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Performing Arts · Groundswell Theatricals & Josh Johnston

Radio Play Revival

by Groundswell Theatricals & Josh Johnston

Radio Play Revival features great American actors performing great American works of literature. Performed by both established and new-and-emerging performers, musicians, and writers, Radio Play Revival pays homage to the golden age of radio, in the now-second golden age of audio. Radio Play Revival has an ensemble repertory cast of performers featuring Christopher Walken, Laura Benanti, Patti LuPone, Anderson Cooper, Laurence Fishburne, Jefferson Mays, Jessica Chastain, Samuel L. Jackson, Michelle Williams and many more.

Chart trend

Position in the Performing Arts chart (US), last 90 days.

#50
all-time peak
1
day in the top 50 since Nov 2024

Latest episodes

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S. 3, Ep. 9: Cathedral by Raymond Carver

Connecticut, 1983: In a strained marriage, a narrow-minded, prejudiced man- and his wife- host the wife’s former coworker for the night. Their guest is a blind man, and t

Feb 19 2024
43 min

S. 3, Ep. 8: A Bush League Hero by Edna Ferber

The Midwest, 1912: Ivy Keller is on summer vacation and bored limp. Until her father takes her to a baseball game. What ensues is a love triangle between Ivy’s father wan

Feb 12 2024
22 min

S. 3, Ep. 7: The Swimmer by John Cheever

The Suburbs, 1964: Neddy Merrill is lounging poolside at a friend’s party, gin in hand, when a genius thought materializes in his mind. He’s going to swim home! His ensui

Feb 5 2024
34 min

S. 3, Ep. 6: Bartleby, The Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street by Herman Melville

New York City, 1853: An elderly lawyer reflects on an employee he had thirty years prior, and the havoc that his passive resistance inflicted upon everyone around him.​

Jan 29 2024
53 min

S. 3, Ep. 5: Bodies in the Moonlight by Langston Hughes

The West African Coast, 1927: With their ship stuck in port for over a month, half the crew sick with fever, and food running low, two best friends fall for the same woma

Jan 22 2024
19 min

S. 3, Ep. 4: The Enchanted Bluff by Willa Cather

Nebraska, 1909: Six friends enjoy the final night of their final summer together under the stars and the moon, in this coming-of-age tale about friendship, innocence, and

Jan 15 2024
26 min

S. 3, Ep. 3: Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway

Spain, 1927: While waiting for a train, a young couple passes the time with drinks and observations, discussing everything they can think of before they must finally have

Jan 8 2024
14 min

S. 3, Ep. 2: Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe by Nathaniel Hawthorne

New England, 1834: Mr. Higginbotham was murdered last night in Kimballton. Or was it the night before last? Two travelers on the road tell our protagonist, Dominicus Pike

Jan 1 2024
32 min

S. 3, Ep. 1: A Worn Path by Eudora Welty

Mississippi, Christmas Day: Never get in the way of a grandparent. Old Phoenix Jackson makes her way through the woods, in search of medicine for her grandson. On her fam

Dec 25 2023
28 min

S. 2, Ep. 8: The Bee Play by Elizabeth Savage (Live from St. Louis, MO)

The Bronx, 2016. 18-year-old Carver Washington wrestles between going off to college and pursuing his dreams, and staying at home to take care of his kid sister Paris and

Feb 12 2023
1 h 07 min

S. 2, Ep. 7: Bernice Bobs Her Hair by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Minnesota, The Roaring ‘20s: Popularity is everything to teenagers, and some will stop at nothing to keep their place at the top of the food chain, in this “Mean Girls of

Feb 5 2023
55 min

S. 2, Ep. 6: The Last Taste of Barry Growler by Jonathan Mastro

Chicago, recently: In defiance of his grim diagnosis, a beloved wine shop owner throws an epic party, opening his rarest bottles for his favorite customers. But none of t

Jan 29 2023
27 min

S. 2, Ep. 5: Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates

America, 1966: Connie is fifteen- so the only two things in the world she cares about are her friends and flirting with boys. Her summer vacation passes by in a haze of t

Jan 22 2023
44 min

S. 2, Ep. 4: The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe

Italy, The Carnival Season: A man can only take so much. When Fortunato insults Montresor, Montresor concocts a plan to ensure Fortunato never insults again. Far away fro

Jan 15 2023
21 min

S. 2, Ep. 3: The Comet by W.E.B. Du Bois

New York City, 1920: With the exciting news of the comet passing so close to earth, everyone in Manhattan steps outside to observe its passing overhead… and that, it turn

Jan 8 2023
38 min

S. 2, Ep. 2: The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell

The Caribbean Sea, 1924: After falling off a yacht while en-route to South America, big game hunter Sanger Rainsford swims to a nearby island, where he is met and cared f

Jan 1 2023
1 h 00 min

S. 2, Ep. 1: Christmas, or The Good Fairy by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Anywhere, Christmastime: Well-off Ellen Stuart frets about what presents to get her family and friends for Christmas that they don’t already have or won’t just throw away

Dec 25 2022
21 min

S. 1, Ep. 8: Bachelor Holiday by Alan Ball

New York City, the 1990s: A mouse, caught in a glue trap, causes three roommates to discuss the meaning of life, death, yuppiedom, karma, and the harsh reality of their p

Feb 12 2022
44 min

S. 1, Ep. 7: Titee by Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson

New Orleans, 1895: Titee is a brilliant young boy, but his mind isn't on school or home. His mother, teacher, and friends wonder what goes on in Titee's mind, but when Ti

Feb 5 2022
19 min

S. 1, Ep. 6: Xingu by Edith Wharton

Hillbridge, 1916: The ladies of the local lunch club have invited the celebrated novelist of their latest read to be their guest. However, their own internal competition

Jan 29 2022
50 min

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#194 ▼ 35 Performing Arts US

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