In this remake of the famous “Lights Out” by Arch Oboler, John Bell takes a turn at one of his more experimental plays with “The Ugliest Man in the World” a sentimental tale of a hideously deformed man seeking love in a cruel world, inspired by Boris Karloff’s typecasting in horror roles.
David Ault, your host for Sonic Summerstock Playhouse introduces tonight’s performance. In this remake of a Lux Radio Theatre broadcast, The Narada Radio Company presents the audio adaptation of the classic Hitchcock film in front of a live theatre audience! Special release for the 2019 Sonic Summerstock Playhouse.
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Mark Slade brings his take on the classic “Revolt of the Worms” originally from Light’s Out and written by Arch Oboler for this episode of Sonic Summerstock Playhouse!
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The Narada Radio Co. presents a double-feature of live OTR re-creations! First up is an episode of “Fibber McGee & Molly”, with Fibber mangling the English language, and Molly trying to help him keep in line, with hilarious results. Next up is “Candy Matson, Yukon 2-8209”, called The Black Cat Caper. Candy is on the trail of some foreign spies, and a cat might have the answer to her questions! Performed live on stage at the Harbor Playhouse in August 2018!
Tonight we conclude Sonic Summerstock Playhouse with a double feature from Narada Radio Company and “Rocket from Manhattan”, Pete Lutz producing a classic Arch Oboler play, and The Amigo Audio Collective with “The Stars are Styx” an X-Minus One presentation produced by Jeffrey Billard.
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Tonight Narada Radio Company enlists the performances of the Empire Audio Network to fill out the Company to present from the classic adventure series- Escape “The Adaptive Ultimate”!
In one of those unusual quirks of Fate, we have a second running of a live classic Nero Wolfe tale “Stamped for Murder” this time from Jeffrey Adams and Icebox Radio Theatre!
Back for another triumphant tour this season at the Playhouse, Narada Radio brings to the stage their live performance of the classic screwball comedy “Arsenic and Old Lace”. Pete Lutz is your director and announcer on this last day of July!
Lothar Tuppan’s steady hand on the audio tiller brings this season an incredible recreation. The Amigos present the very first English-speaking audio drama script “A Comedy of Danger” to the Playhouse stage!
Audio Drama’s one-man band, John Bell from Bell’s in the Batfry returns to the Sonic Summerstock stage, this time with a classic X-Minus One episode “The Haunted Corpse” from Frederick Pohl.
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