It’s difficult to convey a shrug of the shoulders in print, but that gesture would speak 500 words in summing up 8 Ball Theatre’s production of “The 1940s Radio Hour.” According to its press materials ...

The 1940s Radio Hour is a musical by Walton Jones. Using popular songs from the 1940s, it portrays the final holiday broadcast of the Mutual Manhattan Variety Cavalcade on the New York radio station ...

We must have a collective longing for the past. That's the only explanation I have for the fact that not one, but two, of this year's holiday shows are old time radio broadcasts of seasonal favorites ...

“The 1940’s Radio Hour” is an entertaining evening filled with nostalgia at Pennsylvania Playhouse. The show takes the audience back in time to a broadcast of the fictional Mutual Manhattan Variety ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Two familiar holiday tales have been newly musicalized, and what separates them is depth. Bas Bleu’s “1940s Radio Christmas Carol,” a work-in- progress ...

When sound effects are required in theatrical productions, shows can use recordings found on the internet. But back when radio was the primary entertainment source, Foley artists had to create every ...

Tim Blough (center) plays an actor taking the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in a 1940s radio drama in Broadway Rose's production of "A 1940s Radio Christmas Carol." The cast also features (from left) Malia ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... “A Christmas Carol” has nothing on “The Making of ‘The 1940s Radio Christmas Carol.’ ” Talk about your harrowing yet ultimately uplifting holiday stories.

Q We have an old Airline brand table-top radio, 10 inches wide and 7 inches tall. Is it worth anything, or should we just send it to recycling? A Your radio and its manufacturer have a fascinating ...

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif., Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Star of 1940s and 1950s radio, television and Broadway, John Conte, who later owned a successful television station, died in ...

Q We have an old Airline brand table-top radio, 10 inches wide and 7 inches tall. Is it worth anything, or should we just send it to recycling? A Your radio and its manufacturer have a fascinating ...