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The Blue Menace

The latest program from the Violet Crown Radio Players is an appealing return to yesteryear via the nostalgic delights of radio drama

"...The greatest special effects ever came from radio drama. I'm not just talking about the glorious sound..."

June 4, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

King Kong: You're on the Air, Ya Big Ape!

As 'King Kong' storms into cinemas across the globe, the Violet Crown Radio Players are bringing the simian sovereign to life onstage in a 'lost' radio adaptation of the 1933 film

"...beating his chest in a live theatrical presentation. The Violet Crown Radio Players, those intrepid devotees of 1930s audio..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Tripods Sighted Over Barton Springs!

The Violet Crown Radio Players are re-creating Orson Welles' infamous radio version of 'The War of the Worlds,' and this time, the Martians are landing in Central Texas

"...medium, describing the interplanetary invasion through on-the-scene dispatches from radio correspondents. Their eyewitness accounts of the emergence of the..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

If you can appreciate a mammoth moonstruck monkey with a tinny growl, you might stretch your ears in the direction of the Violet Crown Radio Players' King Kong

"...But then that's part of the charm of this Violet Crown Radio Players adaptation of King Kong. It's so..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Arts Review by Robert Faires

"...yesteryear, when spine-tingling adventure was as near as your radio dial. The singular pleasures of audio drama, as it..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Music Review

No Strangers to Drama

Austin couple rescues Vernon Plaza Theatre

"...drama, Finn serves as the creative director for the Violet Crown Radio Players, an Austin-based old-time radio re-creation troupe,..."

June 15, 2007 Screens Feature by Rick Klaw

Armadillocon To The Future!

Sci-fi gathering readies for 2011

"...Down" (from his production of King Kong for the Violet Crown Radio Players) before handing the mike to the..."

Sept. 1, 2010 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...VIOLET CROWN: Violet Crown rests easily at the head of..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...accessory. The pair collaborated on a tune for April's radio-ready Wake, her follow-up to 1999's critically acclaimed Brief Stop...."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

Gay Place: Eastward, Ho

You can start your week with drag, get your car washed in drag, and end your week with drag

"...out the East Sixth pub jaunt. They'll launch from Violet Crown and end up at Shangri-La. All invited. Thu.,..."

July 12, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...Them Near earned both critical acclaim and solid AAA radio play for its deft mixture of rock, folk, and..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

The 'Friday Night Lights' depth chart

"...dinner, a chance encounter, or turning on local talk radio, everyone – everyone – has an opinion on how..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

A Tug of War Between Art and Morality

Andrew Shea's Portrait of Wally follows the trail of Nazi plunder

"...a professor in the University of Texas' Department of Radio-Television-Film, had been shooting footage for what would eventually become..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Our readers talk back.

"...Manhattan's very left-wing (obligatory definition: pro-Castro type of left-wing) radio station WBAI. It is also like alienating African- American..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Column

Wonder Women of Country (album release)

The 04 Center

Singin’ in the Rain in the Park at Pease Park

Storytelling and Fantasy Worlds: Ehigbor Okosun with Ali Hazelwood at Central Library

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