Three young women share an apartment in New York during the summers of 1967 and 1968. But as the Vietnam War begins to exact its toll on their generation, they must decide whether to stand for their country or their loved ones.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Barbara Bain, David Birney, Beth Broderick, Anthony Edwards, Megan Gallagher, Peter Gregory, Patricia Sill and Wendell Sweda.
Directed by Valerie Landsburg. Recorded before a live audience in November, 1992.
Walter Matthau stars in the story of a climate scientist trying to balance romance and research. The piece is both serious and surreal as Matthau removes the “fourth wall” while addressing the show’s recording engineer.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Barbara Bain, Zeljko Ivanek and Valerie Landsburg.
Directed by Shaun McLoughlin. Recorded before a live audience in Santa Monica, CA in June, 1992.
A series of short comic vignettes from playwright David Ives, In the title work, two houseflies try to make the most out of their brief time on earth.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Fran Adams, Ed Begley Jr., Shannon Cochran, Evan Gore, Arye Gross and Victoria Principal.
Directed by Ron West. Recorded before a live audience in March, 1998.
Harry Shearer’s parody of a presidential election. In this fantasy, Bob Dole Jr. faces off against a wrestler named Greenberg as they fight for one family’s votes by camping out in their living room.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Fran Adams, Ed Begley Jr., Judyann Elder, Arye Gross, Daniel Passer, Richard Masur, Harry Shearer, Fred Willard and Kenny Williams.
Directed by Harry Shearer. Recorded before a live audience.
A highly -placed school official is accused of buying drugs on the street. Is he an out-of-control addict or a victim of discrimination? Voir Dire - a legal term meaning “to say what is true”- is the story of the racially-mixed jurors who will decide the official’s fate.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Christine Avila, Barbara Bosson, Shannon Cochran, Ella Joyce, Kevin Kilner and Amy Pietz.
Directed by Ken Frankel. Recorded before a live audience.
Five years have passed since the legendary Perseus defeated the evil Gorgon Medusa, killed the Kraken and assumed the crown of Argos. Things seemed idyllic throughout the kingdom and the news of an heir put the citizens in a celebratory mood. Yet lurking in the shadows is the one being in Argos simmering with hate and discontent. Calibus, once thought dead, was let out of the Underworld by Hades and looks to take his revenge on the Pretender and his family. Perseus stole his bride, stole his position, stole Zeus' favor, stole his life and now Calibus looks to take it all back. With the news that a baby boy was born to Perseus and Andromeda, he is chilling that dish of revenge.
Leutnant Gustl, als Offizier der Armee im k.u.k. Österreich, Symbol für Ehreempfinden und Standesbewusstsein, fühlt sich während eines Konzerts vom örtlichen Bäckermeister tödlich beleidigt. In einem inneren Monolog, der dem Hörer die Hohlheit und Dekadenz eines dem Untergang geweihten Systems aufzeigt, kommt Gustl zu dem Schluß, daß er mit dieser Schande nicht weiterleben kann. Sein falsch verstandener Ehrenkodex scheint ihm nur einen Ausweg zu lassen: Am nächsten Morgen muß er Selbstmord begehen…
Für seine schonungslose Darstellung wurde Schnitzler 1900 von einem militärischen Ehrengericht der Rang des Oberarztes aberkannt - weil er als Mitglied des Offiziersstandes die Ehre und das Ansehen der österreichisch-ungarischen Armee geschädigt habe…
In science one reasons by analogy, so when mankind is confronted by experiences entirely beyond its understanding it takes an individual with intelligence and bravery in equal measure to push back the boundaries of the unknown....
In London, in the 1900s, the solutions to supernatural occurrences were investigated by a man who was famous for his dealings with the unknown and the worlds of the dead: Jarrem Lee - Ghost Hunter, (or as he prefers to call it, a psychical detective). With the help of college student Arthur Bennett, he embarks on a series of spine-tingling and exciting adventures in the world of the dead.
Episode 1: THE TOLLINGTON HALL CASE. Sir Frederick Carmichael asks Lee to visit Tollington Hall, where a ghost haunts the attic each night.
Episode 2: THE ANCIENT BURIAL BARROW. A demon is trying to escape from a grave discovered during an archaeological dig.
Episode 03: LORD WENTWORTHS STATUE. A colletor becomes obsessed with a strange statue that becomes more life-like each day.
Episode 04: PROFESSOR TAYLOR''S FINAL EXPERIMENT. A dying Professor has a plan to cheat death.
Shakespeare's timeless story of revenge, corruption, and murder is considered one of the greatest works in the English language. Prince Hamlet sets out to avenge his beloved father's death at the hand of his uncle Claudius - but Hamlet's spiral into grief and madness will have permanent and immutable consequences for the Kingdom of Denmark. Composed over 400 years ago, Hamlet remains one of the theater's most studied and performed works, and is presented here in a stunning, sound-rich full-cast recording.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:
Josh Stamberg as Hamlet
Stephen Collins as King Claudius
JoBeth Williams as Queen Gertrude
Stacy Keach as Ghost
Alan Mandell as Polonius
Emily Swallow as Ophelia
JD Cullum as Laertes
Matthew Wolf as Horatio
Mark Capri as Ambassador and others
Josh Clark as Gravedigger, Voltemand and others
Henri Lubatti as Rosencrantz and others
Jon Matthews as Guildenstern and others
Darren Richardson as Player Queen and others
André Sogliuzzo as Reynaldo and others
Directed by Martin Jarvis. Recorded at the Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in August, 2011.
In Season Two of POWDER RIVER, Britt MacMasters has once again put on the badge of United States Marshal and returns to Clearmont, Wyoming after several months away on the trail with his son Chad. There he finds a new Sheriff in town - who doesn''t like the idea of a U.S. Marshal living in his jurisdiction but soon calls on the famed Marshal for help when the Sioux attack a stagecoach. A season highlight is a three part episode where General George Custer recruits Chad to scout for him as he heads toward the Little Big Horn, causing Britt to follow in pursuit. Episodes include: New Beginnings, The Overland Stage, Jenny White, War Paint, An Old Friend, Blood on Montana Snow, The Blizzard, Pray I Don''t Catch Up, The General, On the Trail of the Big Horn, Son of the Morning Star, The Iron Horse, Ellsworth, Dr. Whitney, Nothing is Forever.
The Rivals has been delighting audiences since its very first presentation at London's Covent Garden Theatre on January 17th, 1775. The idealistic Lydia Languish, reads nothing but romantic novels, and in doing so, believes she can only find true love in the arms of a man without wealth. Captain Jack Absolute has fallen in love with her, and pretends to be a penniless ensign to win her heart. Coming between these two lovers are some of the most extraordinary comic characters ever to grace a stage; the autocratic Sir Anthony Absolute, the misspeaking Mrs. Malaprop, the fiery Irishman from Clod hall - Sir Lucius O'Trigger; and poor Bob Acres, a country squire who finds himself with a dueling pistol in his hand. One of the funniest late-Restoration comedies, "The Rivals" has spanned the centuries, and will continue to do so.
How different would the world have looked had the Nazis been the first to build an atomic bomb? Werner Heisenberg, one of Hitler's lead nuclear scientists, famously and mysteriously met in Copenhagen with his colleague and mentor, Niels Bohr, one of the founders of the Manhattan Project. Michael Frayn's Tony Award-winning drama imagines their reunion. Joined by Niels' wife, Margrethe, these three brilliant minds converge for an encounter of atomic proportions.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:
Alfred Molina as Niels Bohr
Shannon Cochran as Margrethe Bohr
David Krumholtz as Werner Heisenberg
Directed by Martin Jarvis. Recorded before a live audience at the James Bridges Theater at UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in November, 2011.
Copenhagen is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Major funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to enhance public understanding of science and technology in the modern world.
