KING SOLOMON'S MINES TEASER

Sometime on Friday, we will be posting the teaser to our upcoming KING SOLOMON'S MINES to our website. Its short, but it's the first look at our new show. Over the weekend, or early next week, we will post the three and a half minute trailer.

KING SOLOMON'S MINES IS FINISHED!

I am very happy to tell you that our production of KING SOLOMON'S MINES is now completed! Running a little over 4 hours in length, I think it turned out great, and the production team once again outdid themselves! We are looking at a CD release in June, and perhaps sooner on download. I'll keep you posted!

KING SOLOMON'S MINES

Executive Producer - Mark Vander Berg

Produced by Byron Lee

Co-Producer - Chris Snyder

Dramatized for Radio by J.T. Turner

Music by Kevin Macleod

Directed by Jerry Robbins

CAST:

Allan Quartermain - JERRY ROBBINS

Sir Henry Curtis - J.T. TURNER

Captain John Good - HUGH METZLER

Umbopa - THOMAS JAMES

INFADOOS - DAN POWELL

GAGOOL - MARCIA FRIEDMAN

KING TWALA - DAN POWELL

FOULATA - AMY SHERIDAN

STEWARD - SHANE CLARKE

EVANS - BRIAN RUST

JOSE - ROY SEGURA

GEORGE CURTIS - JAMES TURNER

ANNOUNCER - BILL HAMMOND

Featuring the voice talents of

Michael Kaplan, Joseph Zamparelli Jr., Lincoln Clark, Jeremy Benson.

The Thrill of it all!

Another hour and a half and we run our first preview of KING SOLOMON'S MINES! This will be the first time the show is run in its entirety for some of the cast, and afterwards we will record the cast interviews for the CD EXTRA'S feature on disc 4. 10:30 am is early for a preview, but since the show runs 4 and 1/2 hours, we need the early start.
Now, if I only had the entire show! YIKES! Chris is still editing the end of the battle scene! It's 5:30am in Arizona and I just talked with him; I should have the scene very soon and then we'll be all set! Exciting!! I'm just hoping everyone likes the program and that it paces well. You never know until they are done! Then, Sun. and Mon. we edit the special features, one more music track needs to be written and edited in, and then on Tuesday the show will be sent off to Oregon and our Publishers, Blackstone for a June release. Considering we started recording in January, I'd say we all made pretty good time!

In the next couple of weeks (or sooner) I am going to be able to announce some very exciting projects that we will be adding to our Season 13 shows!

Taking CRT to HOLLYWOOD

Instead of saying "From Boston - It's the Colonial Radio Theatre On The Air," we will be saying "From Hollywood - It's The Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air!"

At the moment, the plans are that CRT will be in Hollywood for one week, this July, to record a VERY special production. That's all I can mention right now, and hopefully by weeks end everything will be in place and signed and sealed and I can then spill the details!

SAYING GOODBYE TO AN OLD FRIEND

It served me well for 11 years, but on Monday night, my Roland VS-880 recorded it's final show for me, Father Brown - The Miracle of Moon Crescent. This was the first digital work station ever available, and when we got it for CRT we had already recorded and released about 6 shows. All but two were re-recorded later, digitally.

As best I can figure, I recorded and edited over 300 radio dramas/comedies with this machine (it's true - I never edited a single CRT show on a computer) , and considering it runs on a hard drive, that is pretty good service! The other night while recording it started to struggle and make some noises that were the signs of an approaching fade to black, so it will be retired and a new machine is on the way, and hopefully recording of MOONFLEET will continue without a hitch. It sounds odd, I am sure - but I have spent thousands of hours working with this great machine - from Gettysburg to the Alamo, The Wizard of Oz, Captain Blood, Pirate Legends, 60 or 70 Dibbles, 60 Powder Rivers ... and so on. In a way, I will miss it.

COLONIAL RADIO - PODCAST 2

The last Thursday of the month means that it is time for the Colonial Radio Theatre Podcast! Produced by Jack Ward at the Sonic Society, this months offering contains two episodes of THE FATHER BROWN MYSTERIES - just in time to hearald in the CD release next week ;) Also included is an interview with J.T. Turner, who plays the title role. Tell us what you think of the podcast! Should we continue? Is it a good idea?? Feedback is appreciated. To hear it, click on their homepage HERE, or click to the direct link at Sonic Society Podcast and you can download the episode to your computer or other listening device.

We plan to produce a total of 16 FATHER BROWN episodes, and #10 records Monday night.

Richard Widmark - Dec.26, 1914 - March 24, 2008.

One of my all time favorites.

SPECIAL FEATURES??

For the first time ever, CRT will have "Special Features," or as some call them "CD Extra's" on our CD release of KING SOLOMON'S MINES. These will include interviews with some of the lead cast members, some very rare bloopers from the recording sessions (rare because we seldom let them out!), an interview with J.T. Turner about dramatizing the book, and a demonstration on how a scene is constructed, from the raw recording to the final poduct. We'll see how this goes over with people, and if they like it, we'll do some more on some upcoming releases.

MOONFLEET SETS SAIL

Recording started tonight on our new production, MOONFLEET. A great session, and some really cool performances. VERY happy with our young star, Rob Cattell, who is doing a fantastic job as John Trenchard. Tom Berry co-stars in a fun character role, and the cast tonight was rounded out by CRT vets Cynthia Pape, Lincoln Clark, and Marcia Friedman. This one records thru April 14th, and we hope to have it on the air in July.

Horton Hears Ca-Ching!

CONGRATS to our friends and Dibble Show TV production Partners Ricardo Curtis, Wesley Lui, and the incredible team at HOUSE OF COOL in Toronto for the stunning weekend opening of HORTON HEARS A WHO! You got the #1 movie in the country, guys, and I wish I was in TOR for a celebration drink! HoC did the 2D animation for the picture, and Ricardo was Head of Story!