Joe Landry News

Old Library Theatre opens the 2024 Season with 'Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play' on January 13th and 14th.

BWW Q&A: Jailyn Genyse of It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play at Repertory Theatre of St. Louis

For It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis is pulling out all the bells and whistles. Aimed specifically for a local audience, It's it blends nostalgia with an excellent ensemble whose whirling dervish antics onstage create plenty of holiday spirit.

The Gamm Theatre is currently presenting It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play adapted by Joe Landry from the screenplay by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra, and Jo Swerling, now through December 24. Check out production photos here!

This beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to the stage, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve. Performances are November 24 - 26, 2023 at the Knox Memorial Theater. 112 E. High St, Mount Vernon, OH 43050, Tickets and more info at: https://www.mvac.org/wonderful-life

After a four-year hiatus, New Hampshire Theatre Project will bring back It's a Wonderful LIfe: A Live Radio Play by Joe Landry.

Step into the timeless tale of 'A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play' at Arts Bonita Actors Theatre. Experience Charles Dickens' classic in a captivating 1940s Christmas Eve radio broadcast. Don't miss this heartwarming production with live music and immersive sound effects.

Visionbox Studio will present Chris Noth in It's a Wonderful Life: a Live Radio Play in Denver. Join in for a night of holiday cheer with food, drink, live music, and an iconic performance by Chris Noth.

Americana Theatre Company presents its holiday season biennial tradition “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play,” on select dates from December 9 through 17, at Plymouth Center for the Arts, 11 North Street, Plymouth. 

Script Club presents It's A Wonderful Life: The Radio Play, a Christmas-time story of triumph over life's disappointments. Join us at Fiction Bar/Cafe in Brooklyn on December 9th and 16th for this classic holiday tale brought back to the 1940s in true Radio drama fashion. Costumed actors and audience participation encouraged.

Experience the heartwarming holiday classic, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, at The Gamm Theatre. Don't miss this timeless story of love and redemption.

North Texas Performing Arts has introduced its Program Director for the NTPA Deaf Theatre, Daymond Sands, recipient of the Art Centre of Plano's “Arts Educator Award.”

Experience the suspense and intrigue of vintage Hitchcock in a live radio play at the Majestic Theatre. Don't miss this thrilling theatrical event on October 27, 28, and 29.

In perhaps its most ambitious season to date, Music Theater Heritage has announced bold and imaginative programming for its 2024 season. Utilizing three different venues, MTH's 22nd Season highlights stories that orbit around the power of love and the lengths we take to protect it. The season includes Tony Award winners, re-imaginings, original concert productions, and represents some of the most celebrated dramatists, composers, and songwriters of the 20th century. 

Embarking on its 58th season, Young People's Theatre (YPT) embraces the powerful sense of community – of experiencing a story together – that only live theatre can bring.

Alabama Shakespeare Festival will present It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play by Joe Landry, Dec. 2 - 31 on the Octagon Stage.

See photos of Transport Group's one-night-only benefit performance of the Frank Capra holiday classic It's a Wonderful Life, directed by Artistic Director Jack Cummings III, starring Donna Lynne Champlin, Mary Testa, and more.

Celebrate the season and enjoy the nostalgia of the golden age of live radio as the Sherman Players perform IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE -  A LIVE RADIO PLAY by Joe Landry, directed by Steve Stott. The producers are Matt Austin and Michael Schaner. Performances continue through December 18th at the Sherman Playhouse. Check out the photos here.

Curtis Theatre & STAGEStheatre present Joe Landry's IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE A Live Radio Play directed by Amanda DeMaio, running December 15 - 18, 2022.

This year, New City Players just created what could possibly be a brand-new Christmas tradition with their production of It’s A Wonderful Life, which opened on December 2 at Island City Stage.