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# DAILY PRESS More than a ‘Play’ thing
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/daily-press-more-than-a-play-thing/
- Published: 2006-12-15T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T23:23:00.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Entertainment, Santa Monica, #archive-import

L.A. Theatre Works’ The Play’s the Thing will air “Another Time” by Ronald Harwood, starring Lars Carlson, Jeffrey Jones, Stacy Keach, Alice Krige and Miriam Margolyes, on Saturday, Dec. 16, from 10 p.m. to midnight on 89.3 KPCC. Alternating between 1950s Cape Town and contemporary London, this human and complex drama weighs the price that a gifted musician’s single-minded devotion to his art exacts upon his relationship with his family.

Next Saturday, Dec. 23, from 10 p.m. to midnight on 89.3 KPCC, The Play’s the Thing will air “Twentieth Century,” by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, in a new adaptation by Ken Ludwig, starring Jeff Perry, Nancy Bell and Harriet Sansom Harris. This classic screwball comedy set aboard a luxury train en route from Chicago to New York was a smash hit on Broadway in 2004\. Successful and egomaniacal Broadway producer Oscar Jaffe has transformed a chorus girl into a leading lady who in turn has left him in the dust. Now down on his luck, Oscar pulls out all the stops to persuade the newly famous and temperamental star to return for one more show. The broadcast includes an interview with Ken Ludwig.

L.A. Theatre Works’ radio theater series, The Play’s the Thing, airs locally every Saturday night. To get a full schedule, go to the L.A. Theatre Works Web site at www.latw.org and follow the link through the “Radio Theatre Series” heading and then “Episode Guide” or go directly to www.scpr.org for KPCC.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 15, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/121506.pdf?ref=smdp.com)