General Audio News

The Many Voices of Rob Paulsen

What with our current production of “Prince Prigio” using many cast members to do about 50 different voices, we thought it’d be fun to share a video by one voice actor who could arguably do them all. Odds are, you’ve heard Rob Paulsen do voices in any of a number of shows. In this 20-minute…

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Live Theater Revisits Audio Theater

A lot of the company has worked, and continues to work, in live theater — though now it isn’t as easy. We previously shared a message from the artistic director of the Guthrie Theater in Minnesota about theater’s enduring qualities. Theaters are continuing to find ways to weather the closures, and one way, as detailed…

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Being an Audio Engineer for Astronauts

As we continue to try and learn more about audio engineering ourselves (always more things to learn) and since we’re clearly fans of space exploration (hello, Rogue Tyger), this article about Alexandria Perryman and her work as a live broadcast engineer for NASA was pretty darn cool. Check it out!

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Julie Bennett, R.I.P.

We were sad to hear the news that versatile voice actor Julie Bennett passed away last week due to complications related to coronavirus. At the age of 88, she had an amazingly large body of work, not coincidentally because she started working around 1950. While she voiced no end of characters, people might remember her…

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Don’t Panic! The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is 42!

Many people may remember the books, possibly the ’80s TV show, or even the more recent feature film, but as devoted Hitchhiker’s fans will remember, it started on radio. We certainly remember that over here at Jabberwocky Audio Theater, and it definitely was something in our mind last year when we were putting together Nostromo…

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R.I.P., Russi Taylor

We were sad to read that Russi Taylor, veteran voice actor, has died at the age of 75. Taylor may be best remember by many of us as the voice of Minnie Mouse. In fact, she was married to the voice of Mickey Mouse for some time until he sadly passed in 2009. By all…

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Happy Independence Day!

Yes, we know we have many listeners in the Commonwealth countries, so this is likely just another Thursday for you. However, we are “theater,” not “theatre” after all… and in any case, just check out the recording studio in the video below. Ah, we’ll have to tackle a musical one of these days…

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More War of the Worlds Headed Our Way

We were already excited to see the TV version of War of the Worlds due sometime this year, but we’ve since learned David Tennant — aka The Doctor aka Scrooge McDuck — will be reading an audio version of War of the Worlds as well. We’re looking forward to both! (And we bet some of…

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Corporate Interest in Podcasting

Over at Vulture, Boris Kachka details some of the latest moves by bigger and bigger business entities to monetize podcasting. Here at our humble JAT headquarters in Deepest Springfield, we keep on watching these sorts of reports the same way YouTubers and others might look at news of changes to the streaming and on-demand video…

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The Sound of French Horns… and the Smell of Gunsmoke!

The Library of Congress is an amazing institution and works hard to preserve just about everything, but even they need to prioritize. To that end, they have registries of films and other media that they take extra care to preserve. Every year, about 25 works are added to these registries due to their cultural significance….

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