"THIS SEASONED PRODUCTION COMPANY HAS DONE QUALITY OF WORK CONSISTENTLY ENOUGH TO BE CONSIDERED ONE OF NY'S BEST IN THE OFF OFF, INDIE AND BLACK BOX THEATER CATEGORY...they keep you engrossed with a kickass storyline, a lighting crew that specializes in mood control and of course a flawless sound effects professionalism that has become their signature statement at all of their shows.. RETROVISION
"RADIOTHEATRE HAS DONE IT AGAIN! IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO HAVE A GOOD TIME, BRING YOUR IMAGINATION. RADIOTHEATRE IS A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE AND ALWAYS EXCELLENT!" BROADWAY BOX
"DAN BIANCHI'S SOUND DESIGN, A KEY COMPONENT FOR RADIO THEATER, IS MARVELOUS!" VILLAGE VOICE
"A TON OF FAST PACED FUN...AN OFFBEAT TREAT FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE THAT THE BEST LIVE ENTERTAINMENT IS PARTICIPATORY! BIANCHI HAS ARTFULLY ADAPTED A WELL KNOWN CINEMATIC STORY INTO AN ENGAGING HYBRID OF LIVE PERFORMANCE AND BRILLIANTLY CRAFTED SOUNDSCAPES.." VILLAGER
"FIVE STARS! RADIOTHEATRE DOES IT AGAIN! PERFORMANCE ART AT ITS GREATEST! If you come looking to see a traditional play, stay home. When the lights go down and DAN BIANCHI'S magnificent score starts playing, you know you're in for something quite different than anything else playing around New York tonight. The multi-talented cast creates a whole world of cinematic action and excitement one doesn't ordinarily find in traditional theater at any level. The hundreds of sound effects are astounding and sound engineer, WES SHIPPEE, is a virtual wizard.
BUT THE TRULY AMAZING DISCOVERY IS THE ORCHESTRAL SCORE. I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE IN LIVE THEATER. This isn't that fake synthesizer sound track stuff. Using advanced software technology, Bianchi has created the kind of carefully composed and edited score one hears only in Hollywood motion pictures. Even though Radiotheatre's simplicity is, in Bianchi's words, "poor man's theater," the sumptuous scoring, alone, is far and away a 21st Century technological feat that should not only garner awards, but, open up a whole new field in music composition for the live stage. Is the audience aware of this technological achievement? On the contrary, they're too wrapped up in the excitement of it all! " VARIETY
"I love Horror, the supernatural, pulp fiction and radio dramas...DAN BIANCHI delivers it all with an exquisite script and, above all, a fabulous score and sound effects design. And yet, it's a simple little show. I was enthralled by the sheer simplicity without all of the visual elements seen in traditional theater....Bianchi produced the first ever live stage production of KING KONG. I don't know if even Disney can pull that off. But, Radiotheatre did. Whether or not you like that kind of fare, Radiotheatre offers shows you won't find anywhere else in NYC. And, judging by audience reception I've seen, they always seem most satisfied when they leave. I know I was!" SHOW BUSINESS WEEKLY
"STUNNING!" SCI FI CHANNEL
"BRINGS TO MIND VINCENT PRICE AND VICTORIAN ERA FULL MOONS!" NY TIMES
"A SOUND EXTRAVAGANZA!" VARIETY
"SPOOKY... SHOCKING...HORRIFIC!" TimeOut
"INVOKES ORSON WELLES AND THE MERCURY THEATRE COMPANY!" NYTheatre.com
"A MUST SEE SHOW!" OffOffOnline.com
"FIVE STARS! RADIOTHEATRE DOES IT AGAIN"
"HORRIFIC! EVOCATIVE! ROUSING!
CHILLING! ELEGANT AND VIVID STORY
TELLING!" NYTheatre.com
"AN ENJOYABLE RIDE!" Show Business Weekly
"The SOUND EFFECTS alone are worth the price of admission!" Broadway Box
"I HAD A GREAT TIME! BIANCHI'S adaptation has a brilliant arc that rises to a powerful climax and leaves us with a lot to think about...You feel the audience's energy change as the action rises and falls...One of the most integral aspects of this production is the fantastic and utterly evocative sound design ... STORYTELLING IS AN ART THAT IS SLIPPING AWAY BUT BIANCHI AND HIS COMPANY ARE WORKING HARD TO KEEP IT ALIVE AND THRIVING. I THINK HE DESERVES OUR SUPPORT!" NYTHEATRE.COM
"SPOOKY! CAUTIONARY! SCARY! YOU CERTAINLY WON'T BE BORED!" NYTHEATRE.COM
"OMINOUS...EERIE...MONSTER movie sound effects!" BACKSTAGE
"STRANGE...WACKY...
Lazar takes the audience on a believe it or not tour of the NYC's subway tunnels!" TIMEOUT
"RADIOTHEATRE is a vibrant force for NYC stage shows!" HYREVIEWS
"In Dan Bianchi's tales of terror centered upon New York City's subway system, there's a clever, but, subtle, underlying message about subterranean terrorists living in our midst, right under our feet. A whole society of them, bred and indoctinated to feed upon our own society, literally turning them into cannibals. Man eats man. As our host, Jerry Lazar, tells us, luckily, we exterminated them before they could do the same to us. However, the scary music and blood curdling, horror movie sound track sometimes overwhelms the true point of this show. It's still scary, even if we are safely sitting in a theater and not on a lonely subway platform late at night. But, it might take a second viewing to truly understand the complicated layers of horror and social commentary Mr.Bianchi has created in what seems to be a simple, little spook show. " WESTPORT NEWS
"I've been going to New York's Radiotheatre shows for several years now and love them all. Once again, the Renaissance man behind the live audio project is Dan Bianchi who creates a great sound track and terrifying score, as well as, writing and directing the show, too...
Don't miss this one!" THE RECORD (NJ)
"EERIE...FIENDISH...CREEPY! Dan Bianchi conjures nostalgic campfire ambiance...the right kind of kindling to ignite a HAUNTING night of storytelling...send shivers down your spine and make hair on the back of your neck stand on end! " AMERICAN THEATER
"Without any more set dressing than a pair of lights and a fog machine, Jerry Lazar spins a set of gruesome tales with the help of a sonic collage designed to rake up the hairs on your arm...along with the horror movie frills of music, it pushes viewers to suspend their disbelief long enough to be truly creeped out!" EDGE MAGAZINE
"MOST ENTERTAINING!
I recommend it to anyone who is even thinking of traveling down there in the tunnels at some point in their life!" GREENWICH TIMES
"FIVE STARS! THE MOLE PEOPLE PACKS A WALLOP OF FRIGHT!
Dan Bianchi's sound track is scary on its own...GO AND SEE IT BEFORE IT DISAPPEARS INTO THE FOG!"
GOING NEW YORK
"2008 FRINGE PICK! Tonight you can go into
the subway and never be heard from again! This SONIC SYMPHONY retells all the urban legends that can force you into cabs forever! " JAUNTED - POP CULTURE GUIDE
"Dan Bianchi has more up his sleeve than just monster stories. There's definitely an allegory regarding modern society at work here and contemporary urban legends is the conduit to a bigger, more monstrous question at hand. It's a serious socio political treatise on terrorism delivered to us encased in a pop culture nod to Tales From The Crypt. That's something we don't often see in modern theatre. It could be the most profound work to date by this prolific performance group." FAIRFIELD NEWS
"Radiotheatre claims that it is not an old time radio show and it is not. But, if you close your eyes and just listen...you may be transported away to another time and place, just the way radio shows used to do for listeners decades ago...Dan Bianchi does a great service to the lost art of radio drama by adapting it to the live stage of today. In that way, he truly creates a new and vibrant theatrical style...BRAVO RADIOTHEATRE!" NORWALK CITIZEN
HERE'S WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT RADIOTHEATRE...
NOM 2006 NYITAwards
BEST PERFORMANCE
ART & BEST ACTOR
WON 2008 NYIT Awards
BEST MUSIC & BEST
SOUND DESIGN
NOM 2005 NYIT Awards
BEST PERFORMANCE ART & BEST SOUND
DESIGN
NOM 2007 NYIT Awards BEST PERFORMANCE ART & BEST SOUND DESIGN
"PERFORMANCE ART AT ITS GREATEST! I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE IN LIVE THEATER" NYTIMES.COM
"FIVE STARS! RADIOTHEATRE DOES IT AGAIN! THE SOUND EFFECTS ALONE ARE WORTH THE PRICE OF ADMISSION"....BROADWAY BOX
"ELEGANT AND VIVID STORYTELLING! In THE INVISIBLE MAN, Bianchi deserves much credit as adaptor, director, composer and sound designer...the radio play format works extremely well reminding us of the power of a good story and an even stronger imagination ...the great sound design never overwhelms the actors but is a feat for creating the right mood throughout." NYTHEATRE.COM
"WAR OF THE WORLDS is...As HORRIFIC as
the original...vividly evocative, masterfully layered sound effects, rousing movie-score instrumental music... emotionally engaging, viscerally chilling. ..for fans of science fiction, fantasy, horror...but also anyone for whom day dreams and nightmares prove engrossing pieces of theater!" Offoffonline
"RADIOTHEATRE'S WAR OF THE WORLDS....A TYPICALLY SPIRITED OFFERING DONE WITH REAL AFFECTION FOR THE SOURCE MATERIAL AND COMPLETELY UNTAINTED BY CAMP" BACKSTAGE
"BIANCHI WISELY STEERS CLEAR OF BOTH CAMP AND AND FAWNING TRIBUTE. THE RESULT IS BOTH AN ENJOYABLE RIDE AND A THOUGHT PROVOKING ENCOUNTER WITH THE MIND OF A VISIONARY THINKER"
SHOW BUSINESS WEEKLY
"THE TIME MACHINE....You will enjoy the genius combination of Wells and Bianchi ... Prepare for a unique theater experience!" NYTHEATRE.COM
"WAR OF THE WORLDS makes excellent use of one of the most powerful theatrical tools around: IMAGINATION!...A GREAT
NIGHT AT THE THEATER! NYTHEATRE
"IN SHORT, IF YOU LOVE WELLS, THE TIME MACHINE OR THE SCI-FI AND HORROR GENRES, THIS DRAMATIZATION WILL PROVE ENJOYABLE SO PROGRAM YOUR OWN TIME MACHINE FOR AN EVENING BEFORE NOV 5 AND BLAST OFF TO 59E59!" OFFOFFONLINE
"IF YOU EVER FIND YOURSELF WONDERING WHAT A MODERN WAR OF THE WORLDS WOULD LOOK LIKE WITHOUT TOM CRUISE, THEN LOOK NO FURTHER!" WASHINGTON SQUARE NEWS
"MOREAU IS MAGNIFICENT!" NYTimes.com
"THE TIME MACHINE TAKES OFF! EXCITING AND THOUGHT PROVOKING!" BROADWAY BOX
"THE ISLAND OF DR.MOREAU is CHILLING and THOUGHT PROVOKING... superbly crafted, fast paced and perfectly scored...Bianchi's sound design conjures up sets and action to rival the most expensive Broadway mega-musical or a blockbuster enhanced with computer-generated imagery. THIS IS A MUST SEE SHOW...or rather a must hear and must imagine for yourself show!" OFFOFFONLINE
"Oh, the Horror! Prepare for plenty of chills..." METRO NY News
"A GOOD YARN WITH PLENTY OF MUSIC AND SOUND EFFECTS" NY TIMES
"HOW WELL COULD KONG MAKE THE TRANSITION TO THEATER? THE ANSWER IS STUNNINGLY WELL!" SCI FI CHANNEL
"THE STAR OF THE EVENING IS DAN BIANCHI'S SOUND DESIGN...DENSE, MULTI-LAYERED AND EVOCATIVE...
75 MINUTES OF SCARY MUSIC, JUNGLE SOUNDS, TOM TOMS AND ROARING DINOSAURS... NY THEATRE.COM
"RADIOTHEATRE HAS DONE IT AGAIN! IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO HAVE A GOOD TIME, RUN ON DOWN TO THE RED ROOM AND BRING YOUR IMAGINATION. RADIOTHEATRE IS A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE AND ALWAYS EXCELLENT!" BROADWAY BOX
"DAN BIANCHI'S SOUND DESIGN, A KEY COMPONENT FOR RADIO THEATER, IS MARVELOUS!" VILLAGE VOICE
"Dan Bianchi is the ROGER CORMAN of independent theatre!"
NY EYE
"RADIOTHEATRE'S KONG IS THE ONLY TAKE I'VE SEEN ON THE GIANT APE THAT COMES CLOSE TO REPLICATING THE MAGIC OF THE ORIGINAL MOVIE"
CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATRE
"A TON OF FAST PACED FUN...AN OFFBEAT TREAT FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE THAT THE BEST LIVE ENTERTAINMENT IS PARTICIPATORY! BIANCHI HAS ARTFULLY ADAPTED A WELL KNOWN CINEMATIC STORY INTO AN ENGAGING HYBRID OF LIVE PERFORMANCE AND BRILLIANTLY CRAFTED SOUNDSCAPES.." VILLAGER
"SO HOW DO YOU GET A BEAST OF KONG'S GIGANTIC PROPORTIONS TO FIT INSIDE THE INTIMATE RED ROOM? YOU USE SOUND! MUSIC, NOISE, SCREAMS OF TERROR, TROPICAL BIRD CALLS, NATIVE CHANTING, GORILLA CALLS. THAT'S HOW RADIOTHEATRE'S DAN BIANCHI DOES IT!" UNITED STAGES
"So, how do you take a movie about a giant gorilla and stage it in a tiny black box theater? For writer and director Dan Bianchi, the answer is simple: you use a combination of sound and imagination. The mission of Bianchi’s RadioTheatre is to marry the audio drama style of an old-time radio broadcast with the shared intimacy of modern-day experimental theater. He fills the small stage with a sound engineer and six talented actors standing before microphones. It's up to you to fill in the visuals!"
DOWNTOWN EXPRESS
FIVE STARS! RADIOTHEATRE DOES IT AGAIN!, RADIOTHEATRE'S KING KONG IS PERFORMANCE ART AT ITS GREATEST! If you come looking to see a traditional play, stay home. When the lights go down and DAN BIANCHI'S magnificent score starts playing and PATRICK O'CONNOR's deep voice welcomes you to the story he's about to unfold, you know you're in for something quite different than anything else playing around New York tonight. The multi-talented cast creates a whole world of cinematic action and excitement one doesn't ordinarily find in traditional theater at any level. The hundreds of sound effects are astounding and sound engineer, WES SHIPPEE, is the Sound Engineer at work crouched behind a table full of equipment center stage.
BUT THE TRULY AMAZING DISCOVERY IS THE ORCHESTRAL SCORE. I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE IN LIVE THEATER. This isn't that fake synthesizer sound track stuff. Using advanced software technology, Bianchi has created the kind of carefully composed and edited score one hears only in Hollywood motion pictures. Even though Radiotheatre's simple KING KONG is, in Bianchi's words, "poor man's theater," the sumptuous scoring, alone, is far and away a 21st Century technological feat that should not only garner awards, but, open up a whole new field in music composition for the live stage. Is the audience aware of this technological achievement? On the contrary, they're too wrapped up in the excitement of it all! WORLD THEATRE
THE HAUNTING OF 85 EAST 4th STREET is a polished production that takes its pulp roots seriously and proves that Halloween doesn't just happen once a year...using a heavy battery of sound effects and creepy music, it is by turns hokey and unnerving and never less than totally effective...and with such juicy material to play with the entire company sinks their teeth in and presents the building's spooky highlights with relish...the show's biggest asset is authenticy... performing the play in the room where most of the building's bloodcurdling events happened adds a disturbing sense of unease to the production ...as directed by Dan Bianchi those moments carry chilling crediblity... " NYTHEATRE.COM
"Dan Bianchi claims that he produces works 'for the people,' not in the traditional Socialist sense, appealing to just a select few of an elitist intelligentsia in the downtown NYC scene who revel in all things European. No, he's out to exploit Americana, the pulp world of literature and all its genres that last forever and have become part of the fabric of our lives and, yet, are usually ignored by traditional theatremakers, or, are horribly translated to the live stage. ...Bianchi takes a serious approach..."Although we have a lot of fun here, if I were to parody these genres in a snide manner, I'd be joining those who continue to snub and look down their noses at this kind of work. But, most of our inspiration comes from the era of American writing when there were no less than 20 daily NYC newspapers and a few hundred weekly fiction magazines and paperbacks filling the racks down at the corner stand. People took pleasure in reading back then and there were plenty of writers, long forgotten, who made their living from creating what we now know as Horror, Science Fiction, Westerns, Romance, Fantasy and Crime genres, all of which became raw material for both low budget and blockbuster motion pictures and cult TV shows later on. " AMERICAN THEATERWORKER MAGAZINE
"BOY, HAVE WE GOT A RECOMMENDATION FOR YOU! I thought to myself, how the hell are these folks going to pull this off....I actually closed my eyes and let the actors, music and script do all the work...they did indeed accomplish their goal of giving a new generation an appreciation for entertainment from past eras." RETROVISION
"PICK OF THE WEEK! GO SEE IT!...THE HAUNTING OF 85 EAST 4th STREET is an innovative piece crafted out of great love for the city and its history...LIKE ORSON WELLES AND COMPANY, Radiothteatre has polished up an unusual and effective story telling technique...the cast assume all their roles in a spookingly convincing manner...the stories themselves are terrifying and Radiotheatre's technique of providing voices and sound effects forces the audience to recreate the horror's visual aspects as mental theatre...much more horrific than any B Movie moment are true stories Bianchi has unearthed... Bianchi finds New York's haunted most chillingly by the effects of poverty and injustice..." OFFOFFONLINE
"DON'T MISS THE HAUNTING! This is the scariest show I have ever seen...All of the actors were great in their roles but the real genius behind the whole production is DAN BIANCHI who wrote, directed and also designed the great music and sound effects...I don't know when I had a more enjoyable night in the theater!" BROADWAY BOX
"IN IT'S MINIMALIST AND CHARMINGLY RETRO WAY, RADIOTHEATRE'S KING KONG STRIKES CLOSER TO THE HEART OF THE MYTH THAN PETER JACKSON'S OVERLONG, OVERBAKED MOVIE AND ON A BUDGET THAT WOULDN'T HAVE COVERED JACKSON'S CATERING BILL!" BACKSTAGE
"Bianchi's hit adaptation of the infamous blood sucker was an evening of spine chilling, goose bump rising, yet fun filled entertainment..." RETROVISION
"A Sound Spectacular that's totally
unique in both its presentation and story...Dan Bianchi delivers a sound track and score that's equivalent to a $30mil movie! A REAL GEM!" NYC.COM
"CAN YOU HEAR THE BLOOD TONIGHT? DRACULA IS BACK FROM THE GRAVE AND HEADED FOR THE VILLAGE..."
BEST PERFORMANCE ART & BEST SOUND DESIGN - RAN 3 MONTHS OFF BROADWAY
NOM 2008 NYIT Awards
BEST PERFORMANCE ART, BEST SOUND DESIGN, BEST MUSIC
2010 DRAMA DESK NOM BEST SOUND
RAN 4 MONTHS
OFF BROADWAY
"The final key element in this show's success is the evocative musical score. Much more than incidental music it works like a top notch movie score alternately cradling and illuminating the action. It's just perfect!" STAGE MAGE
"Of all the treasures of NYC's contemporary
avant-garde theatre scene, it is difficult to find
"Amid today's plethora of theatrical bells, whistles and videos, its reassuring to know that vocal agility and a smart yarn can still conjure up attention grabbing theater or, at least, Radiotheatre!"
PLATINUM BROADWAY
"It’s doubtful any show could capture H.P.
Lovecraft's spooky enigmatic quality
better than Radiotheatre, which mounts six Lovecraft stories (along with “The Dunwich Horror” and “Pickman’s Model”) performed by four
actors speaking into microphones in solitary spotlights. Creepy music, a few light cues and a burst of smoke
are the only design.
This chilling production concentrates attention on the voice, the words and, most importantly, the darkness. Like so many Lovecraft tales, this story takes place in blackness." INTELLIGENT LIFE MAGAZINE
