Airs Thursdays, 1-1:30PM EST on Portland, Maine's community radio station WMPG. Produced by Frederick Greenhalgh of FinalRune Productions.
The crooning, jazzy journey of Jack Flanders wraps up this week in the riveting conclusion to “Do That in Real Life?” What will come of Jack’s bewitched lover? What happens to Petite Lafitte and the streetcar of skeletons? And, gosh darnit, what about them zombies?
Radio Drama Revival! Episode 68
Up for one week only! This will go offline May 9 so get it while it’s hot.
8 out of 10
A post-apocalyptic audio book / drama packed with steel-jacketed entertainment for your inner libertarian.
Jack’s adventures in New Orleans continue this week with a talk about zombies, and visits to a Voodoo Queen — a friend, not a foe… or at least so we think. Plus, Louis Lafitte goes on the ride of his life!
5 out of 10 stars
Ham-fisted sermons on non-attachment don’t translate into riveting audio drama.
In the second part of the ZBS Foundation’s “Do That in Real Life,” Jack Flanders is taken deeper into the spooky and energy-ridden world of New Orleans’ back streets and the Voodoo queens who roam the city today. Plus, Louis Lafitte the littlest pirate begins a crazy journey!
If you know Jack and need a respite from faster entertainments, the soothing aroma of spiced coffee beckons you to the Casa Luna.
7 out of 10 stars
In more audio drama news, the peculiar platitudes behind “The Many Men of Martha Manning” are up to more aural mischief:
Set in 1958, “MARTHA & DOTTY: MICROWAVE MAMBO!” is a multi-episode audio production that takes our heroines from their pastoral pine porch to the
Beat scene in Greenwich Village, to the casinos of Havana and to the bottom
of the ocean–with plenty of unexpected stops in between. And on the way,
they’ll delve into the mysteries of microwaves, multilingual love and a
pesky H-Bomb.“MARTHA & DOTTY: MICROWAVE MAMBO” will again be directed by Grace
Gonglewski, choreographed by Karen Getz and written by David Witz. The show will feature guest players from the Philly Fringe, professional voice actors
and more than few surprise participants.“The Many Men of Martha Manning” earned giddy reviews (”Hilarious–It
couldn’t be any better!” raved the Philadelphia Inquirer), thousands of
downloads from around the world and inspired college students to create
their own audio-theater pieces.This year, “MARTHA & DOTTY: MICROWAVE MAMBO!” will be presented by BRAT Productions as a pay-per-download audio production. Episodes will be available from iTunes and from http://MarthaAndDotty.com beginning in early August and throughout the 2008 Fringe.
Sounds like fun — and just to get you ready, you’ll be hearing Martha’s previous adventures sometime this spring.
