BARRYMORE BROADCAST AND CD RELEASE

We're all very excited about the release of BARRYMORE, By William Luce. Mr. Luce adapted his Broadway hit for us as a radio drama, which was a huge honor! Produced by Chris Snyder, Music by Jeffrey Gage, Directed by Joseph Zamparelli Jr., Barrymore will air on Sirius (ch. 117) /XM Radio (ch. 163)at the following times:

MON. APRIL 27 - 8pm
THUR. APRIL 30, 9:30PM
SUN. MAY 3, 9:00pm

All times Eastern.
Following the broadcast, Book Radio's Maggie Linton will interview playwright William Luce (giving a VERY rare interview!)and yours truly about the show.

The CD release is May 1st, and can be ordered at Amazon, Barnes and Nobel, Borders, or your favorite book stop.

MEET THE NEW ZORRO

We are very happy to announce that we are ready to roll on ZORRO AND THE PIRATE RAIDERS.

KEVIN CIRONE will be playing Don Diego / Zorro - the masked avenger - the first time Zorro has been dramatized for audio since the 1940's. Kevin is a newcomer to CRT, having recently appeared in PERRY MASON AND THE CASE OF THE HOWLING DOG, which is due to be released in May. However, he is no stranger to acting, having appeared in numerous stage productions and several pictures.

Also cast in the production are CRT vets Shonna McEachern as Lolita Pulido, Hugh Metzler as Captain Bardoso, J.T. Turner as Captain Ramon, Sam Donato as Sgt. Garcia, Joseph Zamparelli Jr. as Friar Felipe, Diane Capen as Inez, the Pirate Woman, Dan Powell as Sanchez and Don Audre.

Seth Adam Sher has been assigned to this project as Producer, and Jeffrey Gage is writing the music. ZORRO AND THE PIRATE RAIDERS is being produced by The Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air, in association with Zorro Productions, Inc.

POWDER RIVER on IMAGINATION THEATER

For the next two weeks you can hear two episodes of POWDER RIVER on Jim French's IMAGINATION THEATER site. You can listen HERE.
We are only on for three more months, ending a two year run with Powder River on their show.

WHERE HAVE I BEEN!?

Hi everyone who follows my blog! March 10th was the last time I was here, and even then it was just a couple of lines. Well, things have been very hectic around here. In a nutshell, we lost one of our editors just as our second PERRY MASON was nearing completion, and this, let me tell you, caused me some MAJOR problems. So, I acquired some juggling skills and had the show re-edited, from scratch, with a new producer (the incredible Seth Adam Sher).

In the meantime, we are are almost finished with MOONFLEET, which has also been delayed due to a producer who decided he had enough JERRY AND THE PIRATES and moved on (yes, it is hard work doing this stuff), causing us to move MJ over to PIRATES until all the episodes were edited (she had tons of help from Seth), and then she finally was able to return to Dorset and the adventures of Moonfleet Village. However, we had a 2 month delay because of this. Couple that with our other awol editor, and you get an idea on how crazy things have been. But through it all we managed to release new episodes of MOONFLEET and TICONDEROGA and now things are getting back on track.

PERRY MASON AND THE CASE OF THE VELVET CLAWS was released in March! it is available for download at our store on Lulu.com and also on Spokennetwork.com I am very happy with the way these are turning out! On April 4th we recorded our fourth PERRY MASON mystery, called THE CASE OF THE HOWLING DOG. We have lots of new voices in this one, and I know you're gonna like it! Remember, these are based on the original books and were written in 1933-34. Perry is NOT Raymond Burr in these stories! He is written much tougher, and hits the streets to get his evidence and witnesses - often with dangerous results! The CD release will be later in the year.

JARREM LEE - GHOST HUNTER is a new series that is written by Gareth Tilley in England. Set in England in the year 1901, it's an exciting adventure series with some very clever stories! We have recorded 2 episodes, and 2 more are planned for mid-April. Not sure when we will have them ready for downloads. Hopefully early summer.

CHARLIE CHAN AND THE HOUSE WITHOUT A KEY goes before our microphones on May 2nd! Yes, we are taking on the famous detective as he appeared in the books from the 1920s. MJ Elliott (Father Brown, Perry Mason) is penning the scripts for us.

Hopefully later this week I will be submitting some more auditions for our ZORRO production. I really want to get this one recorded and into release!! Trust me, the wait will be worth it.

POWDER RIVER SEASON 5 is shaping up. All the episodes have been mapped out, and the scripts are in the works. I am VERY lucky to have Mike Langworthy working with me on the scripts, as a consultant, and even as a co-writer as he takes on a script! Mike is someone I am learning a lot from with writing. He has written numerous TV shows, and was also the Exec producer for the show "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teen Aged Daughter." He moved from Hollywood to the East coast, and it is really cool to have him on board with us! You're gonna see some great things - like -

JERRY AND THE PIRATES - SEASON 2! Mike will be working with me on season 2 of the show (I cant wait, since his main bag is comedy). The show is getting an overhaul; the action moves to California, as Jerry moves back west, closer to the business. There will be a new music score, and some new cast members, including CRT veteran (at 14) Anastas Varinos. Anastas starred in our productions of SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES, THE HALLOWEEN TREE, and TREASURE ISLAND (2006 version). 24 new episodes are mapped out - and I cant WAIT to start recording again with the incredible Connor Doherty, Rob Cattell and Ricky MacDonald!

Finally tonight, I hope you all check out our new upcoming release, BARRYMORE. This is the Broadway play by William Luce, and he has adapted it for us as an audio play. How honored we are cannot be expressed in words. The show is released May 2, and you can find it on Amazon, Borders, barnes and Noble, and online book sites all over the world - like this one in Australia, or this one in Japan!

More news soon - promise!

New Episodes released

We've released 4 episodes this week - Ep.5 and 6 of TICONDEROGA, and Ep. 4 and 5 of MOONFLEET. You can find them on our Lulu store HERE

TICONDEROGA Coming Soon

A LITTLE BLIP IN THE SYSTEM

I got a few emails from folks telling me that JERRY AND THE PIRATES did not air on Friday, and instead there was a horror episode from NIGHT TERRORS. Basically, the new system at XM is different since the merge, and like anything new, it takes some getting used to. It was a mistake, and won't happen again. I really need to ask them to pull those NT episodes from our rotation; I thought it would be fun to run them and give them some exposure (we did this when Chris Snyder came to CRT), but every time they run I get too many complaints from people.
Anyway, that's the deal and PIRATES will be back next week (it will also run Sunday at 8am on Sirius 117 and XM 163 - for anyone up at that ungawdly hour)

NEW CRT STORE

We've updated our store on Lulu.com and added some new titles; including the first 3 episodes of TICONDEROGA, and the restored/re-edited 10th Anniversary production of THE ALAMO. Check them all out at THE COLONIAL RADIO THEATRE on LULU.COM

NEW SHOWS OUT

It's been a while since I last update the old blog. Things have been VERY busy here with TICONDEROGA in full swing, writing the scripts inbetween the dates we record them. Never a slow moment. We have recorded 17 episodes so far - and only 7 more to go. Then,it's Season 5 of Powder River, followed by Season 2 of Jerry and the Pirates. And those are just the series! We also have several features we are working on, in various stages of production.
New CRT shows have been released, and you can get them all at our store on LULU.COM
Look for these new titles!
JERRY AND THE PIRATES - Episode 19 POETRY BY RICHIE
TICONDEROGA - Episodes 1 and 2
MOONFLEET. Spisode 1.

Also we are back on the air weekends, on Sirius/XM Radio (ch. 163 XM, 117 Sirius)So, we are on the air seven days a week!

that's all for now, more later!

LOOKING FOR VOICES

CRT is looking for a few new voices to join the CRT Players for our scheduled upcoming productions.

If you live in the Boston area, and have transportation (there are no t-stops where we record), leave a message here on the blog, or through the contact section on the CRT website, and give us an idea of your acting experience.

ANOTHER TICONDEROGA

We're releasing episode 2 of TICONDEROGA, entitled THE WILDERNESS TRAIL. Here is the TICONDEROGA LINK