Art audiobooks

Simon Studio Presents: Dancing in the Dark - Abridged

By: Vivian Green

Narrated by: Vivian Green, George Flowers & Mildred Purdy

Length: 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Dancing in the Dark is an original drama-comedy dealing with the challenges of retirement, aging, and new romance. This short play, written by Vivian Green, was first performed before a life audience at the West End Gate in New York City and was later rebroadcast in December 1995 on WBAI-FM radio in New York City. Read more

Simon Studio Presents: A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Abridged

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Roger Hendricks Simon, a full cast, Joe Bevilac...

Length: 1 hour 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Shakespeare’s lighthearted comedy of mistaken identity, tangled lovers, meddling fairies, and bumbling amateur actors set in a wood on Midsummer Night is vividly retold in this special live radio performance first broadcast on the Bard’s birthday, April 23, 1994, on WBAI-FM in New York City. This enchanting reinterpretation will delight both... Read more

Waterlogg Holiday Collection - Abridged

By: Charles Dawson Butler, Pedro Pablo Sacristán, J...

Narrated by: Charles Dawson Butler, Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Ke...

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This collection of stories features holiday tales for both young and old!The Christmas That Almost Never WasIt is Christmas Eve at the North Pole, and Santa Claus has lost his "remembery." Now only a child who has been good for a full year can save Christmas! Producer Joe Bevilacqua has unearthed this vintage 1940s recording of the charming... Read more

The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 10 - Abridged

By: Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg, Pedro Pablo Sacr...

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg, Kenny Savoy, Jim...

Length: 5 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Part improvisation, part audio cartoon, The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 10 is a collection of variety show productions, created by two radio-theater veterans.The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 10 contains six one-hour segments of the comic misadventures of Sergeant Lefty, Olive Pitts, Ellis the Boatkeeper, Squeaky Lkie, Stinky Peter, Mrs. Terwilliger,... Read more

Camp Waterlogg Chronicles, Seasons 1–5 - Abridged

By: Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg & Pedro Pablo Sac...

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg, Kenny Savoy, Jim...

Length: 29 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Part improvisation, part audio cartoon, The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles, Seasons 1–5 is a five-volume collection of the successful comedy show created by two radio-theater veterans.Each volume contains six one-hour segments of the comic misadventures of Sergeant Lefty, Olive Pitts, Ellis the Boatkeeper, Squeaky Lkie, Stinky Peter, Mrs.... Read more

Comedy-O-Rama Variety Pack - Abridged

By: Victor Gates & Joe Bevilacqua

Narrated by: W. Ralph Walters, Elie Hirschman, David Sobkowi...

Length: 5 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This variety pack includes comedy sketches and audio dramatizations that will keep you entertained throughout.Deconstructing Laurel & HardyA Comedy-O-Rama tributeAbbott & Costello in the CatskillsThis is an authentic recreation of a 1930s Borscht Belt variety show recorded before a live audience in the Catskills. In this New Oldtime... Read more

My Girlfriend's Boyfriend

By: Mike Birbiglia

Narrated by: Mike Birbiglia

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Mike Birbiglia shares a lifetime of romantic blunders and misunderstandings. On this painfully honest but hilarious journey, Birbiglia struggles to find reason in an area where it may be impossible to find: love. Read more

"12 Years a Slave" restores historic firsthand account

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

In depicting American slavery, Hollywood has long left some of the most brutal realities largely unseen. But the filmmakers behind 12 Years a Slave tried not to flinch in showing the full system of human subjugation. Jeffrey Brown talks to screenwriter John Ridley about the challenge of humanizing a dehumanizing institution. Read more

Todd Glass Talks About Stuff

By: Todd Glass

Narrated by: Todd Glass

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

In this caustic comedy special, veteran stand-up quipster Todd Glass makes audiences howl with his take on some of society's unspoken "rules," from complimenting kids to giving directions. Read more

Nick Cannon: Mr. Showbiz

By: Nick Cannon

Narrated by: Nick Cannon

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In his first comedy special, the popular comic actor and musician reveals edgy, honest tales of his failed attempts at being a gangster, his humble roots, marriage, fatherhood and his thoughts about Eminem. Read more

Beer Hall Putsch

By: Doug Stanhope

Narrated by: Doug Stanhope

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Named after Hitler's failed coup attempt, Beer Hall Putsch takes you into acerbic comic Doug Stanhope's twisted mind at a gig filmed in Portland. Read more

The Mysteries of Beethoven's Hair

By: Russell Martin & Lydia Nibley

Narrated by: Jeff McCarthy

Length: 2 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Russell Martin, author of Beethoven's Hair, and his wife, Lydia Nibley, tell the story of how a lock of Ludwig von Beethoven's hair, clipped from the composer's head on his deathbed in Germany in 1827, ended up in Nazi-occupied Denmark in 1943 and was later sold at auction in London in 1994. Learn about this incredible journey through history... Read more

I Know It's Wrong

By: Dana Gould

Narrated by: Dana Gould

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Dana Gould takes on the absurdities of modern life through a pop-culture obsessed lens. Unapologetic and off-the-wall funny, there's no middle ground in this comedy special filmed at the Neptune Theater in Seattle, WA. Read more

Through it All I've Always Laughed

By: Count Arthur Strong

Narrated by: Count Arthur Strong

Length: 4 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Count Arthur Strong tells the story of his extraordinary journey from his humble early years as the only son of contortionist in wartime Doncaster to the dizzy heights and excesses of fame as one of the shining lights of popular entertainment.

Count Arthur Strong is a show business legend, after-dinner speaker and a leading authority on Ancient... Read more

War Paint

By: Iliza Shlesinger

Narrated by: Iliza Shlesinger

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Her innocent good looks are just a cover for Last Comic Standing winner Iliza Shlesinger's acerbic, stream-of-conscious comedy that she unleashes on an unsuspecting audience in her hometown of Dallas in her stand-up special, War Paint. Read more

La arquitectura románica

By: Ernesto Ballesteros Arranz

Narrated by: Juan Manuel Rollán & Tomás Campos

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Como resultado del desarrollo técnico de los distintos estilos de la Alta Edad Media, hacia el siglo XI aparece un nuevo estilo arquitectónico que va a imponerse definitivamente durante siglos y va a dejar una huella imborrable en la historia de la cultura europea. La arquitectura románica es la mejor muestra del esfuerzo germánico por encontrar... Read more

Los habitantes del Medoterráneo Oriental

By: Ernesto Ballesteros Arranz

Narrated by: Juan Manuel Rollán & Tomás Campos

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

La costa oriental del Mediterráneo se distinguió netamente de Egipto y Mesopotamia, dedicando su trabajo al comercio en lugar de hacerlo a la agricultura. Esta peculiaridad cambió radicalmente su cultura y su arte, como puede verse en estas breves colecciones que demuestran su originalidad con respecto a las dos civilizaciones antes... Read more

Mesopotamia, Persia y Asia menor

By: Ernesto Ballesteros Arranz

Narrated by: Juan Manuel Rollán & Tomás Campos

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

La otra gran civilización humana, tanto desde el punto de vista artístico que es el que aquí vamos a considerar, como desde el punto de vista cultural, es la Mesopotámica que creció junto a los ríos Tigris y Éufrates y de la que aquí presentamos una breve, pero significativa, colección de sus mejores producciones artísticas. Grabado en español... Read more

El modernismo y la arquitectura de su tiempo

By: Ernesto Ballesteros Arranz

Narrated by: Juan Manuel Rollán & Tomás Campos

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Dentro de los estilos que rodean los últimos años del siglo XIX sólo uno merece la calificación de original: el modernismo catalán, exaltado en la figura de Antonio Gaudí. Esta manifestación va a ser, como es natural, el vértice y piedra de toque de la selección presente. Pero en la misma época construyen en España muchos otros arquitectos... Read more

Goya

By: Ernesto Ballesteros Arranz

Narrated by: Juan Manuel Rollán & Tomás Campos

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Nacido en Fuendetodos (Zaragoza) el 30 de marzo de 1746, Francisco de Goya y Lucientes llegó pronto a Zaragoza para estudiar en los Escolapios y formarse con el pintor José Luzán, muy diestro en la realización de los grandes lienzos de tema religioso, tan prodigados en el ultimo barroco. Años más tarde, en 1763, Goya paso a Madrid para... Read more

El realismo y el impresionismo

By: Ernesto Ballesteros Arranz

Narrated by: Juan Manuel Rollán & Tomás Campos

Length: 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Eduardo Rosales muere en 1873. Los cuadros de historia todavía encuentran pintores empeñados en cultivar el género, pero poco a poco van cayendo en el olvido y dejando el puesto a una nueva corriente pictórica. En el último tercio del XIX los pintores dejan de interesarse por los temas históricos y concentran su atención en la técnica del color... Read more

La pintura del siglo XVIII

By: Ernesto Ballesteros Arranz

Narrated by: Juan Manuel Rollán & Tomás Campos

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

El siglo XVIII es un período estéril de la pintura española, salvo la gran figura de Goya, el "monstruo", que va a llenar con su obra genial un gran vacío de cien años. Este hecho, repetido y confirmado por cien autores diferentes, es un poco extraño y hubiera debido despertar la curiosidad de los investigadores en búsqueda de las razones que lo... Read more

Artes industriales del siglo XVIII

By: Ernesto Ballesteros Arranz

Narrated by: Juan Manuel Rollán & Tomás Campos

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Características de los nuevos enfoques políticos y administrativos van a ser las Academias y las Reales Fábricas. Estas desempeñarán respecto a las Artes industriales un papel similar al de aquéllas en relación al Arte, es decir, serán el exponente de un programa definido y dirigido de política artística. Su misión será la renovación del Arte... Read more

El neoclasicismo

By: Ernesto Ballesteros Arranz

Narrated by: Juan Manuel Rollán & Tomás Campos

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

A mitad del siglo XVIII llegan las nuevas corrientes neoclasicistas, fruto de la importación como las anteriores. El gusto versallesco de Felipe V fue sustituido por las preferencias italianas y neoclásicas de Carlos III. Es con este monarca, que reina de 1759 a 1788, con quien debemos relacionar la moda neoclásica española, al menos en su época... Read more