northern Michigan; 94.1 KPFA in Northern California; 91.1 FM KRCB in Sonoma County; 89.1 KUOR in Redlands; 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.
