The first revised and updated version of this 1970’s cult classic. A rousing musical with a cast of twenty, Working is for anyone who has ever punched a clock, a cow or a supervisor - or wanted to.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Eileen Barnett, Orson Bean, Harry Groener, Kaitlin Hopkins, Michael Kostroff, Kenna Ramsey, Vickilyn Reynolds, Vincent Tumeo and B.J. Ward.
The Trial of Alger Hiss, The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, The Case of J. Robert Oppenheimer. At the height of the cold War, American democracy was challenged by the anti-Communist atmosphere of the McCarthy era. In the Name of Security re-opens three famous spy cases that rocked America between 1948 and 1954: Alger Hiss, Julius & Ethel Rosenberg, and J. Robert Oppenheimer. Each hour-long program combines dramatic re-enactments based on original trial transcripts, archival material, new evidence, the latest assessments of American historians and scientists, and the commentaries of relatives and friends of the accused.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring John de Lancie, William Frankfather, Arthur Hanket, Ella Joyce, Richard Hoyt Miller, David Hyde Pierce, Amy Pietz, Tom Virtue and Alan Wilder,
Oscar Wilde's first play confronts the hypocrisy of public 'morality' compared with genuine, private kindness. When it opened in 1892, Lady Windermere's Fan was an instant success and now, a century later, it continues to be revived frequently. The reasons for its popularity are not difficult to identify the play's witty dialogue contains many of Wilde's most quoted aphorisms, its stylish setting provides opportunities for elegant presentation, and its cast of memorable characters play out a story which is genuinely moving. This new audiobook production brings together a cast worthy of Wilde's creative genius.
A gallery of friends, lovers, relatives and theatre acolytes sparkle around stage star Garry Essendine like bubbles in fine champagne. While Garry struggles to plan his upcoming trip to Africa, his elegant London flat is invaded by a love struck ingénue, an adulterous producer and a married seductress–not to mention Garry’s estranged wife Liz and the memorable Roland Maule, an aspiring playwright who is quite, quite mad.
"Present Laughter is a very light comedy and was written with the sensible object of providing me with a bravura part.”
Noël Coward
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Gregory Cooke, Arthur Hanket, Jon Matthews, Ian Oglivy, Siri O'Neal, Christina Pickles, Carolyn Seymour and Yeardley Smith.
"Sigh no more ladies, sigh no more!"
Features a unique cover illustration by Maurice Sendak (Where the Wild Things Are), specially commissioned for the Shakespeare on Compact Disc series. An introductory essay by Harvard scholar Harold Bloom accompanies the CD.
Just another fancy dinner party, filled with Oscar Wilde's wit and style. Threats of blackmail, political corruption, and romantic love fly in this well-acted and timely Victorian classic. Starring Samantha Eggar, David Warner, Edward Mulhare, Bairbre Dowling, Cornelia Hayes O'Herlihy, Ian Abercrombie, Charlotte Rae, William Windom, Sean McClory, and Robert Rockwell
"Is this a dagger I see before me?"
Features a unique cover illustration by Maurice Sendak (Where the Wild Things Are), specially commissioned for the Shakespeare on Compact Disc series. An introductory essay by Harvard scholar Harold Bloom accompanies the CD.
George Bernard Shaw's tale of marital fidelity, challenged by Eugene Marchbanks (James Lancaster), a young poet. Wedded life between Candida (Samantha Eggar), the beautiful wife of the successful London clergyman, James Morell (David Warner), appears to be satisfactory, but Marchbanks believes that Candida is missing something very important. He thinks he has the answer. Also starring William Windom, Kathleen Freeman, John Bliss, and John Harlan
In a reprise of his theatrical role, Norman Lloyd stars as the world's foremost munitions-maker, Andrew Undershaft. He and Salvation Army officer Barbara agree to visit each other's institution to sway the opposition their point of view. Also starring Samantha Eggar, John Astin, Jeanette Nolan, Bairbre Dowling, Elliott Reid, James Lancaster, Peggy Webber, Richard Erdman, Janet Waldo, Sean McClory, Parley Baer, Kathleen Freeman, Linda Henning, Ashby Adams, Art Gilmore
The spellbinding Julie Harris takes us on a magic carpet into the beautiful and haunting world of writer Isak Dinesen (pen name of Karen Blixen), romantic author and heroine of Out of Africa. Through her fanciful pact with Lucifer, Dinesen becomes a defiant spirit, an eccentric storytelling sorceress-passionate and wickedly witty.
Act I opens on New Year's Eve 1958, as Karen Blixen prepares for a three-month visit to the United States. Addressing the audience as an unseen ghost, she weaves together stories of her fascinating, complex, and courageous life. In Act II, the writer has returned to Denmark and is dying-yet her life-affirming spirit continues to shine through the brilliant performance of Julie Harris.
Shaw’s warm and witty play challenged conventional wisdom about relationships between the sexes. A beautiful wife must choose between the two men who love her. A Court Theatre Company co-production.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Tom Amandes, Christopher Cartmill, Rebecca MacLean, David New, Nicholas Rudall and JoBeth Williams.
