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Beowulf Alley’s Old Time Radio Theatre Offers Family Fun (ages 6 and older)
Directed by Sheldon Metz, the OTRT Ensemble Company includes Jon Benda, Butch Bryant, Gerri Courtney-Austein, Laura Davenport, Samuel De Jesus, Evan Engle, Sydney Flynn, Vince Flynn, Audrey Ann Gambach, Elizabeth Leadon, Butch Lynn, Steve McKee, Whitney Morton, Joan O'Dwyer, Shannon Brooke Rzuildo, Mike Saxon, Danielle Shirar, Ina Shivack, Terry Thune, Pat Timm, Jared Stokes, Lois Lederman and John Vornholt . OTRT at Tucson’s Birthday Party 2010 [click here] Performances of Classic Radio Shows All your radio favorites the first Saturday of every month at 3pm! 11 South 6th Avenue (Downtown between Broadway and Congress) General seating. Admission is $8 online a day in advance or $10 at the door. Children 4-12 are always $5. The box office phone number is (520) 882-0555. Unlike theater drama which required scenery to stage the settings of a play. Radio drama relied only on the imagination of the listener to interpret the scene. But without the right kind of writer the whole thing could fall flat on it’s face. It required a blend of words and music coupled with each listener’s imagination to make the whole thing work successfully. New techniques were required to combine all of these things in order that the listener could live within the story which was being told. Neither did it go unnoticed that at the same time as achieving all this, it was essential that the broadcasting company’s moral obligations to the listening public were not compromised. OLD TIME RADIO THEATRE
Beowulf Alley’s Old Time Radio Theatre Company Presents THE LIFE OFF RILEY: SIMON THE WAITER and GUNSMOKE: CHEAP LABOR April 7, 2012
(Tucson, AZ - February 14, 2012) Beowulf Alley Theatre’s Old Time Radio Theatre Company will present two episodes of the Golden Age of Radio. First, a classic production of THE LIFE OF RILEY:Simon the Waiter (April 26, 1947), followed by GUNSMOKE: CHEAP LABOR (June 17, 1956). All shows are performed at the theatre, 11 South 6th Avenue (Downtown between Broadway and Congress). The performance date is Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. Admission is $9. Group discounts available. The box office phone number is (520) 882-0555.
Directed by Sheldon Metz, the OTRT Ensemble Company includes: Jon Benda, Denise Blum, Butch Bryant, George Chatalas, Samantha Cormier, Gerri Courtney-Austein, Laura Davenport, Tony Eckstat, Bill Epstein, Sydney Flynn, Vince Flynn, Audrey Ann Gambach, Brian Hale, Meagan Jones, Butch Lynn, Steve McKee, Charlie Middagh, Whitney Morton, Joan O’Dwyer, Mike Saxon, Ina Shivak, Pat Timm, Terry Thure, Jared Stokes, John Vornholt.
The Life of Riley, with William Bendix in the title role, was a popular American radio situation comedy series of the 1940s. The show began as a proposed Groucho Marx radio series, The Flotsam Family. The show featured Bendix as blundering Chester A. Riley, a wing riveter at the fictional Cunningham Aircraft plant in California. His frequent exclamation of indignation -- "What a revoltin' development this is!" -- became one of the most famous catchphrases of the 1940s. Gunsmoke was an American radio and television western drama series taking place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American west. The radio version ran from 1952 to 1961, and, among radio drama enthusiasts, Gunsmoke is routinely placed among the best shows of any kind and any time. The television version ran for 20 seasons from 1955 to 1975, and was the United States' longest-running prime time, live-action drama with 635 episodes. The radio series aired from April 26, 1952 until June 18, 1961 on CBS. It starred William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon and Parley Baer as Dillon's assistant Chester Wesley Proudfoot. Conrad was one of the last actors who auditioned for the role of Marshal Dillon. "Much of Matt Dillon's character grew out of Bill Conrad."[4]
Beowulf Alley’s Old Time Radio Theatre Company Presents FIBER MCGEE AND MOLLY: THE BIG BUSINESSMAN and MYSTERY IN THE AIR: THE LODGER May 5, 2012
(Tucson, AZ - February 14, 2012) Beowulf Alley Theatre’s Old Time Radio Theatre Company will present two episodes of the Golden Age of Radio. First, a golden-age of radio classic, Fibber McGee and Molly: The Big Businessman. This is followed by MYSTERY IN THE AIR: The Lodger. All shows are performed at the theatre, 11 South 6th Avenue (Downtown between Broadway and Congress). The performance date is Saturday, May 5, 2012, at 3:00 p.m. Admission is $9. Group discounts available. The box office phone number is (520) 882-0555.
Directed by Sheldon Metz, the OTRT Ensemble Company includes: Jon Benda, Denise Blum, Butch Bryant, George Chatalas, Samantha Cormier, Gerri Courtney-Austein, Laura Davenport, Tony Eckstat, Bill Epstein, Sydney Flynn, Vince Flynn, Audrey Ann Gambach, Brian Hale, Meagan Jones, Butch Lynn, Steve McKee, Charlie Middagh, Whitney Morton, Joan O’Dwyer, Mike Saxon, Ina Shivak, Pat Timm, Terry Thure, Jared Stokes, John Vornholt.
“T’ain’t funny, McGee!!” One of radio’s greatest hits and one of the longest running shows in radio history, Fibber McGee and Molly, starred Jim and Marion Jordan as the beloved couple. premiered in 1935 and ran until 1959, long after radio’s golden days had passed. It is considered by many to be the origin of situation comedy itself. FIBBER: OF COURSE NOT!! WHAT KIND OF A BUSINESS MAN WOULD I BE TO SEE A GUY THE MINUTE HE ARRIVES? KEEP HIM WAITING. MOLLY: It always makes YOU angry to be kept waiting. FIBBER: That's a different matter. When you're a driver you hate pedestrians. When you're a pedestrian, you hate drivers. That's life. MOLLY: If that's life, I'll take the Ladies Home Journal. Cut from the cloth of tales woven by the imaginations of some of the most famous authors in history, Mystery In the Air, starring none other than the famous, and infamous Peter Lorre, brings these brilliant horror classics to life spooktacularly, as no other could. Peter Lorre was one of the most popular horror stars of the forties, the production was destined to be a success. Though only a short summer replacement for Abbott and Costello, Mystery In the Air fulfilled Peter Lorre's long-standing ambition to star in his own dramatic program and was included in many “best” awards for suspense. Lorre was convinced the classical tales chosen would thrill audiences for radio as much as they did the readers of the original stories. And thrill they did. Not only were Mr and Mrs America getting thrills and chills each week, but movie executives were paying attention as well. They were listening each week with the idea of starring Lorre in a series of pictures based on some of the famous stories used in this series.
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Old Time Radio Theatre
