Performance audiobooks

Inner Sanctum Mysteries, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Taking its name from a popular series of mystery novels, Inner Sanctum Mysteries debuted over NBC's Blue Network in January 1941. It featured one of the most memorable and atmospheric openings in radio history: an organist hit a dissonant chord, a doorknob turned, and the famous "creaking door" slowly began to open. Every week, Inner Sanctum... Read more

Fibber McGee & Molly, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A hilarious collection of episodes from the beloved radio show Fibber McGee & MollyExcitable and loose-lipped Fibber means well enough, but it's not always easy for even-tempered Molly to keep him in check and out of trouble. Of course, the long suffering Mrs. McGee's penchant for patience makes it all the funnier when she's finally pushed... Read more

Daws Butler Teaches You How to Do Voices - Abridged

By: Charles Dawson Butler

Narrated by: Charles Dawson Butler

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Now you can learn how to be a voice actor with this audio set of demonstrations by the legendary voice of Yogi Bear: Daws Butler! Daws talks directly to you, demonstrating his dialect technique and entertaining you at the same time!Daws Butler was not only the voice of Yogi Bear but of Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, Baba Looey, Augie... Read more

Reasons to be Pretty

By: Neil LaBute

Narrated by: Gia Crovatin, Jenna Fischer, Thomas Sadoski & J...

Length: 2 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

What does it mean to be pretty? Do you really need someone to validate
your appearance? Neil LaBute tackles our obsession with physical beauty
head-on in a work nominated for multiple Tony and Drama Desk Awards.
Our production, directed by the playwright, includes original Broadway cast member Thomas Sadoski, whose acclaimed performance also earned... Read more

Reasons to be Happy

By: Neil LaBute

Narrated by: Gia Crovatin, Jenna Fischer, Thomas Sadoski & J...

Length: 1 hour 55 minutes

Abridged: No

In the sequel to "reasons to be pretty," Greg, Steph, Carly, and Kent return a little older, but not necessarily wiser. And don’t worry if you haven’t met them before – there’s more than enough humor and humanity to usher you into the second act of their lives.

Includes a backstage conversation with Neil LaBute and the cast.

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

Uncle Vanya

By: Anton Chekhov, David Mamet & Vlada Chernornirdik

Narrated by: Jennifer Bassey, JD Cullum, Holley Fain, Martin...

Length: 2 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

In this classic of Chekhov’s canon, an overbearing professor pays a visit to his country estate, where Sonya and Vanya, his daughter and former brother-in-law, have slaved to maintain his wealth. But Vanya is enchanted by the professor’s new wife, while Sonya has fallen for the town’s melancholy doctor. Includes a conversation with Rosamund... Read more

A Joe Bev Audio Theater Sampler, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Joe Bevilacqua, Alan Reed, William Melillo, Cha...

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua, Alan Reed, William Melillo, Cha...

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A Joe Bev Audio Theater Sampler, Volume 1 is an anthology representing more than forty years of storytelling by Joe Bevilacqua, a.k.a Joe Bev, the award-winning actor, writer, producer, and director. Each half-hour is beautifully produced with original a cast of professional actors, sound effects, and music.Volume 1 includes: - "The Mystery of... Read more

The All New “Lum & Abner” Comic Strips - Abridged

By: Donnie Pitchford

Narrated by: Donnie Pitchford & a full cast

Length: 2 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Lum and Abner, the classic American network radio comedy show, was created by Chester Lauck and Norris Goff and aired from 1931 to 1954.Now for the first time since 1954, veteran radio theater producer Joe Bevilacqua and comic strip artist Donnie Pitchford bring you one hundred new "Lum and Abner" audio comic strips! These hilarious comedy... Read more

A Joe Bev Audio Theater Sampler, Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: Joe Bevilacqua, Charles Dawson Butler, Pedro Pa...

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua, Charles Dawson Butler, Alan Ree...

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: Yes

A Joe Bev Audio Theater Sampler, Volume 2 is an anthology representing more than forty years of storytelling by Joe Bevilacqua, a.k.a Joe Bev, the award-winning actor, writer, producer, and director.Each half-hour is beautifully produced with original a cast of professional actors, sound effects, and music.Volume 2 includes:- "I'll Teach You! …... Read more

The Cairo Trilogy

By: Naguib Mahfouz

Narrated by: Full Cast & Omar Sharif

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Omar Sharif leads an all-Egyptian cast in this three-part drama, recorded entirely in Egypt's capital.

Adapted from the novels of Nobel Prize-winning author Naguib Mahfouz, this gripping family saga chronicles the life of a downwardly-mobile middle class family as Egypt emerges from colonialism and adjusts to the modern world.

The Cairo Trilogy... Read more

Les fausses confidences

By: Marivaux

Narrated by: Jean Louis Barrault, Madeleine Renaud & Jean De...

Length: 1 hour 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Les Fausses Confidences est une comédie en trois actes et en prose de Marivaux jouée pour la première fois le 16 mars 1737 par les Comédiens italiens à l'Hôtel de Bourgogne. L'idée de provoquer l'amour par de fausses confidences a été souvent mise en œuvre avant et après Marivaux. Cette comédie à l'intrigue bien conduite, sagement développée,... Read more

La reine morte - Abridged

By: Henry de Montherlant

Narrated by: Louis Seigner, Maurice Escande, Jean Yonnel & R...

Length: 2 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

La jeune infante de Navarre vient au Portugal pour épouser le prince Pedro, fils du vieux et redoutable roi Ferrante. Pedro s'est marié en grand secret à une dame du royaume. Jusqu'où Ferrante ira-t-il dans sa vengeance pour ménager sa succession… ? La Reine morte est une pièce de théâtre d'Henry de Montherlant écrite en 1942 et représentée pour... Read more

L'école des femmes - Abridged

By: Molière

Narrated by: Louis Jouvet, Jean Richard, Fernand René, Georg...

Length: 1 hour 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Arnolphe prétend qu'une femme ne peut être sage et vertueuse qu'autant qu'elle est ignorante et niaise. Aussi, pour avoir une épouse à sa guise, il fait élever sa jeune pupille, Agnès, au fond de sa maison, sous la garde d'un valet et d'une servante aussi niais qu'elle. La jeune Agnès, qui a été élevée dans la plus grossière ignorance, se... Read more

Les précieuses ridicules - Abridged

By: Molière

Narrated by: André Rochel, Francine Dartois, Pierre Stephen ...

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

La fille et la nièce d'un bon bourgeois, nommé M. Gorgibus, sont deux pédantes qui ne rêvent que de se voir entourées de beaux esprits, gens à la mode qui ne parlent que dans un style prétentieux ; elles ont changé leurs noms de Madelon et de Cathos pour les noms plus sonores d'Aminte et de Polixène et elles se posent en précieuses. Gorgibus,... Read more

Les fourberies de Scapin - Abridged

By: Molière

Narrated by: Robert Hirsch, Jacques Charon, Jacques Toja & J...

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

En l'absence de leurs pères partis en voyage, Octave, fils d'Argante ainsi que Léandre, fils de Géronte, se sont épris l'un de Hyacinte, jeune fille pauvre et de naissance inconnue qu'il vient d'épouser, le second de la " jeune Égyptienne " Zerbinette. Au retour d'Argante, Octave, très inquiet de la réaction paternelle à l'annonce de son union,... Read more

Horace - Abridged

By: Corneille

Narrated by: Françoise Rosay Maria Mauban Catherine Sellers ...

Length: 1 hour 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

La pièce, dont l'action se situe à l'origine de Rome, débute dans une ambiance tragique : la famille romaine des Horaces est unie à la famille des Curiaces. Le jeune Horace est marié à Sabine. La guerre fratricide qui éclate entre les deux villes rompt cette harmonie. Pour en finir, chaque ville désigne trois champions qui se battront en combat... Read more

Phèdre - Abridged

By: Racine

Narrated by: Maria Casarès, Pierre Dux & Michel Vitold

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Fille de Minos et de Pasiphaé, Phèdre lutte en vain contre la passion qu'elle éprouve pour Hippolyte, le fils de Thésée dont elle est l'épouse. Épuisée et culpabilisée par ses sentiments qu'elle ne contrôle pas, elle cherche par tous les moyens à l'éloigner d'elle. Ce beau-fils, adulé et rejeté, a l'intention de quitter Trézène pour partir à la... Read more

Hamlet - Abridged

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Aman Maitre, Vibert, Suzanne Bing, Jean Villard...

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

La Tragique Histoire d'Hamlet, prince de Danemark plus couramment désigné sous le titre abrégé Hamlet, est la plus longue et l'une des plus célèbres pièces de William Shakespeare. Le roi du Danemark, père d'Hamlet, est mort récemment. Son frère Claudius l'a remplacé comme roi et, moins de deux mois après2, a épousé Gertrude, la veuve de son... Read more

La dame aux camélias - Abridged

By: Alexandre Dumas Fils

Narrated by: Louis Seigner, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Germaine Mic...

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

La Dame aux camélias raconte l'amour d'un jeune bourgeois, Armand Duval, pour une courtisane, Marguerite Gautier, atteinte de tuberculose. Dans le demi-monde parisien chic, où se côtoient riches amateurs et femmes légères, le jeune Armand Duval tombe amoureux de la jeune et belle Marguerite Gautier, une des reines de ce monde éphémère de la... Read more

Suspense, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A thrilling collection of episodes from the classic radio show SuspenseConceived as a potential radio vehicle for Alfred Hitchcock to direct, Suspense was a radio series of epic proportion. It aired on CBS from 1942 to 1962 and is considered by many to be the best mystery drama series of the golden age. Often referred to as "Radio's Outstanding... Read more

The Great Gildersleeve, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & NBC Radio

Narrated by: Willard Waterman & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A hilarious collection of episodes from the beloved radio show The Great GildersleeveThrockmorton P. Gildersleeve was a popular character, appearing each week on the Fibber McGee & Molly radio show. On August 31, 1941, Gildersleeve landed his own situation comedy show, The Great Gildersleeve, which was radio's first spin-off. Gildersleeve... Read more

Headstrong

By: Patrick Link

Narrated by: Deidrie Henry, Ernie Hudson, Ntare Guma Mbaho M...

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: No

In the wake of increasing concern over brain trauma in professional athletes, Patrick Link has crafted a story about a retired NFL linebacker who must deal with a family tragedy and his own suffering because of the violence of his chosen sport.

Includes a conversation about brain injuries and sports with Dr. Robert Cantu, the Senior Advisor to... Read more

The Divine Sister

By: Charles Busch

Narrated by: Emily Bergl, Charles Busch, Maxwell Caulfield, ...

Length: 1 hour 47 minutes

Abridged: No

A crumbling convent school is on the verge of insolvency, when a young postulant begins to display strange heavenly powers. And when a dashing film executive arrives to buy the rights to her story, the Reverend Mother refuses to put profits over prayer. Playwright Charles Busch made his name with genre-skewering hits like Psycho Beach Party, Die... Read more

Glengarry Glen Ross

By: David Mamet

Narrated by: Gordon Clapp, Kyle Colerider-Krugh, Richard Dre...

Length: 1 hour 22 minutes

Abridged: No

A group of low-ranking real estate salesmen are trying to survive in a cut-throat office culture. But when two of them devise a plot to redress the company’s wrongs, the resulting turmoil increases the pressure to unbearable levels.

A 1984 Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:

Joe Mantegna as Ricky... Read more