CNY Playhouse’s original ‘War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast’ is handcrafted resistance (review)

CNY Playhouse’s original ‘War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast’ is handcrafted resistance (review)

Innovative co-directors introduce new angles on the familiar Martian-invasion tale.

War of the Worlds proved that truth isn’t just about what’s said – it’s about who says it, and how ready people are to believe

“Ladies and gentlemen, this is the most terrifying thing I have ever witnessed!” These are the words that were blasting through the radio on Halloween in 1938. “War of the Worlds” interrupted the news bulletin and music to declare that aliens were invading the earth. It was theatrical, melodramatic and spectacular. You could call it the original fake news. Based of H.D. Wells 1898 sciencefiction novel “War of the Worlds”, Orson Welles made a rad…