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This week we have the second installment of the classic The Count of Monte Christo by Alexander Dumas, dramatized for you by Lifehouse Theatre on the Air. With origins in California-based community theatre, LifeHouse Theater On-The-Air is a new effort to create dynamic audio drama to entertain and educate audiences of all ages and walks of life. They produce classic stories from literature, history, the Bible, and the biographies of quotable notables. Visit their website for over a … [Read more...] about Episode 257: The Monte Christoan Count Gets His Revenge

OK, so we're not quite edging into what would be traditionally called "Holiday Programming" here, but we do have a wonderful treat - the swashbuckling classic The Count of Monte Christo by Alexander Dumas, dramatized for you by Lifehouse Theatre on the Air. With origins in California-based community theatre, LifeHouse Theater On-The-Air is a new effort to create dynamic audio drama to entertain and educate audiences of all ages and walks of life. They produce classic stories from … [Read more...] about Episode 256: A Swashbuckling Embarcation of the Holiday Season

This 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 … [Read more...] about Episode 255: Sweeney Todd’s Barbary Falls in a Trap

Week 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, … [Read more...] about Episode 254: A Barbarous Black Friday with Sweeney Todd

We 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, … [Read more...] about Episode 253: A Bit More Polishing Off from Olde Sweeney Todd