ZORRO Returns to the World of Radio Drama

DO YOU...
Love listening to audiobooks?
Enjoy listening to stories while on the road traveling or driving back and forth to work?
Listening to your iPod, Creative Zen (or other portable listening device) when jogging, working out at the gym or exercising at home?
Love hearing a great story?
Love swashbuckling action and adventure?

Then ZORRO has something for you! ZORRO, the swashbuckling hero of Spanish California, has found his way back to the world of radio drama with three great full-cast productions complete with sound effects and music.

Listen along as Zorro fights injustice and courts love in the Zorro story that started it all... The one that created a legend... THE MARK OF ZORRO

Zorro creator Johnston McCulley's first ever Zorro story The Mark of Zorro (originally titled The Curse of Capistrano) is a highly entertaining, fun, fast paced swashbuckling adventure from start to finish. The evil Captain Ramon rules the pueblo de Los Angeles with an iron fist and a twisted sense of justice. He's intent to capture the affections of the beautiful Lolita Pulido while at the same time destroying her family, ruining the de la Vega name and capturing Zorro. However, Zorro has other plans for he also has eyes for the fair señorita Lolita. As for the corrupt Capitan, Zorro has something for him too... the point of a blade! But will he have the strength to win this fight after being hunted and pursued like a fox day and night by Sgt Gonzalez and his men?

Nominated for a Grammy Award and 2 Audie Awards The Mark of Zorro was also recommended as one of the best audios of 2011 by Sound Commentary, Parade Magazine, and AudioFile Magazine.

Adapted for audio and dramatized by award winning Hollywood Theater of the Ear producer Yuri Rasovsky. Published by Blackstone Audio. 

The Cast:
Val Kilmer (Top Gun, Heat, Batman, Tombstone) as Diego de la Vega/Zorro
Ruth Livier (Ylse, Resurrection Blvd) as Lolita Pulido
Meshach Taylor (Designing Women) as Sgt Gonzalez
Armin Shimerman (Quark from Star Trek DS9) as the Tavern Landlord
Elizabeth Peña (The Incredibles, Lone Star) as Doña Catalina Pulido
Ned Schmidtke (*Audie winner) as Don Carlos Pulido
Keith Szarabajka (*Audie Award winner) as Captain Ramon
Kristoffer Tabori (*winner of 1 Emmy Award and multiple Audie Awards) as Don Alejandro de la Vega
Stefan Rudnicki (*winner of 2 Grammy Awards and 11 Audie Awards) as Frey Felipe
Scott Brick (*winner of 40 AudioFile Earphone awards and 2 Audie Awards) as the Governor
Phil Proctor (Firesign Theatre) in multiple roles
John Sloan in multiple roles
Gordo Panza in multiple roles 

* indicates cast members who are award winning audiobook narrators and the awards they have won as such.

http://www.amazon.com/Mark-Zorro-Full-Cast-Audio-Dramatization/dp/144172889 

ZORRO AND THE PIRATE RAIDERS

Colonial Radio Theatre brings you Zorro and the Pirate Raiders a high seas adventure that is reminiscent of the old serialized Saturday matinee picture shows of the 1940s and 50s. Captain Ramon is bent on revenge and has sold out the good people of Los Angeles. The pueblo has been ransacked by the pirate Bardoso and the lovely señorita Lolita Pulido has been carried of as part of the spoil. It's up to Zorro to bring her back alive and well..... or die trying.

CRT brings you a rousing tale filled with swashbuckling fun and adventure, booming sound effects and stirring music. 

The Cast:
Kevin Cirone as Diego de la Vega/Zorro
Shonna McEachern as Lolita Pulido
Hugh Metzler as Bardoso
J.T. Turner as Captain Ramon
Sam Donato as Sgt Garcia
Joseph Zamperelli Jr. as Friar Felipe
Dan Powell  as Sanchez and Don Audre
Narrated by Jerry Robbins

http://www.amazon.com/Zorro-Pirate-Raiders-Radio-Dramatization/dp/144189215X 

ZORRO RIDES AGAIN

CRT brings you the third story in Zorro creator Johnston McCulley's series of tales about the masked hero of Alta California. This time there's a new Commandante in charge of things in Los Angeles. Can Captain Rocha be trusted to govern justly or will he be as corrupt and power hungry as his predecessor Captain Ramon? His ruling powers will soon be put to the test for someone appearing to be Zorro has unleashed a wave of cruel deeds on the people of the district. As the cries for justice escalate the people want to know has Zorro turned outlaw or has he gone mad? Who is this masked man and who will stop him? Find out as Zorro Rides Again!

Colonial Radio Theater puts together another dynamic Zorro adventure any audio listener is sure to enjoy.

The Cast:
Kevin Cirone as Diego de la Vega/Zorro
Jeremy Benson as Captain Rocha
Shonna McEachern as Lolita Pulido
Hugh Metzler as Bardoso
Sam Donato as Sgt Garcia
J.T. Turner as Friar Francisco, Don Alejandro de la Vega, and Old Marcos
Joseph Zamperelli Jr as Juan Lopez and Friar Felipe 
Shana Dirik as Doña Catalina Pulido
Dan Powell as Juan
Elie Hirschman as Don Audre
Jerry Robbins as Esteban Rodriguez 

http://www.amazon.com/Zorro-Rides-Again-Radio-Dramatization/dp/1611062586/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1333520298&sr=1-1-catcorr 

Coming Soon......

From award winning producer Barry Creyton the sequel to The Mark of Zorro featuring Val Kilmer, Ruth Livier and a star studded cast.

The Greatest Zorro Ever

The greatest Zorro ever? Is it Guy Williams? Duncan Regehr? Tyrone Power? Antonio Banderas? Or Someone else? You decide! Cast your vote for the best Zorro of all-time in the poll located on this page.

Duncan Regehr Upcoming Art Exhibits - Summer 2012

A reception to celebrate the opening of the Transformation: A Retrospective
Works and Writings by Duncan Regehr exhibit at the Legacy Art Gallery in Victoria, British Columbia will take place on Thursday June 14, 2012 from 4:00 - 6:30pm. For those interested in attending the reception please RSVP to 250-721-6562. The exhibition runs June 13th through August 18, 2012.

Duncan will be giving a poetry reading Saturday July 14th from 1:30pm to 3:30pm at the Legacy Art Gallery University of Victoria in Victoria British Columbia. If you are interested in attending please RSVP by July 7th.


Phone: 250-721-6562
Email: cr@uvic.ca

Legacy Art Gallery
630 Yates St.
Victoria, B.C.

WINCHESTER GALLERIES

Canadian Contemporary and Historical Paintings

Fine Art Dealers

REGEHR RETROSPECTIVE OPENS JULY 7th AT WINCHESTER GALLERIES

VICTORIA - Excitement is mounting for the upcoming twenty-year retrospective of Duncan Regehr's figurative oil paintings at Victoria's Winchester Galleries, July 7 to 28.

Everyone is invited when "Out of the Dragon's Eye" opens with a public reception on Saturday, July 7 from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Regehr, who was born in a Year of the Dragon, has always felt its significance. He was honoured in 1988 when an old Chinese craftsman created a chop-insignia for him that combined the artist's initials with the shape of an ancient dragon. That image has been a trademark signature on the artist's work ever since.

In this Year of the Dragon 2012, Winchester Galleries has curated a collection of carefully selected works from the artist's most important series: Poetic Imagery, Witness, Occasus, Strangers, In the Company of Children, Corvus Rex, Chrysalid, Magic, Cypher, Revenant, Doppelganger and Omniscience. This exhibition runs concurrently with a multi-media career retrospective of Regehr at the University of Victoria's Legacy Art Gallery (June 13 to August 18).

By delving into the psyche and the collective subconscious, Regehr produces images that are intensely personal, but which also resonate with universality. They invite reciprocal identification by the viewer. His figurative oils hold their form, line, colour and subject matter with equal importance. One senses the hand of an artist who imbues his art with emotional intensity, exposing compelling images that are both idiosyncratic and profoundly human in nature.

Over the past four decades, Regehr has emerged as one of Canada's foremost figurative artists. His paintings, sculpture and written works can be found in important collections worldwide. He is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy and a recipient of the American Vision Award of Distinction in the Arts and an honourary Doctorate of Fine Arts from the University of Victoria. He has published extensively and has been the subject of numerous articles and reviews.

Contact:

Winchester Galleries, 2260 Oak Bay Avenue, Victoria B.c 250-595-2777

art@winchestergalleriesltd.com 

An Interview with Duncan Regehr:

Duncan Regehr's Transformation Exhibit at UVic's Legacy Gallery

 

Henry Darrow Interview

Check out Sue Thurman's wonderful two part interview of actor Henry Darrow. You may remember Henry from Zorro (1990), The High Chaparral, Santa Barbara or his guest appearances on any of hundreds of television shows.

Part One
http://www.examiner.com/article/henry-darrow-talks-about-the-high-chaparral

Part Two

http://www.examiner.com/article/more-with-charming-henry-darrow

Henry also has a new book out. Henry Darrow: Lightening in the Bottle.

It's available in print and as an ebook on Kindle.

Print
http://www.amazon.com/Henry-Darrow-Lightning-Jan-Pippins/dp/1593936885
Kindle
http://www.amazon.com/HENRY-DARROW-LIGHTNING-BOTTLE-ebook/dp/B008RAYRF4/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1343851578&sr=1-1

 * Updated 08/01/12

Guy Williams Biography

From Bear Manor Media:
Guy Williams - TV's "Zorro" was apparently "a walking paradox, masculine yet sensitive, firm yet gentle, conservative yet non-conformist, macho yet intellectual, simple yet complicated" according to Antoinette Girgenti Lane who has written the definitive biography of GUY WILLIAMS, THE MAN BEHIND THE MASK. Lane finds a man who was lucky but had major disappointments in life, but those gave him character and made him the person he was. For true insights into Guy's life and career, Lane worked for over 5 years with Williams' widow, and dozens of co-workers such as Dennis Weaver, Wright King, Britt Lomond, Don Diamond, Buddy Van Horn, Suzanne Lloyd and dozens more. Extremely detailed and well written with a definitive listing of Guy's stage, film and TV work. Over 500 pages with many personal rare photos.


Available from Bear Manor Media for $32.95 plus postage at the link below! http://bearmanormedia.bizland.com/id58.html

Also available from Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Guy-Williams-Man-Behind-Mask/dp/159393016X

Visit Guy Williams - The Man Behind The Mask on Facebook at: 
https://www.facebook.com/pages/GUY-Williams-The-Man-Behind-the-Mask/122605604480183#!/pages/GUY-Williams-The-Man-Behind-the-Mask/122605604480183?sk=info 

Visit Guy Williams - The Man Behind The Mask on Myspace at:

http://myspace.com/guywilliamsauthor

Patricia Medina dies at 92

Patricia Medina, widow of actor Joseph Cotton, has died at the age of 92. The British born actress will be forever remembered by Zorro fans as Margarita Cortazar the love interest of Esteban de la Cruz (Cesar Romero) in the four part story arc The Gay Caballero on the Disney series.

Medina enjoyed success in Hollywood beginning in the 1950's. She played the lead in movies such as "Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion" (1950), Francis The Talking Mule with Donald O'Connor (1950), "Sangaree" with Fernando Lamas (1953), "Plunder of the Sun" with Glenn Ford (1953), "Botany Bay" with Alan Ladd (1953), "Phantom of the Rue Morgue" with Karl Malden (1954), and Snow White and The Three Stooges (1961). She co-starred with such Hollywood notables as Jimmy Stewart in Jack Pot and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in The Fighting O'Flynn. She also starred in the early '50s adventure films "Fortunes of Captain Blood," "The Lady and the Bandit," "Lady in the Iron Mask" and "Captain Pirate" opposite Louis Hayward. In addition to movies she made appearances on such great television series as Disney Zorro with Guy Williams, Bonanza, Have Gun Will Travel, and The Man From UNCLE.

She is also the window of actor Joseph Cotton.

New World Zorro season 1 on Hulu

The first season of New World Zorro (1990) starring Duncan Regehr, Patrice Martinez, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Michael Tylo and James Victor is now available to watch on Hulu.

http://www.hulu.com/search?query=zorro&st=0&fs=