War of the Worlds

Teaneck New Theatre (TNT)­­–in association­­ with The Hackensack Cultural Arts Center (HCAC)–gets in synch with Halloween by presenting the Mercury Theatre on the Air Presentation of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds, radio adaptation by Howard Koch. When CBS aired the production, listeners panicked because they were convinced it was an authentic news broadcast and Martians actually were invading Earth. Fast forward 70 years to October 2008. That’s when TNT presents excerpts from that unforgettable broadcast, along with a fictional account of the operations of the radio studio and the personal stories of the actors and technicians working on the show.