Episode 255: Sweeney Todd’s Barbary Falls in a Trap

December 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Sweeney Todd String of Pearls Audio DramaThis week we are thrilled to be featuring work by Grammy-nominated dramaturge Yuri Rasovsky, whose 2012 production The Mark of Zorro is up for Best Spoken Word Album of the Year. We hear a teaser from that new work available either through Blackstone Audiobooks or on Audible.

Also in this edition is Captain Radio, with a taste of Lifehouse Productions’ Count of Monte Christo.

And then week 4, the bloody culmination of Yuri’s 2007 production, Sweeney Todd and the String of PearlsSweeney Todd and the String of Pearls. Week 4 runs a starving pie shoppe baker, a curious kid and the gallant Martin Gestry into diabolical confrontation – and conclusion. The sensation of 19th century London has returned in plays, film, and now, audio drama, in this masterful rendering by radio great Yuri Rasovsky.

Yuri proves that audio drama offers storytelling tools unavailable in any other medium, mixing in grisly violence, unsettling performances, and sonic interludes.

With permission from the producer, here is Blackstone Audio‘s release of . If you like what you hear, find almost 2 dozen other titles by Yuri also available through Blackstone.

Part 4 of 4

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Radio Drama Revival – Episode 255

Filed Under: American, Classic Retellings, Hollywood Theater of the Ear, Horror, Podcast, Yuri Rasovsky

Episode 254: A Barbarous Black Friday with Sweeney Todd

November 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Sweeney Todd String of Pearls Audio DramaWeek 3 continues our foray into 19th century London, where Fleet Street is home to the “Demon Barber” Sweeney Todd, a snickering, dour man whose customers mysteriously disappear, only to reappear in pies at the neighboring pie shoppe. But when a man bringing word of Martin Gestry – a lovesick sailor – disappears along with a string of precious pearls, inquiring minds look deeper into the goings-on of Sweeney’s shop.

The sensation of 19th century London has returned in plays, film, and now, audio drama, in this masterful rendering by radio great Yuri Rasovsky.

Yuri proves that audio drama offers storytelling tools unavailable in any other medium, mixing in grisly violence, unsettling performances, and sonic interludes.

With permission from the producer, here is Blackstone Audio‘s release of Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls. If you like what you hear, find almost 2 dozen other titles by Yuri also available through Blackstone.

Part 3 of 4

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Radio Drama Revival – Episode 253

Filed Under: Classic Retellings, Hollywood Theater of the Ear, Horror, Podcast, Yuri Rasovsky

Episode 253: A Bit More Polishing Off from Olde Sweeney Todd

November 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Sweeney Todd String of Pearls Audio DramaWe return again to 19th century London, where Fleet Street is home to the “Demon Barber” Sweeney Todd, a snickering, dour man whose customers mysteriously disappear, only to reappear in pies at the neighboring pie shoppe. But when a man bringing word of Martin Gestry – a lovesick sailor – disappears along with a string of precious pearls, inquiring minds look deeper into the goings-on of Sweeney’s shop.

The sensation of 19th century London has returned in plays, film, and now, audio drama, in this masterful rendering by radio great Yuri Rasovsky.

Yuri proves that audio drama offers storytelling tools unavailable in any other medium, mixing in grisly violence, unsettling performances, and sonic interludes.

With permission from the producer, here is Blackstone Audio‘s release of Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls. If you like what you hear, find almost 2 dozen other titles by Yuri also available through Blackstone.

Part 2 of 3

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Radio Drama Revival – Episode 253

Filed Under: Classic Retellings, Gothic, Hollywood Theater of the Ear, Horror, Podcast, Yuri Rasovsky

Episode 252: Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber Strikes

November 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Sweeney Todd String of Pearls Audio DramaOn Fleet Street in Olde London there once lived a barber called Sweeney Todd, whose greatest pleasure was “polishing off” his customers who found themselves first bereft of wordly goods and then shuffled off this mortal coil. Those unlucky enough to go in for a shave found themselves ground up into some famous meat pies… A secret that continues for years until Sweeney is wrapped up in a story of a mournful lover and a lost precious string of pearls.

The sensation of 19th century London has returned in plays, film, and now, audio drama, in this masterful rendering by radio great Yuri Rasovsky.

Yuri proves that audio drama offers storytelling tools unavailable in any other medium, mixing in grisly violence, unsettling performances, and sonic interludes.

With permission from the producer, here is Blackstone Audio‘s release of Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls. If you like what you hear, find almost 2 dozen other titles by Yuri also available through Blackstone.

Part 1 of 3

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Radio Drama Revival – Episode 252

Filed Under: Hollywood Theater of the Ear, Horror, Podcast, Yuri Rasovsky

Episode 251: A Scene from the Horror Hotel

November 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Horror Hotel Scary Story from Gaiety School of ActingJust because we don’t feel that we get quite enough spooky programming during the month of October, we’re continuing our tradition of re-upping the spooky tales for the month of November. This week, it’s our esteemed friend Roger Gregg, who produced a spooky ghost number with the Gaiety School of Acting’s 2010 class (a Dublin, Ireland based advanced theatre training school).

The show is Scene from Horror Hotel: Episode 1, and by the end of it, you’ll start to wonder where all the other episodes went… The show is masterfully stylized, and not quite a satire of the modern ghost classics such as The Shining. Come on, every haunted hotel needs to have a bath tub, right? Stay tuned for a special secret track at the end…

Before we get into our main feature, Captain Radio is back with a review of Demon Eyes by John Ballentine’s Campfire Radio Theater.

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Radio Drama Revival – Episode 251

Some notes from Roger on the production:

The scene features wonderful performances by Margaret McAuliffe and Genevieve Hulme-Beaman.
For location realism, Margaret got in her bathing suit and we filled the bath to record this scene.

The scene was recorded with a portable HD recorder and a Rode Stereo Microphone.

Draining the bath was recorded wild in situ. The other bath sounds were created naturally by the actors in the scene, rising from the bath and so forth. The scripts were taped to the walls of the bathroom to faciliate maximum free movement.

Filed Under: Crazy Dog Audio Theater, Horror, Podcast

Episode 249 – Halloween Horrors! Intensive Care by Aural Stage/FinalRune and Damned Godzillas…

October 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Intensive Care Horror Radio dramaIt is HALLOWEEN my freakish audio fan folks, and to celebrate we have a positively gushing font of blood and chills this year. Fresh off the mixing deck, I’m proud to release the new collaboration of Aural Stage Studios and FinalRune Productions – Intensive Care by James Comtois.

The show involves Alex, a young man who finds himself in a run-down New England hospital following a car accident. Strange conversations from patients and staff make Alex realize that no one ever seems to make it out of the hospital alive… time is running out for him to make his escape. And where the hell is his girlfriend Elizabeth?

Following this spooktacular new work, we have another special treat: from the special collection of Richard Fish, we have an episode of Sci Fi Channel’s gone but not forgotten Seeing Ear Theatre (wonderfully eulogized by SFF Audio). The show, written by none other than J. Michael Straczynski and starring Steve Buscemi, is called “The Damned are Playing at Godzilla’s Tonight,” which asks the essential question… What IS it truly worth sacrificing to live out your dreams?

We also give a shout-out to our much-loved producer David Accampo of Wormwood, who is working on a new graphic novel called Sparrow and Crowe.

Listen, and shriek! A special bonus Episode 250 goes with today’s trick or treat.

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Radio Drama Revival – Episode 249

Filed Under: Aural Stage Studios, FinalRune, Horror, Podcast
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