PRODUCTIVE DAY

Today was quite productive, with about 9 hours recording time logged in. JT Turner finished recording THE BOOK OF NONSENSE, our first Audio Book, produced by Wavern Audio, a division of CRT. Written by David Michael Slater, its a fun little story with some really nice twists to it.
This fall on Sirius/XM we will have a new show on weekends,where we will present some new books for kids, read by various CRT players. No music, sound effects - just good old fashioned story telling.

Then we did pick-ups for ZORRO AND THE PIRATE RAIDERS, followed by two new episodes of JARREM LEE - GHOST HUNTER. A really fun night of recording. Joe Caliendo Jr. returned to the CRT mics, having been away for 10 years. Ronni Marshak, who directed me in THE LION IN WINTER seven years ago turned in an awesome performance in JARREM, and newcomer Lucien Spelman was amazing with a variety of cool voices, in a number of different roles. Mark Thurner played a small role in ZORRO. We really need to get him in a larger role - he's quite good! Anastas Varinos guested in a JARREM LEE, his first time at the mic since THE HALLOWEEN TREE, and Donna Evans, visiting from England, took a turn as well in a JARREM. Donna was recording with me 20 years ago, then she moved to the UK.

I also want to welcome Jesse Zoller to the CRT Post Production Team! Jesse will be taking on our PERRY MASON series, after the departure of Chris Snyder from CRT.

JARREM LEE IS HUNTING GHOSTS

Tonight we record episodes 5 and 6 of our new series, JARREM LEE - GHOST HUNTER. These shows are really turning out to be a lot of fun; I just heard the completed first two episodes and I thought they sounded great! M.J. Cogburn is doing some fantastic post production work, and Gareth Tilley has created some very cool and engaging stories.

CRT Live

Talks are in the air about doing THE COLONIAL RADIO THEATRE - LIVE! show, perhaps some time in 2010. That would be fun! I'm not a big fan of performing "live" anymore, but it would be for a good cause. Film at 11!

CRT APPROACHES A MILESTONE

It's hard to believe, but CRT is very close to recording our 300th production! That's right - the BIG 300! The special honor will go to either PERRY MASON AND THE CASE OF THE LUCKY LEGS, or CHARLIE CHAN - HOUSE WITHOUT A KEY. Both are slated for production in the next few weeks, and one of them will be show #299, and the other show #300, and both are penned by M.J. Elliott.

MOONFLEET NOW ON LULU

We have just released the full 300 minute version of MOONFLEET to Lulu.com. This
is the same as the program you hear in the 10 episode download version, except
it runs continuous, with no act breaks or announcer tags.
Here is the link

MOONFLEET

The cast includes David Ault, Rob Cattell, Tom Berry, Cynthia Pape, J.T. Turner, Dan Powell, and Leigh Berry. The haunting music score is from Jeffrey Gage, and the program was produced by M.J. Cogburn from a script by Deniz Cordell.

BARRYMORE CD on AMAZON

The first batch sold out, and now Amazon has some new copies of BARRYMORE for sale! Hope you check it out HERE

MOONFLEET

GDL Multi Media will be releasing our 5 hour production of J.Meade Falkner's MOONFLEET. This week, look for the remaining episodes to be released on Lulu.Com and Spoken Network.

BARRYMORE on SIRIUS / XM TONITE

BARRYMORE will be airing at 10pm EST tonight, not 9:30 as advertised. It seems that if they start at 9:30, they would have to do a mandatory "on the hour" break during the last 5 minutes of the show. So - 10pm, EST on XM / Sirius

BARRYMORE AT AMAZON

It looks like Amazon has copies for sale ahead of the May 1st release date! Here is the link BARRYMORE

NEW FATHER BROWN

Today we are releasing a new episode from our series THE FATHER BROWN MYSTERIES. This one is produced by CRT newcomer (in the producing department anyway) Perry Whittle. Perry has done voices for us in several productions, including the soon to be released MOONFLEET. This new Father Brown mystery takes him to the theater for THE ACTOR AND THE ALIBI. J.T. Turner stars as Father Brown. Look for it in our Lulu.Com store, or by clicking HERE

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.