Every October, the Long Beach Shakespeare Company transports audiences back to the golden age of radio drama \u2014 and it\u2019ll be no different this time around, with the organization offering a double feature of spine-tingling, beloved classics performed live on stage in old-time radio style.<\/p>\n
First up, audiences can enjoy a wickedly funny murder farce in \u201cArsenic and Old Lace,\u201d with shows running this Friday through Sunday and again next weekend. This show \u2014 written by Joseph Kesselring and adapted and directed by Joe Montanari \u2014 follows Mortimer Brewster, a young man whose plans for marriage are thrown into chaos when he discovers that his sweet elderly aunts are hiding a deadly secret.<\/p>\n
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The Long Beach Shakespeare Company will put on an old-time radio show of \u201cArsenic and Old Lace\u201d this month. (Photo courtesy of LBSC).\n<\/p>\n
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The Long Beach Shakespeare Company will close out its season with a legendary broadcast that made history: \u201cWar of the Worlds,\u201d H.G. Wells\u2019 tale adapted for radio, this Oct.. (Photo courtesy of LBSC).\n<\/p>\n
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The Long Beach Shakespeare Company will put on an old-time radio show of \u201cArsenic and Old Lace\u201d this month. (Photo courtesy of LBSC).\n<\/p>\n
Expand<\/a><\/p>\n Add in a psychopathic brother and a living room with a body or two too many, and you have a darkly comedic classic that\u2019s as outrageous today as it was when it first hit the stage in the early 1940s.<\/p>\n Then, from Friday, Oct. 24 to Sunday, Oct. 26, LBSC will close out its season with a legendary broadcast that made history: \u201cWar of the Worlds,\u201d H.G. Wells\u2019 tale adapted for radio by Howard E. Koch and directed by Montanari.<\/p>\n The original 1938 performance by Orson Welles famously blurred the line between fiction and reality, sending listeners into panic as they believed Earth was truly under attack by martians.<\/p>\n This annual Long Beach tradition captures that same thrilling energy, complete with suspenseful sound effects and engaging live performances.<\/p>\n In other words, perfect for the start of spooky season.<\/p>\n \u201cLa Partida: Carcass to Mochima\u201d<\/p>\n Explore migration, memory, and transformation at Munz\u00f3n Gallery this fall with \u201cLa Partida: Carcass to Mochima,\u201d a striking duo exhibition featuring the work of printmakers Pavel Acevedo and Reinaldo Gil Zambrano.<\/p>\n Together, these artists weave a visual dialogue about cultural identity and the shifting landscapes \u2014 both physical and emotional \u2014 that shape our human experience.<\/p>\n Through bold, tactile prints, Acevedo and Gil Zambrano explore the complexities of departure (partida) and arrival, and the challenges that come with leaving one world behind to build another.<\/p>\n Hosted in the heart of Cambodia Town, Munz\u00f3n Gallery has quickly become a hub for contemporary printmaking and inclusive, socially resonant art since its founding by artist Elizabeth Munz\u00f3n in 2022.<\/p>\n In addition to its curated exhibitions, the gallery offers studio space and printing press access for working artists and features an outdoor mural patio with rotating public artworks.<\/p>\n