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Title: Wiretap, Episode 1

Subtitle: Army of One

Author: Mark Leyner, Brian Fielding

Narrator: various

Format: Original Recording

Length: 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-25-02

Publisher: Audible

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 27 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Modern Drama

Publisher's Summary:

Apparently recorded soon after The Kid entered his penthouse retreat. The Kid mixes conversations and beats deep into his drug-induced bliss, Kim Jong Il opines on pop culture while worrying about The Kid, the concierge weighs in on the Hague tribunals, Coach Franks threatens, and The Kid begins a budding friendship with Kate. Amelia supplies "turn down service."

©2001 Audible, Inc. and ©2001 Mark Leyner

Members Reviews:

my favourite audio!

dealing with paranoia, sex, terrorism and drugs from the point of view of an agoraphobic guy living in a hotel room in dangerous times, wiretap is one of the funniest, most bizarre things i've ever heard. hardly surprising they only made 3 episodes, really. >sigh<

oh, and another thing - don't be put off by the lame intro some fool tacked onto the start of episode 1. what were they thinking?

Phenominal

Laugh out loud funny. You'll love it.

Groundbreaking Internet Theatre

If you could sum up Wiretap, Episode 1 in three words, what would they be?

Disclosure: Mark Leyner and I created the story in 2001. We recorded it on the phone line, just as a real wiretap would be. We'd write out the rough plot line, talk the actors through it briefly, including what was then happening in the real world, then the actors improvised all the dialogue. We wanted these fictional characters to react to not only the fictional storyline but to include commentary on what was actually happening in the world at that time. Alas, we could only do 3 episodes, on less than a shoe-string, before the Internet winter set in and I had to get back to spending 100% of my time on doing content and biz dev deals for Audible...where I toiled from 1997 to 2012. -BMF

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Title: Wiretap, Episode 2

Subtitle: Patriotic Duty

Author: Mark Leyner, Brian Fielding

Narrator: various

Format: Original Recording

Length: 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-25-02

Publisher: Audible

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 19 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Modern Drama

Publisher's Summary:

The events of 9/11 have done little to diminish The Kid's growing paranoia. Kim Jong Il is on the coalition's enemies list, but he's wondering how the fall TV and movie schedules are shaping up, and what is Larry David's management style like? Coach Franks is undaunted, the Concierge searches for fatty meat and orange juice with Cipro, and the relationship with Kate deepens. Amelia demonstrates her patriotism.

©2001 Audible, Inc. and ©2001 Mark Leyner

Members Reviews:

Groundbreaking Internet Theatre

What made the experience of listening to Wiretap, Episode 2 the most enjoyable?

Disclosure: Mark Leyner and I created the story in 2001. We recorded it on the phone line, just as a real wiretap would be. We'd write out the rough plot line, talk the actors through it briefly, including what was then happening in the real world, then the actors improvised all the dialogue. We wanted these fictional characters to react to not only the fictional storyline but to include commentary on what was actually happening in the world at that time. Alas, we could only do 3 episodes, on less than a shoe-string, before the Internet winter set in and I had to get back to spending 100% of my time on doing content and biz dev deals for Audible...where I toiled from 1997 to 2012. -BMF

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Title: Gulf War and Black

Author: Joyce Carol Oates

Narrator: Edward Asner, Stephanie Dunnam, full cast

Format: Original Recording

Length: 1 hr and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-04-01

Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Modern Drama

Publisher's Summary:

Gulf War: An affluent young couple entertains an older couple for an evening of cocktails and politics during the Gulf War. But as the evening continues, the conversation take a bizarre and absurd tone.

Black: In this evening of cocktails and dinner, a couple anxiously awaits the arrival of an ex-husband. As the wine glass are drained, the evening becomes dark and intense, revealing the true colors of the characters in this eerie love triangle.

This full cast production stars: Edward Asner, Stephanie Dunnam, Rif Hutton, Nan Martin, and Joe Spano.

Editorial Reviews:

Joyce Carol Oates has received acclaim from literary audiences for decades. In these two one-act plays she demonstrates her talent as a playwright. Performed by a full cast, these plays are produced by L.A. Theatre Works. Starring Edward Asner, Stephanie Dunnam, and more, both plays concern the trials and tribulation of contemporary Americans in a fast-changing world. Filled with biting political commentary anddark absurdism, these plays are a must for any fan of one-acts. Stephanie Dunnam's voice in particular shines in these short plays; it's clear why she has had such success on stage.

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Title: Dinosaur Dreams

Author: Tom Szentgyorgyi

Narrator: Amy Pietz, Kevin Kilner, full cast

Format: Original Recording

Length: 1 hr and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-04-01

Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Modern Drama

Publisher's Summary:

Was it a failure of imagination that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs? An inability to cope with change? In Dinosaur Dreams, Bob meets, falls in love with, and plans a wedding with Paula - then she disappears. In a dark comedy filled with extraordinary wit and insight, playwright Tom Szentgyorgyi explores how we deal with change and loss.

Performed by a full cast starring Amy Pietz, Kevin Kilner, Judy Blue, Linda Kimbrough, Lusia Strus, Greg Vinkler, Ann Whitney, and Kenny Williams.

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Title: Forty-Two Stories

Author: Douglas Post

Narrator: Edward Asner, Rengin Altay, Jane Blass, Kyle Colerider-Krugh, Sam Macy, Mike Nussbaum, Morocco Omari, David M. Pasquesi, Steve Pickering

Format: Original Recording

Length: 1 hr and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-22-01

Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Modern Drama

Publisher's Summary:

Forty-Two Stories by Douglas Post is a comedy about life in a high-rise condominium. A professional student from the University of Chicago is moonlighting as janitor. A stressed-out apartment manager is at odds with the residents and on the edge of a nervous breakdown. And a motley assortment of other staff members struggles with survival in the face of urban pandemonium and with the fact that one of them may be breaking into the units and stealing womens underwear. A Next Theatre co-production.

An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring:

Edward Asner as Frank

Rengin Altay as Demetra

Jane Blass as Alice

Kyle Colerider-Krugh as Zackary

Sam Macy as Sergio

Mike Nussbaum as Gunter

Morocco Omari as Timothy

David M. Pasquesi as Ed

Steve Pickering as Ross

Directed by Susan Booth. Recorded before a live audience at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie in June of 1998.

Editorial Reviews:

Featuring a full cast of actors including Ed Begley, Jr., Dan Butler, and Fred Willard, Forty-Two Stories tells the multitude of stories that fill a Chicago high-rise condominium. Douglas Post's diverse group of tales are filled with humor and heartache. Performed by L.A. Theatre Works, this audiobook is a testament to the success of ensemble cast audiobook productions. Arye Gross in particular steals the show, giving a performance worthy of Post's intriguing and intricate interwoven tales of staff members and residents trying to live and work together.

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Title: I Sent a Letter to My Love

Subtitle: A Musical

Author: Jeffrey Sweet, Melissa Manchester

Narrator: Melissa Manchester, Stephen Bogardus

Format: Original Recording

Length: 1 hr and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-26-01

Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Modern Drama

Publisher's Summary:

Famed singer-songwriter Melissa Manchester stars in her new musical about romance and longing in small-town America in the 1950s. Based on the novel by Bernice Rubens, with music by Melissa Manchester, book by Jeffrey Sweet, and lyrics by Jeffrey Sweet and Melissa Manchester.

(P)1998 L.A. Theatre Works, All Rights Reserved

Members Reviews:

Very good story

This was an intriguing story of unusual relationships. Highly recommended for anyone who enjoys a good story about intertwined family and friend relationships, and the unforseen twists they may take. Highly recommended.

Five Stars

Loved this book

Excellent!

Book just as described & shipped quickly. Excellent customer service! I would buy from again! Thanks! I started this book years ago & then l lost my copy of it. I have thoought about it over the years & finally decided to try to find it so I could finish reading it!

A Wonderful Experience

In "I Sent a Letter to My Love," story & score combine to make certain that the two CDs in this package will return many times to your CD player. Melissa Manchester succeeds here in the most difficult of song writing tasks, creating melodies that are at once complex and catchy, and the story they help tell is similarly engaging (the book here was adapted by Jeffrey Sweet from a Bernice Ruben novel by the same name). Three main characters, Amy, Stan, and Gwen, follow different paths with the same ache for love; yet this is really Amy's story. In her most particularly, we see our needs and wounds, our moments of blindness and of insight. With her we sympathize as we witness again love's ability to draw and repel, to afflict and to redeem.

These conventional, though ever-fresh, themes are explored in a somewhat unconventional plot. We meet Amy (played here by Melissa Manchester) in Maine in 1955. She has never married and has given her life to caring for her brother, Stan (Stephen Bogardus), a man crippled by childhood polio. The familiar and settled ways of their lives are altered one summer after Amy impulsively decides to place a "Lady Seeks Gentleman" correspondence ad to which Stan alone--unaware--replies. This conflict and contest unfolds as the sister and brother rent a cottage they own near their home to Gwen (Megan Mullally), a woman finding herself on her own for the first time and uncertain about her place in the world.

Ms. Manchester, Mr. Bogardus, and Ms. Mullally deliver strong, impassioned, and witty performances, supported here by the equally-impressive work of Megan Fay and Paul Anthony Stewart. The singing in this recording--which was produced by L.A. Theater Works and broadcast on NPR--is spectacular. All of the colors of Ms. Manchester's deservedly-celebrated voice are present amid Mr. Bogardus' soaring tenor and Ms. Mullally's very-satisfying mix. Though not yet a widely produced work, this recording makes it clear that "I Sent A Letter to My Love" deserves a prominent place in the musical theater repertoire.

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Title: Earth and Sky

Author: Douglas Post

Narrator: Annette Bening, Ed Begley Jr., full cast

Format: Original Recording

Length: 1 hr and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-23-01

Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Modern Drama

Publisher's Summary:

Head firmly in the clouds, Sara McKeon moves in the rarefied world of library work and poetry readings. She seems completely unsuited to investigating the sudden brutal murder of her lover. A haunting mystery, infused with humor, poetry, and urban grit. Performed by a full cast starring Annette Bening, Ed Begley Jr., John Mahoney, Steven Weber, and more.

(P)1994 L.A. Theatre Works, All Rights Reserved

Editorial Reviews:

Earth and Sky is an award-winning urban noir mystery play that depicts the shadowy, gritty underlife of Chicago and its corrupt, and often murderous, ways.

In this realistic dramatized performance - led by an all-star cast of performers, including four-time Academy Award nominee Annette Bening; Chicago theater veteran and Frasier father, John Mahoney; and multiple Emmy Award nominee, Ed Begley, Jr. - we hear of bodies, bullets, cops and criminals, and the fine line between good and evil.

For fans of the classic, hardboiled crime prose of James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler, and Dashiell Hammett.

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Title: American Appetites

Author: Joyce Carol Oates

Narrator: Keith Carradine, Frank Muller, full cast

Format: Abridged

Length: 1 hr and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-23-01

Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Modern Drama

Publisher's Summary:

L.A. Theatre Works' exclusive dramatization of Joyce Carol Oates' best selling novel shows a close-knit group of prestigious scholars in the affluent '80s blown apart by tragedy and scandal. A sophisticated, witty, and chilling tale. Adapted for audio by Nick Olcott and performed by a full cast featuring Keith Carradine, Frank Muller, Dan Lauria, and more.

(P)2000 L.A. Theatre Works, Produced in Association with KCRW, All Rights Reserved

Members Reviews:

Weak Characters

I usually love JCO's stories. This one, not so much. I found the central characters to be completely unlikable. The story revolves around his being on trial for the murder of his wife, and this theme in the hands of a writer such as Oates had the potential for suspense and anticipation. I had very much looked forward to reading it after reading a synopsis. But Glynnis was such an unsympathetic character, I couldn't find myself caring that she was dead, and Ian and Bianca annoyed me so much with their weak and whiny personalities that I couldn't rustle up any sympathy for them or concern about their future. Too bad, because this story had so much potential.

) I have read some of the other reviews which seem to indicate that it is not one of her best. Basically

Okay, so sue me but this is the first book I have read by Joyce Carol Oates. (Put me in the corner.) I have read some of the other reviews which seem to indicate that it is not one of her best. Basically, because I have read some synopses of a few of her works, I did not feel that the subject matters of many of her works were not of great interest to me. I tend to shy away from "gritty" novels and I am not a "mystery" fan. It appears that I made a mistake in judging based on snippets (which, actually, is not my usual modus operandi). What can I say? I found the characters finely drawn and, although I did not like them - I found the circuitous narrative compelling. Perhaps I would have left this book unfinished had it not been for the masterful writing of this author. Guess what? I have a few more of her books on my current reading llist.

Addictive reading

I love Joyce Carol Oates and find her books wonderfully written and compelling. This book has so many aspects to it, the story of what seems to be a successful marriage, friendships, compulsion, courtroom drama and finally, love. I couldn't bear to put it down. Fortunately, we had a snow storm that demanded I be inside and I was able to binge read it.

Typical JCO

JCO is talented. That is not debatable. This is a well-written novel. Also not debatable. I had to give it four stars, but the truth is that it dragged at times, and sometimes I find her studies of the American family to be a bit dark.

Reads like an indie movie

Ian Is indicted and tried for the murder of his wife. Oates then gives us an in depth interior monologue as he comes to grips with the changes in his status, his family, his social circle, his own mindset, as he tries to survive his situation.

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Title: Guns

Author: Doris Baizley, Harry Aguado

Narrator: Yeardley Smith, Edward Asner, full cast

Format: Original Recording

Length: 1 hr and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 05-24-01

Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Modern Drama

Publisher's Summary:

This full-cast production features Yeardley Smith, Edward Asner, Tyne Daly, Bruce French, Robert David Hall, Tommy Hicks, Ella Joyce, Marnie Mosiman, and James Reeder.

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Title: PIGmalion

Author: Mark Dunn

Narrator: full cast

Format: Original Recording

Length: 1 hr and 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-07-16

Publisher: Siren Audio Studios

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Modern Drama

Publisher's Summary:

A full-cast production inspired by Pygmalion, Shaw's classic drawing room tale of language and class division, and its musical incarnation, My Fair Lady.

PIGmalion tells the story of one Eliza Doolittle, who sells homemade pork rinds at the Tri-Counties Fair and Livestock Show. The daughter of a hardscrabble Mississippi pig farmer, Eliza dreams of someday working as a waitress at "one of those nice downtown barbecue restaurants where all the tourists go".

Members Reviews:

Love Mark Dunn's Work!

What can I say, I played Henry Higgins in the world premiere. It's a very good play by a very good (though often quirky) playwright.