| Broadway Podcast Network Announces Radio Play Revival | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 07:05 pm EST 01/31/22 | |
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| BROADWAY PODCAST NETWORK ANNOUNCES RADIO PLAY REVIVAL BRINGING BACK THE GOLDEN AGE OF RADIO PLAYS FOR 21st CENTURY AUDIENCES Saturday, January 29: XINGU by Edith Wharton featuring Harriet Harris, Anna Deavere Smith, Michelle Williams, Blair Brown, Charles Busch, Bridget Everett, Kathryn Grody, Eva Marie Saint Saturday, February 5: TITEE by Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson featuring LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Young Dylan, Hannah Rose Honoré, Ashton Muñiz, Lonnie Chavis Saturday, February 12: BACHELOR HOLIDAY by Alan Ball featuring Boyd Gaines, Vincent Rodriguez III, Brandon Micheal Hall, Josh Johnston (January 31, 2022 - New York, NY) The Broadway Podcast Network (Dori Berinstein, Co-Founder & CEO; Alan Seales, Co-Founder & CTO) is pleased to announce that Radio Play Revival, a new podcast celebrating the golden age of radio plays in this now-second golden age of audio featuring great American actors performing works by a wide range of American authors, has joined the Broadway Podcast Network family. Conceived and directed by Josh Johnston, produced by Staci Levine / Groundswell Theatricals and executive producer Patti LuPone, Radio Play Revival is available now, exclusively from the Broadway Podcast Network. It is available on the BPN APP, Apple/iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart, TuneIn, Deezer, Player.FM, Pocket Cast, Podcast Addict and everywhere else you listen to podcasts. Upcoming episodes will be released as follows: Saturday, January 29: Xingu by Edith Wharton featuring Harriet Harris, Anna Deavere Smith, Michelle Williams, Blair Brown, Charles Busch, Bridget Everett, Kathryn Grody, Eva Marie Saint Saturday, February 5: Titee by Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson featuring LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Young Dylan, Hannah Rose Honoré, Ashton Muñiz, Lonnie Chavis Saturday, February 12: Bachelor Holiday by Alan Ball featuring Boyd Gaines, Vincent Rodriguez III, Brandon Micheal Hall, Josh Johnston Radio Play Revival was introduced on Christmas Day 2021 with O. Henry's classic Christmas story The Gift of the Magi featuring Keith David, Samuel L. Jackson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson and Kathryn Allison. Other episodes currently available include An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce, featuring Boyd Gaines, Ryan Mac, Rob Nagle, and Alex Aquilino; The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, featuring Jessica Chastain and Michael Urie; The Californian's Tale by Mark Twain, featuring Stephen McKinley Henderson, John Benjamin Hickey, Sam Robards, Josh Johnston, and Kelly Fairbrother; and The Red Coat and Let Us Go Out Into the Starry Night by John Patrick Shanley featuring Sam Tstoutsouvas, Jharrel Jerome, and Marilyn Caserta. All previous and upcoming episodes of Radio Play Revival can be found HERE. Information on the second season of Radio Play Revival, which is currently in production, will be announced at a future date. Believing that American literature is at the heart of this country's greatness, Radio Play Revival was conceived and directed by actor/writer Josh Johnston to pay homage to classic storytelling for today's modern audience. Radio Play Revival is produced by Mr. Johnston and Staci Levine/Groundswell Theatricals, with Ms. Levine and David Caparelliotis serving as Executive Producers, and features theme music by Joseph Thalken and casting by Mr. Caparelliotis. Ryan Schleifman is the series' primary editor, Zoë Cameron is its production assistant and Victoria Ungvarsky is the literary manager. Sam Tsoustsouvas is the host of Radio Play Revival. www.RadioPlayRevival.com BROADWAY PODCAST NETWORK is the premier digital storytelling destination for lovers of live theatre and the performing arts. Presenting original, engaging, and immersive programming of podcasts, audio dramas, serials, parodies, live video events, and more, Broadway Podcast Network's hosts are experts in their fields. These provocative storytellers are performers, producers, writers, influencers, and industry leaders who represent an extensive and diverse range of voices and perspectives. Broadway Podcast Network offers entertaining, inspiring, easily accessible content for everyone. Listeners can choose from more than 140 podcasts featuring exclusive access behind the curtain of the creative process, career advice, BIPOC voices, theatre history, in-depth interviews, conversations about equality and social justice, LGBTQIA+ issues, fitness & mental health, female voices, fun & games, and all the Broadway divas you can handle! From Broadway to the West End, from Los Angeles to Sydney and beyond, the Broadway Podcast Network is the only haven for theatre mavens. www.BroadwayPodcastNetwork.com BIOGRAPHIES: JOSH JOHNSTON is an actor and a writer, and now producer and director. Onstage, Josh toured with The Acting Company in their 40th season (Hamlet; Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (directed by John Rando)), and has worked regionally; selected regional works include: The Merchant of Venice & Henry VIII at Valley Shakespeare Festival in Connecticut, The Cradle Will Rock in NYC (The Acting Company benefit at The Jacobs Theatre), and 5 shows at The Ravinia Festival in Illinois, including Passion, A Little Night Music (professional stage debut back in 2001!), and Annie Get Your Gun, all 5 Ravinia shows directed by Lonny Price. Josh is also a musician, playing bass at various Duplex Cabaret Theatre shows downtown, and subbing in for Billy Magnussen on guitar and vocals in Billy's former band, Reserved For Rondee, at Rockwood Music Hall in NYC. During the pandemic, Josh moved to LA where he began pursuing work in TV and film; he most recently played a supporting role in the film To Leslie (post-production), directed by Michael Morris, and in the past, has worked on Season 1 of the show Benders, on IFC STACI LEVINE is President of Groundswell Theatricals Inc, a NYC-based producing and general management company, specializing in theatrical, concert, and now podcast productions. She has produced on Broadway, Off-Broadway, across North America, London's West End, and tours around the globe. Current productions include the concert tours for Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, and a new production starring Lisa Lampanelli. |
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