Performance audiobooks

Barefoot in the Park

By: Neil Simon

Narrated by: Norman Aronovic, Laura Linney, J. Fred Shiffman...

Length: 1 hour 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A brand-new lawyer and his bride have returned from their honeymoon and are moving into a new apartment. Once there, they find the place is bare of furniture, the paint job is wrong, the skylight leaks and wacky neighbors keep popping up! A classic!

Includes an interview with Marc Masterson, the Artistic Director of South Coast Repertory in Costa... Read more

Tyler on Prime Time

By: Steve Atinsky

Narrated by: Max Casella

Length: 3 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Tyler Stewart knows he’s going to be a television star. He’s funny, and his uncle Pete is a writer for the most popular show on TV. Best of all, Tyler’s parents have just sent him to visit Pete in Hollywood. Talk about luck—no more of his mom’s worrying and his dad’s instructions, for the rest of his summer vacation. Everyone in show business... Read more

The Best and the Second Best of Car Talk

By: Ray Magliozzi & Tom Magliozzi

Length: 2 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

It's a laugh-out-loud collection of wisecracks, automotive first aid, and roadside philosophy. Tom and Ray have gathered the most outrageous and humorous segments from their weekly call-in radio show, including "Eggs Prestone," "Bad Hair Days," "Clinton Sends Vowels to Bosnia," "Gail, the Tollgate Fugitive," and the Tappet Brothers personal... Read more

Shadowlands

By: William Nicholson

Narrated by: Arthur Hanket, Harriet Harris, Nicholas Hormann...

Length: 1 hour 43 minutes

Abridged: No

William Nicholson’s Tony nominated stage adaptation of his award-winning BBC Teleplay relates the story of shy Oxford don and children’s author C.S. Lewis and American poet Joy Gresham. Shadowlands shows how love, and the risk of loss, transformed this great man’s relationships, even with God.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance... Read more

Radio Mambo: Culture Clash Invades Miami

By: Culture Clash

Narrated by: Culture Clash, Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas & H...

Length: 1 hour 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The acclaimed comedy trio known as Culture Clash spent three months interviewing about 70 Miami residents for this mix of vignettes about urban renewal, crimes, hurricanes and immigration, as well as where to get a plate of arroz con pollo served by a six foot drag queen.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Culture Clash: ... Read more

The Return of the King

By: J.R.R. Tolkien

Length: 3 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The original American full dramatization as broadcast on National Public Radio. War rages in the west—a titanic battle of will and strategy between the great wizard Gandalf and Sauron, the dark lord. Meanwhile, eastward in Mordor, Frodo and Sam approach the end of their improbable quest, bearing the One Ring ever closer to the Cracks of... Read more

The Two Towers

By: J.R.R. Tolkien

Length: 3 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

The original American full dramatization as broadcast on National Public Radio. The Fellowship is broken; the quest to destroy the Ring seems already shrouded in disaster. But as the evil lord Sauron readies his armies for war, Frodo and Sam continue their lonely journey toward Mordor, guided only by Gollum—a deceitful and tortured creature,... Read more

Incident at Vichy

By: Arthur Miller

Narrated by: Ben Diskin, Arye Gross, Jamie Hanes, Andrew Haw...

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: No

In Vichy, France, in 1942, nine men are detained under a shadowy pretext. As the tension builds, the men are questioned – are they the sort of people whom the new Nazi regime considers "inferior?" Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in February 2002. Directed by Richard Masur Producing Director: Susan... Read more

A Shakespearean Actor Prepares - Abridged

By: Adrian Brine & Michael York

Narrated by: Michael York

Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Shakespeare knew more about the art of acting and the art of theater than any other playwright— but there is no general consensus about how Shakespeare should be played. There are no rules. While the Bard created superhuman characters and placed them in situations that stretch the imagination to its limits, he also provided his... Read more

A View from the Bridge

By: Arthur Miller

Narrated by: Charles Cioffi, Harry Hamlin, Jamie Hanes, Mary...

Length: 1 hour 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Italian-American immigrant life in the 1950’s textures this searing drama of love and revenge. Longshoreman Eddie Carbone is devoted to his wife, Beatrice and to his niece, Catherine. When Beatrice’s impoverished Sicilian cousins enter the U.S. illegally, in hope of finding work, Eddie gives them a helping hand. But when Catherine and one of the... Read more

Lost in Yonkers

By: Neil Simon

Narrated by: Barbara Bain, Gia Carides, Dan Castellaneta, Be...

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Set in Yonkers, New York in 1942, two boys, aged 13 and 16, must spend one year with their austere and demanding grandmother. While the war rages in Europe, Jay and Arty learn the ropes from Uncle Louie and assorted relatives, all peculiar characters.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Barbara Bain, Gia Carides, Dan... Read more

Marvin's Room

By: Scott McPherson

Narrated by: Gloria Dorson, Roxanne Hart, Sharon Madden, Jas...

Length: 1 hour 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Good-hearted Bessie has been taking care of ther ailing father for 20 years, but now she’s the one who’s sick, and she must reconcile with her estranged sister, Lee. A remarkably humorous and tender play, this critically acclaimed family drama was dubbed by The New York Times as “one of the funniest plays of the year as well as one of the wisest... Read more

The Member of the Wedding

By: Carson McCullers

Narrated by: June Angela, John Cothran Jr., Ruby Dee, Daniel...

Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Gangly, outspoken 12-year-old Frankie Addams yearns to belong to the “we of me,” and in a Southern kitchen, pours her heart out to the family cook, Berenice. One of the most beautiful plays ever written about loneliness and love.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:
June Angela as Janice and Helen
John Cothran Jr. as T.T.... Read more

Crimes of the Heart

By: Beth Henley

Narrated by: Ray Baker, Donna Bullock, Arye Gross, Glenne He...

Length: 1 hour 58 minutes

Abridged: No

This Pulitzer Prize-winner is a deeply touching and funny play about three eccentric sisters from a small Southern town rocked by scandal when Babe, the youngest, shoots her husband. Humor and pathos abound as the sisters unite with an intense young lawyer to save Babe from a murder charge, and overcome their family’s painful past. A BBC... Read more

After the Fall

By: Arthur Miller

Narrated by: Amy Aquino, Amy Brenneman, Gregory Itzin, Antho...

Length: 2 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Miller’s famous autobiographical drama takes place inside the tortured mind of a 40-year-old lawyer. Quentin is haunted by his disastrous affair with a needy sex symbol - a character rumored to be based on Marilyn Monroe, Miller’s second wife. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in April 1999. Directed... Read more

Bordertown

By: Culture Clash

Narrated by: Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas & Herbert Siguenza

Length: 1 hour 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Culture Clash brashly explores the San Diego-Tijuana region through satire and humor. Bordertown is based upon interviews the trio conducted with more than 100 people from both sides of the border and from every walk of life. Interviewees include right wing talk show host and former San Diego Mayor Roger Hedgecock, Sheriff Bill Kollender,... Read more

Mrs. Warren's Profession

By: George Bernard Shaw

Narrated by: Paul Gutrecht, Kaitlin Hopkins, Shirley Knight,...

Length: 1 hour 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Modern parallels abound in the plight of Cambridge-educated mathematics wiz Vivie Warren, who discovers that her comfortable upbringing was financed in unspeakable ways. Shaw pits a clever heroine against a memorable gallery of rogues in this superbly intelligent -- and still shocking -- comedy, banned for eight years from the English stage.

An... Read more

An Ideal Husband

By: Oscar Wilde

Narrated by: Rosalind Ayres, Jacqueline Bisset, Paul Gutrech...

Length: 1 hour 39 minutes

Abridged: No

A tender love story, a serpentine villainess, a glittering setting in London society and a shower of Wildean witticisms are only a few of the reasons this play has enjoyed hugely successful revivals in London and New York. This 1895 drama also seems eerily prescient, as it explores the plight of a promising young politician, desperate to hide a... Read more

Car Talk: Men Are from GM, Women Are from Ford

By: Ray Magliozzi & Tom Magliozzi

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: No

When a question about anti-lock brakes becomes and entrée for dispensing marital advice, you know you've entered the world of Click and Clack, the Car Talk guys. Together they dish up sage advice, car guidance, and fun as they irritate, pontificate, and finally illuminate life for the less fortunate of us who are mechanically disinclined. ... Read more

Car Talk: Why You Should Never Listen to Your Father When It Comes to Cars

By: Ray Magliozzi & Tom Magliozzi

Length: 1 hour 4 minutes

Abridged: No

It's a fact: 98% of what fathers say is dead wrong. Join famous syndicated radio talk show hosts and ingenious car experts Click and Clack as they bring this little known fact to light. Car Talk: Why You Should Never Listen to Your Father ... is a hilarious collection of the Tappet brothers' favorite calls over the years about fathers,... Read more

Park Your Car in Harvard Yard

By: Israel Horovitz

Narrated by: Judith Ivey & Jason Robards

Length: 1 hour 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Jacob Brackish, the toughest, meanest teacher ever to set foot in Gloucester High School is dying at home. His advertisement for a housekeeper to look after him during his final years is answered by a mousy 40-year-old named Kathleen, a woman Jacob has forgotten he flunked years before. Judith Ivey and Jason Robards recreate the roles they... Read more

Lady Windermere's Fan

By: Oscar Wilde

Narrated by: Gina Field, Judy Geeson, Joanna Going, Arthur H...

Length: 1 hour 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The irreverent satire that launched Wilde’s succession of classical comedies. A Lord, his wife, her admirer and an infamous blackmailer converge in this delicious comic feast of scandal. A divinely funny comedy of good girls, bad husbands and the moral hypocrisy of British high society in the late nineteenth century.

An L.A. Theatre Works... Read more

Hay Fever

By: Noel Coward

Narrated by: Tate Donovan, Arabella Field, Joy Gregory, Jeff...

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: No

A country house weekend goes haywire when the guests and their hosts play a game of romantic musical chairs. A most delightful madcap comedy.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Tate Donovan, Arabella Field, Joy Gregory, Jeffrey Jones, Lynne Marta, Serena Scott Thomas, Carolyn Seymour, Eric Stoltz and Simon Templeman. Read more

Broken Glass

By: Arthur Miller

Narrated by: Jane Brucker, David Dukes, Lawrence Pressman, L...

Length: 1 hour 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Set in 1938 Brooklyn, this gripping psychological mystery begins when attractive, level-headed Sylvia Gellburg suddenly loses her ability to walk. The only clue lies in Sylvia’s obsession with news accounts from Germany. Though safe in Brooklyn, Sylvia is terrified by Nazi violence - or is it something closer to home? Includes an interview... Read more