Orson Welles News

While 2020 has made us feel like the world might be coming to an end, the same thing could have been said over 80 years ago when Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater on the Air staged a live radio broadcast of an alien invasion. Main Street Theatre Works (MSTW) is recreating this radio classic with their live production of War of the Worlds, October 24th at 7:00pm, broadcast on their Facebook page (Main Street Theatre Works), and a radio simulcast on KVGC Radio 1340AM, or 96.5 FM, in Amador county. 

The groundbreaking reading series continues as Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse presents its next free 'screened' reading:  THE CLOD, a one-act play by Lewis Beach, live streamed at no charge, with talkback to follow, on October 3rd, 2020 at 8 PM, EDT.

Theatre of Date will livestream reading of Orson Wellesa??s Mercury Radio Theatre presentation of Dracula!  

Today Keen Company Artistic Director Jonathan Silverstein announced his plans for the upcoming season, their 21st.

Film at Lincoln Center announces Talks for the 58th New York Film Festival (September 17 – October 11).

Award-winning writer/producer/director, Dax Phelan (Jasmine, The Other Side of the Wind) has acquired the rights to UK author Mark Turley’s internationally renowned, best-selling book and captivating high-octane adventure, “Journeymen.”

The University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) announces a fall performance season like no other, reimagined to address limitations due to COVID-19, yet offering a widely available range of events involving all of the university's five arts schools through innovative collaborations and inventive delivery of theater, music, film and dance.

Full casting has been announced for Theatre in the Dark's original audio drama adaptation of H.G. Wells' THE WAR OF THE WORLDS. Corey Bradberry, who co-authored this new adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel with company co-founder Mack Gordon, is directing.

Deadline reports that Liev Schreiber has joined the cast of 'Across The River And Into The Trees,' an upcoming adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's novel.

Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental & The Miami Light Project announce the world premiere of Zoo Motel, a live remote and interactive theatrical experience created & performed by Internationally acclaimed theatre director, Thaddeus Phillips and designed by Obie & Bessie award winning artist, Steven Dufala (set designer for Home and The Object Lesson).

Variety reports that the Rashida Jones/Bill Murray led 'On the Rocks' will make its premiere at the New York Film Festival. Sofia Coppola directs.

The drama series WARRIOR begins its ten-episode, second season FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on CINEMAX.

The drama series WARRIOR begins its ten-episode, second season FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on CINEMAX. Based on the writings of martial arts legend Bruce Lee, WARRIOR was created by and is executive produced by Jonathan Tropper (CINEMAX's 'Banshee') under Tropper Ink Productions, executive produced by Justin Lin (director of 'Star Trek Beyond' and 'Fast & Furious 9') for Perfect Storm Entertainment and executive produced by Shannon Lee for Bruce Lee Entertainment.

Join STC and like-minded fans of the Bard for Shakespeare Hour LIVE!, an ongoing tour through every corner of the Shakespeare universe. Artistic Director Simon Godwin and Resident Dramaturg Drew Lichtenberg gather online with special guests each week to discuss a new topic and allow audiences the opportunity to ask questions live.

Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center is will present brand new programming with their 2020 'Live Radio Play Series.' Patrons will have the opportunity to livestream four classic productions modeled after the near century-old artform of radio broadcast.

Theatre in the Dark's second production, following its fall 2019 noir mystery THREE STORIES UP, will be an original audio drama adaptation of H.G. Wells' THE WAR OF THE WORLDS.

The drama series WARRIOR begins its ten-episode second season this October, exclusively on CINEMAX.

Richard Linklater's new animated film, “Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Adventure” will be produced by Linklater's Detour FilmProductions and Submarine, and released by Netflix.

a??a??a??a??a??a??a??Embracing the ubiquity of contemporary podcasts while harkening to the earlier radio dramas devised by the great actor and director Orson Welles, Shakespeare Theatre Company's Academy for Classical Acting presents its summer repertory season of three radio plays: Hamlet by William Shakespeare, Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw, and Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.

Woodie King Jr., founder of New Federal Theatre has penned an article exclusively for BroadwayWorld, discussing New Federal Theatre's past, present and more.