LBSC’s Halloween Month celebration of Old Time Radio Horror Classics begins with The Phantom of the Opera. It originally aired on September 13th, 1943, as part of the Lux Radio series, hosted by Cecil B. DeMille. It was based on the 1943 film (which is somewhat different from the 1925 Lon Chaney film and Gaston Leroux’s novel), but instead of using the film’s star Claude Rains, the radio play featured Basil Rathbone as the Phantom. The movie also paired Nelson Eddy and Susanna Foster as Anatole and Christine, and they returned for the radio version. As a result, there is a lot of music in the production, which will be performed live by our cast, along with all the sound effects! Among the many things for which this version is known is that it introduced what became the standard idea of how the Phantom came to be disfigured.

LBSC’s Halloween Month celebration of Old Time Radio Horror Classics continues with Edgar Allan Poe’s story of The Fall of the House of Usher and the award-winning Lucille Fletcher story, Sorry, Wrong Number. Two 30-minute shows of classic suspense and terror! Click on the titles above for full descriptions of the programs. 

LBSC’s anniversary presentation of Orson Welles’ classic radio show, with live sound effects and music performed by the cast. The original 1938 broadcast covered the Martians invading the earth and created a nation-wide panic as a result.

LBSC’s alternative holiday classic is The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, written by L. Frank Baum, and adapted for the stage by Helen Borgers, with original music by Edmund Velasco. It plays from November 25th through December 11th. 

2016 A Christmas Carol - Radio Show

(Old Time Radio Style)

(Old Time Radio Style)

JULY BOOKS ON STAGE A special birthday salute to America, featuring short stories, poems, songs, and essays by American writers and songwriters.

OCTOBER IS CLASSIC HORROR & SCI-FI

CHRISTMAS CLASSICS

Old Time Radio version of A Christmas Carol