Episode 255: Sweeney Todd’s Barbary Falls in a Trap




Radio Drama Revival show

Summary: This week we are thrilled to be featuring work by Grammy-nominated dramaturge Yuri Rasovsky, whose 2012 production The Mark of Zorro is up for Best Spoken Word Album of the Year. We hear a teaser from that new work available either through Blackstone Audiobooks or on Audible. Also in this edition is Captain Radio, with a taste of Lifehouse Productions' Count of Monte Christo. And then week 4, the bloody culmination of Yuri's 2007 production, Sweeney Todd and the String of PearlsSweeney Todd and the String of Pearls. Week 4 runs a starving pie shoppe baker, a curious kid and the gallant Martin Gestry into diabolical confrontation - and conclusion. The sensation of 19th century London has returned in plays, film, and now, audio drama, in this masterful rendering by radio great Yuri Rasovsky. Yuri proves that audio drama offers storytelling tools unavailable in any other medium, mixing in grisly violence, unsettling performances, and sonic interludes. With permission from the producer, here is Blackstone Audio's release of . If you like what you hear, find almost 2 dozen other titles by Yuri also available through Blackstone. Part 4 of 4 Radio Drama Revival - Episode 255