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Radio Theater…Not a Thing of the Past

by Jon on March 8th, 2007

The Night Kitchen Radio Theater produces contemporary and original stories as well as updated retellings of classic children’s dramas, mysteries and comedies that are broadcast on XM Satellite Radio

Night Kitchen Radio Theater at the Kennedy Center

Radio theater began in the 1920s and by the 1940s it was the most popular form of entertainment. Probably the best-known radio theater broadcast was Orson Welles, The War of the World adaptation in 1938.

Don QuixoteNKRT presents this month’s story - Don Quixote, based on the book by Miguel de Cervantes of a chivalrous wandering knight with his companion Sancho Panza.

Night Kitchen Radio Theater - Don Quixote
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 
2700 F Street, NW
Washington DC. 20566

Date and Time - Monday, March 12, 6:00 p.m.

Tickets  Admission is free.

Nearest Metro subway station - Foggy Bottom/George Washington University station (23rd and I St.) - Blue and Orange lines - then a 3-block walk.

There is also a free Kennedy Center shuttle that runs every 15 minutes Monday - Friday from 9:45 a.m.- Midnight, Saturdays 10:00 a.m.- Midnight, and from Noon - Midnight on Sundays.

Parking - limited parking is available at the Kennedy Center for $15.00.

Image credits - Photo courtesy of Night Kitchen Radio Theater, Don Quixote by Ruth Haggardy

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POSTED IN: City History & Information, Family Fun, Just a Bit Weird - Fun & Quirky Places, Performing Arts – Plays & Dance, Special Events

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