The classic 1946 holiday movie, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE comes to life on stage, but with an Orlando Shakes twist. Brilliantly staged as a live radio play, the audience gets to see and hear IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE as if it were being performed in as an old time radio show - cleverly branded WOST. This unique interpretation makes for a fun and thoroughly entertaining for young and old.
It's the holiday season once again, and Classic Theatre is going to be providing some holiday cheer to the San Antonio area once again. Last year, Classic presented its live radio broadcast of Joe Landry's 'It's a Wonderful Life.' This production takes Frank Capra's American holiday classic and brings it to captivating life as a 1940s style radio broadcast.
As a special treat for the holiday season Shakespeare & Company presents It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, inspired by Frank Capra's classic 1946 film starring Donna Reed and James Stewart. Filled with just the right hint of nostalgia and charm, director Jenna Ware brings audiences back to the Golden Age of radio with this poignant, funny and unique play-within-a-play that will leave you believing in angels!
A very eventful year for Theatre Unleashed culminates in the return of its annual holiday show and what has become a local seasonal tradition. TU is bringing back its mega-hit show KAWL Presents It's a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play for the Stage, this time presented in the company's new home The Belfry Stage in North Hollywood from Dec. 5-21 (with a special private charity show at Burbank Arts Colony on Dec. 1).
The Harbor Lights Theater Company, led by Executive Artistic Director Tamara Jenkins and Associate Artistic Director Jay Montgomery, is presenting It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, by Joe Landry, for the holiday season.
A very eventful year for Theatre Unleashed culminates in the return of its annual holiday show and what has become a local seasonal tradition. TU is bringing back its mega-hit show KAWL Presents It's a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play for the Stage, this time presented in the company's new home The Belfry Stage in North Hollywood from tonight, Dec. 5-21 (with a special private charity show at Burbank Arts Colony on Dec. 1).
A very eventful year for Theatre Unleashed culminates in the return of its annual holiday show and what has become a local seasonal tradition. TU is bringing back its mega-hit show KAWL Presents It's a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play for the Stage, this time presented in the company's new home The Belfry Stage in North Hollywood from tonight, Dec. 5-21 (with a special private charity show at Burbank Arts Colony on Dec. 1).
With a handful of performances around the nation, Broadway Records is excited to be releasing MEET JOHN DOE (Studio Cast Album). The Jonathan Larson Award-winning musical by Andrew Gerle and Ernie Sugarman is based on the 1941 Frank Capra film of the same title that starred Barbara Stanwyck and Gary Cooper. Broadway Records' recording captures the flashy, toe-tapping Big Band score in all of its glory and features some of modern musical theatre's favorite voices, namely Robert Cuccioli, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, and Heidi Blickenstaff.
Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF warms Central Florida audiences with the holiday cheer of Joe Landry's It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. Performed as a 1940s live radio broadcast and directed by Florida Rep's founding Producing Artistic Director, Robert Cacioppo, It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play begins tonight, December 4 and runs through December 29, 2013 at the John and Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center in Loch Haven Park.
Irish Repertory Theatre will continue its current season with a revival of IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, The 1946 Live Radio Play, adapted by Anthony E. Palermo from the screenplay by Francis Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra and Jo Swerling. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, The 1946 Live Radio Play premiered last year at the Irish Repertory Theatre with a production directed by Charlotte Moore (JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK, DANCING AT LUGHNASA). Once again directed by Ms. Moore, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, The 1946 Live Radio Play will begin previews today, December 4th and will play through Sunday, December 29th in The Irish Repertory Theatre's W. Scott McLucas Studio Theatre (132 West 22nd Street). The official press opening is Tuesday, December 10th.
Off-Broadway's award-winning Irish Repertory Theatre just announced the world premiere production of the new musical TRANSPORT. With book and lyrics by world-renowned Australian author Thomas Keneally (Schindler's List, the acclaimed book on which the Oscar-winning film is based) and music by Larry Kirwan (founder of the iconic New York City band Black 47), TRANSPORT follows the uneasy ocean voyage of Irish women who were sentenced and then exiled to the relatively uninhabited south coast of Australia in the mid-19th Century. TRANSPORT has direction and set design by three-time Tony Award-winning director and designer Tony Walton, and choreography by Barry McNabb (Irish Rep's FINIAN'S RAINBOW, STREETS OF NEW YORK). TRANSPORT will be performed February 7ththrough April 6th, 2014 on the Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage of the Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street). The Press Opening is scheduled forFebruary 16th.
A very eventful year for Theatre Unleashed culminates in the return of its annual holiday show and what has become a local seasonal tradition. TU is bringing back its mega-hit show KAWL Presents It's a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play for the Stage, this time presented in the company's new home The Belfry Stage in North Hollywood from Dec. 5-21 (with a special private charity show at Burbank Arts Colony on Dec. 1).
It's the holiday season once again, and Classic Theatre is going to be providing some holiday cheer to the San Antonio area once again. Last year, Classic presented its live radio broadcast of Joe Landry's 'It's a Wonderful Life.' This production takes Frank Capra's American holiday classic and brings it to captivating life as a 1940s style radio broadcast.
Tacoma Little Theatre warms up the holiday season with its stage adaptation of Frank Capra's classic film It's a Wonderful Life by Anthony Palermo. Check out a first look below!
It's A Wonderful Life runs tonight, November 29 - December 21, 2013. A radio-on-stage show by Tony Palermo, adapted for radio from the Frank Capra film, this beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast.
The Theater Project will present its holiday production of 'It's a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play' today, November 30, 2013. The performance will take place at the Burgdorff Center for the Performing Arts, 10 Durand Rd, Maplewood, NJ.
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Tacoma Little Theatre warms up the holiday season with its stage adaptation of Frank Capra's classic film It's a Wonderful Life by Anthony Palermo.
Producing Artistic Director Gwendolyn Whiteside and American Blues Theater, Chicago's second oldest Equity ensemble, present the return of the critically-acclaimed It's a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!, directed by Marty Higginbotham, now at its new venue: the mainstage of the Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. now through December 29, 2013. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Coming up this week, 54 BELOW, the performance venue located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz and beyond:
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