L.A. Theatre Works on the Air Presents THE PRISONER OF SECOND AVENUE 11/20

Beginning Saturday, November 20, L.A. Theatre Works' Radio Theatre Series will air The Prisoner of Second Avenue by Neil Simon, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Annie Abbott, Lorin Dreyfuss, Betty Garrett and Sharon Madden. The broadcast can be heard locally in Southern California on Saturday from 10 pm to midnight on 89.3 KPCC, and can also be streamed on demand at http://www.latw.org/.

Neil Simon's masterpiece about a middle-aged couple facing everything from unemployment to noisy neighbors to a garbage strike. Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, and other cast members performed this play for L.A. Theatre Works shortly after a successful revival in London's West End.

L.A. Theatre Works' radio theater series can also be heard on the following stations (check local listings for broadcast times): 89.7 WGBH, Boston; 91.5 WBEZ, Chicago; 94.9 KUOW, Seattle; 90.1 WABE, Atlanta; 94.1 KPFA, Berkeley; 91.1 KRCB, North Bay (San Francisco); and many other stations nationwide.

Major funding for L.A. Theatre Works broadcast series is provided by the S. Mark Taper Foundation. Founded in 1989, the S. Mark Taper Foundation is a private family foundation dedicated to enhancing the quality of people's lives by supporting non-profit organizations and their work in the community.