H.G. Wells News

One of opera's biggest stars just sang the National Anthem at the Superbowl! New operas are being premiered all the time, stretching beyond old forms, traditions, and expectations. Opera is alive and well as a vigorous art form and it is flourishing in Lancaster!

One of opera's biggest stars just sang the National Anthem at the Superbowl! New operas are being premiered all the time, stretching beyond old forms, traditions, and expectations. Opera is alive and well as a vigorous art form and it is flourishing in Lancaster!

A concert by the ASO led by Leon Botstein that will debunk the myth that England's musical culture in the first part of the twentieth century was drab and unoriginal. World War One in fact marked the beginning of a new explosion of creative energy and this concert reveals it by highlighting works by some of the first modern British composers, including Arthur Bliss' suite from a film of H.G. Wells' apocalyptic predictions, Robert Simpson's volcanic eruption of a brass band, Frank Bridge's showpiece for piano and orchestra and a masterwork by William Walton, whose music came to embody the fortitude of the 20th century British character.

Today, we're featuring Malcolm McDowell with Mary Steenburgen, circa 1980.

El Complejo Teatral de Buenos Aires y la Fundacion Cinemateca Argentina han organizado un ciclo denominadoMonstruos de la Universal, que se llevara a cabo del martes 26 de noviembre al viernes 13 de diciembre en la Sala Leopoldo Lugones del Teatro San Martin (Avenida Corrientes 1530).

BBC America is the #1 destination in the U.S. for a year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of global phenomenon Doctor Who. Today, November 23, 1963, a Time Lord known as the Doctor landed on the BBC's airwaves, forever changing storytelling on television and how the world viewed the inside of a British police box.

El Complejo Teatral de Buenos Aires y la Fundacion Cinemateca Argentina han organizado un ciclo denominadoMonstruos de la Universal, que se llevara a cabo del martes 26 de noviembre al viernes 13 de diciembre en la Sala Leopoldo Lugones del Teatro San Martin (Avenida Corrientes 1530).

What do you get when you mix C.S. Lewis with H.G. Wells, and sprinkle in a bit of Father Christmas? An alien Time Lord exploring space and time in a Police Box spaceship called the 'TARDIS' (Time And Relative Dimension in Space). On November 23, 1963, a television legend began when the very first episode of Doctor Who was broadcast on BBC One. Fifty years later, the genesis story is retold in a new BBC America co-production film celebrating the 50th anniversary of the franchise, An Adventure in Space and Time, premiering tonight, November 22, 9:00pm ET/PT on BBC AMERICA.

BBC AMERICA is the #1 destination in the U.S. for a year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of global phenomenon Doctor Who.

The genesis story is retold in a new BBC AMERICA co-production film celebrating the 50th anniversary of the franchise, AN ADVENTURE IN SPACE AND TIME, premiering Friday, November 22, 9:00pm ET/PT on BBC AMERICA.

What do you get when you mix C.S. Lewis with H.G. Wells, and sprinkle in a bit of Father Christmas? An alien Time Lord exploring space and time in a Police Box spaceship called the 'TARDIS' (Time And Relative Dimension in Space). On November 23, 1963, a television legend began when the very first episode of Doctor Who was broadcast on BBC One. Fifty years later, the genesis story is retold in a new BBC America co-production film celebrating the 50th anniversary of the franchise, An Adventure in Space and Time, premiering Friday, November 22, 9:00pm ET/PT on BBC AMERICA.

On the 30th October, 1938, Orson Welles broadcast a dramatisation of The War of the Worlds. Seventy five years and one day later the South Australian Radio Collective played a recording of that radio play to an audience who assembled especially to hear this work.

Westport Community Theatre celebrates the 75th Anniversary of the CBS radio dramatization of H. G Wells' novel with an 'old-time radio recreation' staged reading...

Seventy-five years after Orson Welles' radio production of 'War of the Worlds' panicked a nation, his legend continues to inspire old collaborators and new generations of audio artists

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of Orson Welles' spectacular, historic Halloween media hoax about Martians invading the earth, the Gift Theatre offers an alternate re-imagining of the infamous 1938 radio broadcast of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds. Artistic Director Michael Patrick Thornton's staged re-creation of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast is updated with locations shifted to 1938 Chicago. The performances, part of the Chicago Park District's Classics in the Parks series, will feature live music by the Chicago City Wide Symphony Orchestra and Foley artists creating sound effects as it celebrates the Golden Age of American radio. H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds, A Radio Drama will be staged Oct. 30-Nov. 2 at Jefferson Memorial Park, 4822 N. Long Ave and Nov. 7-9 at Lincoln Park Cultural Center, N. Lincoln Park West. Suitable for ages 6 and up. Admission is free, but reservations are recommended. 773-283-7071

This year marks the 75th anniversary of Orson Welles' spectacular Halloween radio hoax about Martians invading the earth, based on the H.G. Wells novel. In commemoration, Music Box Theatre presents a special screening of the 1953 film The War of the Worlds. Before the movie, University of Chicago Professor and radio expert Neil Verma will present excerpts of the infamous Halloween broadcast of War of the Worlds that convinced radio listeners the earth was truly under siege in 1938. Welles on the Radio plus War of the Worlds takes place Sunday, Oct 27, 1 p.m. at Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Ave. $10.

Just in time for Halloween, The Mirror Theatre Company at the Avery Schreiber Playhouse presents a stunning re-creation of the classic Orson Welles radio broadcast of WAR OF THE WORLDS. Orson Welles adapted H.G. Wells classic sci-fi story, telling the tale of Martian invasion via a string of urgent news bulletins. The broadcast scared people alright, but not in exactly the way Welles planned. Americans hearing the live broadcast believed that the country was actually under attack from space aliens. Set in a radio studio, circa 1938, WAR OF THE WORLDS uses the original script written and produced by Welles and a sterling cast of veteran voice actors.

Westport Community Theatre celebrates the 75th Anniversary of the CBS radio dramatization of H. G Wells' novel with an 'old-time radio recreation' staged reading...

Phylloxera Productions and The Players' Ring have announced the seventy-fifth anniversary recreation of the most notorious radio broadcast of all time - Invasion from Mars! BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast below!