| Adam’s Rib Airs Saturday, June 5
Los Angeles, June 2 - L.A.Theater Works’ The Play’s the Thing returns to 89.3 KPCC on Saturday, June 5 from 10 p.m.-midnight with "Adam’s Rib," based on the screenplay by Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon, adapted by David Rambo, and starring Anne Heche and Adam Arkin. The popular weekly show has been absent from KPCC airwaves for several months, but the two organizations were able to sign a new contract late last month.
President and CEO of Southern California Public Radio Bill Davis is pleased with the new agreement between KPCC and LATW, “We are happy that our listeners will once again be able to hear compelling theater on KPCC.”
With this broadcast, KPCC will resume airing the award-winning theater company’s The Play's The Thing on Saturdays at 10 p.m. It will be streamed on the KPCC website for one week following each broadcast so that anyone world-wide will be able to hear the show.
In "Adam’s Rib," a happily married couple’s relationship is put to the test when husband and wife find themselves serving as trial attorneys on opposite sides of the same headline-making, attempted murder, marital case - he as the prosecutor, she as the defender. The comical fireworks displayed in the courtroom follow these two home, creating a clever and extremely funny portrait of love and work. The broadcast includes a group interview with Adam Arkin, Anne Heche, Amy Pietz, director Gordon Hunt, and writer David Rambo.
Founded in 1974, L.A. Theatre Works’ mission is to strengthen the cultural community using innovative technologies to produce, preserve, and promote significant works of dramatic literature. America’s foremost producer of audio theater, L.A. Theatre Works has recorded over 350 classic and contemporary plays for radio. LATW’s multiple award-winning Audio Theatre Collection has been purchased by major universities and libraries around the country; over 1,000 teachers and students use L.A. Theater Works recordings and study guides as an educational tool through LATW’s Alive & Aloud outreach project, funded by the NEA, Sony Corporation, and the Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation; and its weekly radio show, The Play's the Thing, is heard nationwide on public and XM satellite radio. L.A. Theatre Works can be found online at www.latw.org.
89.3 KPCC is the flagship station of Southern California Public Radio. In the past three years KPCC has won more awards for excellence in journalism than any other radio station in Southern California. KPCC is also the fastest-growing public radio station in the country, airing the signature public radio news and talk programs from NPR, along with Air Talk with Larry Mantle weekdays from 10 a.m.- 12 Noon, and Talk of the City with Kitty Felde weekdays from 2-3 p.m.
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