"Direct From the Stage" Winner: Alan Cumming: Legal Immigrant
"There is something so special about storytelling that embraces the dichotomy of the stage’s communal experience and the intimacy of an audio-only experience. That mix can really signal a moment of creative elevation. Alan Cumming’s Legal Immigrant expertly does that as it brings his trademark irreverence and humor to the stage and ear, exploring how his history as a Scotland-born naturalized US citizen impacts his views on immigration policies. It’s a cabaret where you hear every wink, nod, and shimmy. This art form thrives not only with the personal but also when shining a spotlight on nuances of race and class (Proof of Love), the plight of the marginalized (The Way She Spoke), unknown stories that need to be told (Olio), or just the absurdity of a radio show at the end of the world (Is Anyone Alive Out There?)." —Abby, Audible Editor
Best of Direct From the Stage: Four More
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Proof of Love
- By: Chisa Hutchinson
- Narrated by: Brenda Pressley
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,535
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,439
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,389
An Audible Original from Audible Theater, Proof of Love is an Emerging Playwrights Commission, written for and available exclusively on Audible. Constance thought she had a happy life and a loving husband. Suddenly, a tragic accident splinters her upper-class black family - and forces Constance to face uncomfortable truths about her marriage and herself. Proof of Love is the explosive, funny, and moving new one-woman play by Chisa Hutchinson, member of the first class of talent supported by the Audible Playwrights Fund.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Surprisingly amazing
- By Amazon Customer on 07-05-19
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the way she spoke
- By: Isaac Gomez
- Narrated by: Kate del Castillo
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5,407
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4,864
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4,841
Imagine living with a fear so visceral each day that simply walking down the street draws terror to one’s core. That’s the best case scenario for a woman on the streets of Juárez, Mexico. Kate del Castillo (La Reina del Sur) delivers a stunning one-woman performance that transports listeners from a New York stage to the treacherous streets of Juárez, Mexico, where thousands of women have been murdered in an ongoing epidemic of violence.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Powerful, but it's a pity I don't speak Spanish
- By Jeff on 10-06-19
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Is Anyone Alive Out There?
- By: Julia Mattison, Noel Carey
- Narrated by: Julia Mattison, Noel Carey, Gilbert Gottfried
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 98
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Story4 out of 5 stars 85
Dying is easy. It’s the Apocalypse that’s hard. Before the outside world devolved into a fiery pit of hell, Noel and Julia hosted a successful and wonderfully pretentious community radio show. Now their basement studio is their survival bunker, and they find themselves completely alone. With no escape and nothing left except an increasingly eclectic selection of questionable records, Noel and Julia proudly debut their new show: Is Anyone Alive Out There?. How could they create a stellar show when they really just need to survive?
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5 out of 5 stars
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I give it 1.21 gigawatts!
- By Marrrteen on 08-15-19
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Olio Live
- By: Tyehimba Jess
- Narrated by: Piper Goodeve, Kayla White, Jaylene Clark Owens, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,517
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,247
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,247
In Olio Live - a very special one-night performance recorded live at the Minetta Lane Theater in February 2019 - poet Tyehimba Jess introduces listeners to his 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning collection, Olio. A stellar cast of actors, accompanied by pianist Jeremy Gill, performs a selection of poems from the collection, all of which reinterpret the lived experience of real historical figures.
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5 out of 5 stars
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BEAUTIFUL
- By Jackie GREEN on 06-09-19
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Proof of Love
- By: Chisa Hutchinson
- Narrated by: Brenda Pressley
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,535
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,439
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,389
An Audible Original from Audible Theater, Proof of Love is an Emerging Playwrights Commission, written for and available exclusively on Audible. Constance thought she had a happy life and a loving husband. Suddenly, a tragic accident splinters her upper-class black family - and forces Constance to face uncomfortable truths about her marriage and herself. Proof of Love is the explosive, funny, and moving new one-woman play by Chisa Hutchinson, member of the first class of talent supported by the Audible Playwrights Fund.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Surprisingly amazing
- By Amazon Customer on 07-05-19
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the way she spoke
- By: Isaac Gomez
- Narrated by: Kate del Castillo
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5,407
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4,864
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4,841
Imagine living with a fear so visceral each day that simply walking down the street draws terror to one’s core. That’s the best case scenario for a woman on the streets of Juárez, Mexico. Kate del Castillo (La Reina del Sur) delivers a stunning one-woman performance that transports listeners from a New York stage to the treacherous streets of Juárez, Mexico, where thousands of women have been murdered in an ongoing epidemic of violence.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Powerful, but it's a pity I don't speak Spanish
- By Jeff on 10-06-19
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Is Anyone Alive Out There?
- By: Julia Mattison, Noel Carey
- Narrated by: Julia Mattison, Noel Carey, Gilbert Gottfried
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 98
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Story4 out of 5 stars 85
Dying is easy. It’s the Apocalypse that’s hard. Before the outside world devolved into a fiery pit of hell, Noel and Julia hosted a successful and wonderfully pretentious community radio show. Now their basement studio is their survival bunker, and they find themselves completely alone. With no escape and nothing left except an increasingly eclectic selection of questionable records, Noel and Julia proudly debut their new show: Is Anyone Alive Out There?. How could they create a stellar show when they really just need to survive?
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5 out of 5 stars
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I give it 1.21 gigawatts!
- By Marrrteen on 08-15-19
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Olio Live
- By: Tyehimba Jess
- Narrated by: Piper Goodeve, Kayla White, Jaylene Clark Owens, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,517
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,247
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,247
In Olio Live - a very special one-night performance recorded live at the Minetta Lane Theater in February 2019 - poet Tyehimba Jess introduces listeners to his 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning collection, Olio. A stellar cast of actors, accompanied by pianist Jeremy Gill, performs a selection of poems from the collection, all of which reinterpret the lived experience of real historical figures.
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5 out of 5 stars
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BEAUTIFUL
- By Jackie GREEN on 06-09-19