Yuri Rasovsky
Yuri Rasovsky (born July 29, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American award-winning writer and producer working in the field of audio theater (aka radio drama) in the United States.He founded and operated The National Radio Theater of Chicago from 1973 to 1986 and later formed the Hollywood...
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Yuri Rasovsky (born July 29, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American award-winning writer and producer working in the field of audio theater (aka radio drama) in the United States.He founded and operated The National Radio Theater of Chicago from 1973 to 1986 and later formed the Hollywood Theater of the Ear (since 1993). In the 1990s, he forsook radio for audiobooks. Many of his radio plays have been published as commercial recordings or as Internet downloads. His new plays are being released by Blackstone Audio. He currently resides in Los Angeles with actress/narrator Lorna Raver.
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This is ridiculous but so entertaining. A lot of the dialogue is funny. The actually storyline is scary, a barber killing people and a cook selling them in her pies. It’s worth the time.
If this book were broken into two books I would’ve given I Am Legend 4 stars and Other Stories 2. So average 3. I Am Legend was an interesting story, though extremely mopey at times, particularly in the first half. I liked the slow reveal of the world and Neville’s back-story; the element of mystery...
Die, Snow White! Die, Damn You! is a retelling of the Snow White story, with elements from a few other stories, such as “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” “Hansel and Gretel,” and even “Aladdin.” I really enjoyed Yuri Rasovsky's Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls, and so I was looking forward to l...
It's kind of nice when the title of a book is also a perfect, if brief, description of the plot. The shrinking man of the title is Scott, who is shrinking exactly 1/7 of an inch every day. We're watching him during his last week before vanishing entirely, trapped in a basement with little food or wa...
A Grown-up's Halloween was kind of an interesting compilation of short stories and quirky little odds-and-ends. I listened to this on audiobook, and more than once I found myself reflecting that this reminded me of listening to old radio plays. It was fun and faintly nostalgic in that respect.I ad...