We sat down with the director and adapter of MOBY DICK IN THE DARK, Corey Bradberry, and one of his actors from the show, Mack Gordon (Starbuck/Stubb). MOBY DICK IN THE DARK is the fourth live online audio drama from Chicago’s Theatre in the Dark, where Bradberry and Gordon are co-founders. They talk MOBY DICK, the resurgence of audio theatre, and the importance of doing it live.
Theatre in the Dark, the innovative Chicago theater company focusing exclusively on audio plays, will follow up its successful 2020 productions of THREE STORIES UP, H.G. Wells' WAR OF THE WORLDS, and A CHRISTMAS CAROL IN THE DARK, with an original adaptation of Herman Melville's classic adventure story MOBY DICK from March 11 through April 10.
The two-year-old company Theatre in the Dark, dedicated to making theater exclusively through sound, has made recordings of all three of its critically acclaimed virtual audio dramas from 2020 available on demand.
Theatre in the Dark, the two-year-old Chicago theater company whose original audio play retelling of H.G. Wells' WAR OF THE WORLDS was the breakout hit of the fall season, will follow up with live online performances of A CHRISTMAS CAROL IN THE DARK for 10 special performances from December 10 through 24.
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.
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.
Seth Sikes, the New York City singing sensation, has released his latest in a series of hilarious music viral videos this summer from Fire Island. “Howdy Neighbor!” is a giddy, pitch-perfect salute to his idol Judy Garland, who originally sang the song titled '(Howdy Neighbor) Happy Harvest' in the 1950 MGM musical “Summer Stock.”
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.
In our latest Living Room Concert, the wonderful Sophie Isaacs performs 'At Last' - the Mack Gordon and Harry Warren song made famous by the likes of Etta James, Glenn Miller, Celine Dion and Beyoncé. Watch the video below!
A high school junior from upstate New York earned the top title of Songbook Youth Ambassador at the Saturday finals concert to cap the weeklong Songbook Academy, the nation's only youth music intensive focused on the timeless popular standards of jazz, Broadway and Hollywood.
Jazz guitarist/composer George Cotsirilos had previously recorded mostly in a trio setting with longtime associates Robb Fisher on bass and Ron Marabuto on drums.
"Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend," "The Nearness of You" and "As Time Goes By…" the songs are standards, but who wrote them? We celebrate the unsung wordsmiths behind some of the world's greatest songs - stellar artists like Leo Robin, Mack Gordon, Al Dubin and more - in the latest Rob Fisher (An American in Paris) and Sheldon Harnick (Fiddler on the Roof) collaboration for L&L.
Jazz aficionados are often concerned with lineages within the music and the passing of the torch. There aren't many musicians left who have witnessed and assisted in the development of jazz and improvised music as much as saxophonist Lee Konitz has.
Jazz aficionados are often concerned with lineages within the music and the passing of the torch. There aren't many musicians left who have witnessed and assisted in the development of jazz and improvised music as much as saxophonist Lee Konitz has. From the height of bebop to the current avant-garde, Konitz has established himself as a cornerstone and link between many adventurous musicians.