NEW - FOR OUR 17th SEASON

FREE CRT DOWNLOAD

Want some Halloween Laughs? We have a FREE DOWNLOAD of THE DIBBLE SHOW on our websites home page with the episode DIBBLE'S HALLOWEEN (2005). Dibble and the gang visit the haunted Mayham Mansion atop Mayham Hill! DIBBLE remains one of CRT's most popular shows, and this year Dibble is celebrating his 25th Anniversary as a "staa!" You can download (or just listen to it) on our website homepage at www.colonialradio.com

POWDER RIVER CONTEST CONTINUES

In celebration of POWDER RIVER, SEASONS 1-4 returning to the air Nov.28th on Sirius XM Book Radio, we are having a contest! All you have to do is write a paragraph on the CRT Facebook Page on why you like POWDER RIVER.

Cut off date for entries will be Mon. Nov.14th

The names of everyone who entered will be put into a stetson and we will draw FIVE WINNERS on MON. NOV. 28th, at 12PM, EST.

1st NAME DRAWN receives a print of our SEASON 2 15.5" x 24.0"poster by Jeff Hayes,and autographed by Jerry Robbins (Britt MacMasters), Derek Aalerud (Chad MacMasters), Lincoln Clark (Doc), Joseph Zamparelli (Dawes), Diane Lind (Millie), James McLean (Jacob), Marcia Friedman (Etta), and Isaac Bean (Matt).

2nd NAME DRAWN receives a CD set of THE COMPLETE SEASON 1 - autographed by Jerry Robbins (Britt MacMasters) and Derek Aalerud (Chad MacMasters), and also THE GUNS OF POWDER RIVER - autographed by Lincoln Clark (Doc) and Sam Donato (Sheriff Wilkins).

3rd NAME DRAWN receives the script used by Jerry Robbins (Britt MacMasters) for season 5, entitled CLEARMONT (Episode 70, 05-15), signed by Jerry Robbins, Derek Aalerud, Lincoln Clark, Joseph Zamparelli, Diane Lind, Diane Capen, Sam Donato, Cynthia Pape.

4th NAME DRAWN receives the script entitled OUT OF THE BLUE (Episode 71,06-01), used by Jerry Robbins at the recording session for Season 6, autographed by Jerry Robbins (Britt MacMasters), Derek Aalerud (Chad MacMasters), Lincoln Clark (Doc), Joseph Zamparelli (Dawes), Diane Lind (Millie), James McLean (Jacob), Marcia Friedman (Etta), and Isaac Bean (Matt).

5th NAME DRAWN receives an autographed publicity still, signed by Jerry Robbins (Britt MacMasters), Derek Aalerud (Chad MacMasters), Lincoln Clark (Doc), Diane Capen (Sandy), Diane Lind (Millie), Joseph Zamparelli (Dawes), and Deniz Cordell (Clay)

All posts MUST be made on our official Facebook Page - post made to this blog or any other sites or emails will not be accepted.

Season 5 premiere's on SIRIUS XM BOOK RADIO FRI. MAR.16, 2012.

Members and families of THE COLONIAL RADIO THEATRE On The Air are not eligible.

COLONIAL IN OCTOBER

During the month of October, and in celebration of Halloween, we will be broadcasting some new episodes of our series VINCENT PRICE PRESENTS on Sirius XM!

The schedule:
FRI. OCT. 7: THE TELL TALE TAPE.
Popular radio show couple Benny and Betty have hit a snag in their off-air relationship. Low ratings and a new romantic interest threaten to put Benny out of a job for good. With the stress building, Benny's inner turmoil finally surfaces in a horrific fashion. Will this be enough to silence the voices in Benny's head for good?

FRI. OCT. 14: THE FAMILY OF THE NIGHT
Children are kidnapped and taken to a secluded compound where they are given new names and then wait to be "adopted" - by parents who are vampires. A very scary episode of Vincent Price Presents!

FRI. OCT. 21: THE GREEN ESTATE
It seemed a simple mission: burn the evil house while holding its demons at bay using Erich Zann's violin. But they didn't expect to wake the Great Old Ones. Behold the consequences of a quest for personal revenge in the material world when demons of the next dimension takes notice!

THU. OCT. 27: THE BEST IN THE UNIVERSE
Assignments on frontier planets always irritated intergalactic mob hitman Randall Stiles and his partner Jake Mackey and this mission would soon prove why. What starts out as a seemingly routine pick-up turns quite deadly in this sci-fi tale that takes the reader on an unexpected ride to the outer edge of the known Universe. (This episode follows the annual broadcast of CRT's THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW, at 7PM EST)

FRI. OCT. 28:THE EFFIGY
A journey past a forbidding cornfield becomes a nightmare for 9-year old Bobby Hollister when the local bullies force him to retrieve the mask from the nightmarish Scarecrow that watches over the crop. But things aren't always what they seem in this new tale of terror from Vincent Price because stuffing and straw are not the only thing sheathed beneath the scarecrow's mask!

Amazon has released our October releases early - so if you ordered YANKEE CLIPPER, VINCENT PRICE 2, and THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW from Amazon, you should have them by now! Other retail stores will most likely hold to the Oct. 11th release date, but ya never know!

BOOKS A MILLION - the southern book store chain, will be carrying SLEEPY HOLLOW this October - so you can pick up a copy there if there is a store in your area. Okay, enough plugging. Tonight we record the season 5 finale of POWDER RIVER, and there you have it - Season 5 is complete! We start running the show again on Sirius XM starting Nov.28th, which will lead up to the premiere of Season 5 on March 16th. I am sure the usual complainers who hate the show will be very vocal in various forums, but thankfully, fans of the show outgun the haters.

Recording is completed on WRATH OF THE TITANS and the editing is coming along! Bryan is doing a fantastic job in post, and I am looking forward to the final result. As he did with PRINCE AND THE PAUPER, Deniz Cordell is writing the score to this production, and Jeff Gage will be orchestrating it. Like LOGAN'S RUN, the music in this show will have a new "sound" to it - or should I say style.

Coming up we have another FATHER BROWN recording this month, as well as another VINCENT PRICE PRESENTS episode, entitled PAWNS.

THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW - we recorded the main vocals for this on Feb.15, 2005, however it would be 8 sessions as I recall before the show wrapped (three sessions were required for the song FIRE AND THUNDER alone - one for me, one for Joe Z, and one for the chorus). There was a separate session for the prologue voices, a session for the character Derek Aalerud played, a session for the narration, and a re-take session for Joe Z as Brom Bones. In the end, I think we stayed as close to the book as is possible, and Jeff created one of his most beautiful scores. It was the showcase program at our CRT 10th Anniversary Party, and was originally released by Blackstone (they have since recorded another version, bless them) and it is now out for good and always from Brilliance Audio. It was first broadcast on our Sirius XM Show (it was just XM in those days) on Halloween day, 2005, and has run as a special every year since.

We do get the occasional complaints and emails from people saying it isn't violent or scary enough - "he didn't cut off one single head in the whole show" said one kid from New York. That's what happens when folks see the dreadful Tim Burton picture and never actually picked up the original book.

More than a ghost story, or Halloween story, THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW captures the mood, the sights and the aura of autumn in New England. If you live in the desert and have never experienced what it is like to be in new England when the leaves are turning and falling, and the wind gets a bite, and pumpkins spring up - well, this story captures that all on its pages. The undercurrent is, of course, superstition and the paranoia of the leading character, Ichabod Crane, and this compliments the season and the story becomes a ghost story at the harvest dance when the stories are told of the local legends. Washington Irving was an amazing writer. I only hope we did him justice in this radio drama. It was, without question, the hardest script I ever adapted, but the production remains one of my favorites - and Lincoln Clark was born to play Ichabod.

RECORDING CONTINUES

Hi all - we had a GREAT recording session this week and we have wrapped the studio work for WRATH OF THE TITANS. What a fun cast and script! I think you're all going to like this one (unless you don't, in which case - hey, what can I do?)! Some very cool performances!
Next up this week, we record the season 5 finale of POWDER RIVER. Yep, the fall recording schedule is up and running as we record weekly for the next few months.

I have received a few emails from folks wondering why we are about to record season 6 (starting Oct. 17th), and Season 5 has not been on the air or released yet. Each season of POWDER RIVER has 15 episodes; once recorded, each episode takes anywhere from a week to two weeks to edit together. By the time our producer is finished editing the season of episodes, we will already have recorded all of Season 6; this way, when season 5 finishes its premiere run on Sirius XM, it will only be a few months to wait (over the summer) till Season 6 goes on the air. That's better than before - when the show first started, it was year between seasons. We're getting them completed as soon as we can, and I can't wait to see what everyone thinks about them!

AND TO OUR FRIENDS IN THE UK - POWDER RIVER begins SAT. OCT. 1 on POPLAR RADIO

PERRY MASON REVIEW

THE CASE OF THE HOWLING DOG

What's going on around here?

What's going on in CRT? Well, today Jeff is finishing a new song for THE STAR ANGEL, I am finishing off writing POWDER RIVER #79 and starting #80, Deniz is writing music cues for WRATH OF THE TITANS, MJ Cogburn is editing FATHER BROWN ORACLE OF THE DOG, Seth is editing POWDER RIVER season 5 episode 3, Tony is editing SEVEN LIVES OF DR PHIBES, Bryan is editing WRATH OF THE TITANS, Theo is editing THE GREEN ESTATE, MJ Elliott is writing another VINCENT PRICE PRESENTS script, and Gareth Tilley is writing THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE.

Look for CRT's THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW this October on the shelves of the BOOKS A MILLION stores!

GEAR UP YOUR CRT FOR OCTOBER

It's getting to be that time of year again, and we are hoping you will check out some of our seasonal productions!

THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW is one of our all-time top selling items. It was in the #1 spot of all the various versions of the tale on Audible.com for many years, and won the Gold Ogle Award in 2005. It has also been broadcast yearly on SiriusXM Radio. If you are expecting the Tim Burton version, you best avoid our production - as we stay 100% true to the original tale by Washington Irving. TRIVIA MOMENT: All the names read by the "ghosts" in the prologue are names I copied from the headstones at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Tarrytown, NY.

RAY BRADBURY'S THE HALLOWEEN TREE - was our third collaboration, and Ray allowed me to write the script for this time around! We won the Silver Ogle Award for this production in 2008. TRIVIA: Some critics have complained about the two songs in the production. These songs appear in the actual book, and the lyrics are in italics. Our music composer, Jeff Gage, put music to the lyrics by Ray, and the songs "The Halloween Tree" and "Broomworks" were born - Music by Jeffrey Gage, Lyrics by Ray Bradbury. Now, if we skipped the songs, I bet the same critics would have complained that we did so. You can't win! :)

RAY BRADBURY'S SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES. Another show that is perfect for Halloween listening! Make some popcorn, light a few candles, and let Mr. Dark take you on a very spooky journey! Winner of the 2007 Silver Ogle Award.

I can't seem to get the links working - must be a glitch somewhere - but you can find all these titles on Audible, i-Tune, Amazon, and pretty much everywhere.

POWDER RIVER CONTEST

In celebration of POWDER RIVER, SEASONS 1-4 returning to the air Nov.28th on Sirius XM Book Radio, we are having a contest! All you have to do is write a paragraph on the CRT Facebook Page on why you like POWDER RIVER.

Cut off date for entries will be Mon. Nov.14th

The names of everyone who entered will be put into a stetson and we will draw FIVE WINNERS on MON. NOV. 28th, at 12PM, EST.

1st NAME DRAWN receives a print of our SEASON 2 15.5" x 24.0"poster by Jeff Hayes,and autographed by Jerry Robbins (Britt MacMasters), Derek Aalerud (Chad MacMasters), Lincoln Clark (Doc), Joseph Zamparelli (Dawes), Diane Lind (Millie), James McLean (Jacob), Marcia Friedman (Etta), and Isaac Bean (Matt).

2nd NAME DRAWN receives a CD set of THE COMPLETE SEASON 1 - autographed by Jerry Robbins (Britt MacMasters) and Derek Aalerud (Chad MacMasters), and also THE GUNS OF POWDER RIVER - autographed by Lincoln Clark (Doc) and Sam Donato (Sheriff Wilkins).

3rd NAME DRAWN receives the script used by Jerry Robbins (Britt MacMasters) for season 5, entitled CLEARMONT (Episode 70, 05-15), signed by Jerry Robbins, Derek Aalerud, Lincoln Clark, Joseph Zamparelli, Diane Lind, Diane Capen, Sam Donato, Cynthia Pape.

4th NAME DRAWN receives the script entitled OUT OF THE BLUE (Episode 71,06-01), used by Jerry Robbins at the recording session for Season 6, autographed by Jerry Robbins (Britt MacMasters), Derek Aalerud (Chad MacMasters), Lincoln Clark (Doc), Joseph Zamparelli (Dawes), Diane Lind (Millie), James McLean (Jacob), Marcia Friedman (Etta), and Isaac Bean (Matt).

5th NAME DRAWN receives an autographed publicity still, signed by Jerry Robbins (Britt MacMasters), Derek Aalerud (Chad MacMasters), Lincoln Clark (Doc), Diane Capen (Sandy), Diane Lind (Millie), Joseph Zamparelli (Dawes), and Deniz Cordell (Clay)

All posts MUST be made on our official Facebook Page - post made to this blog or any other sites or emails will not be accepted.

Season 5 premiere's on SIRIUS XM BOOK RADIO FRI. MAR.16, 2012.

Members and families of THE COLONIAL RADIO THEATRE On The Air are not eligible.

TOM CORBETT - SPACE CADET

An all-new, feature length production based on the comic series by Bluewater. The classic space heroes from the 1950s are back, with a new look but the same sense of high-spirited adventure. Tom, Roger and Astro, cadets at the 23rd-century Space Academy, uncover the threat of the One State, a robotic horde with a strange origin and an even stranger mission. From an original story by Bill Spangler (Alien Nation and Robotech), TOM CORBETT SPACE CADET will be released May 5th, 2012. Pictured L-R are Andrew Tighe (Tom), Mark Thurner (Astro), and Mark McGillivray (Roger). Mark Vander Berg and Darren G. Davis are Exec Producers, and Seth Adam Sher is Producer.