Bucks County Playhouse will cap its 2015 season with the return of the popular holiday classic, 'It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play' by Joe Landry. The show will run at Bucks County Playhouse (70 S. Main Street, New Hope, PA) December 11 - 27, 2015.
Following its hit productions of "The Lion," and "I and You," Merrimack Repertory Theatre prepares to mount "It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play." The charming adaptation by Joe Landry presents the story of the classic film as a 1940's radio drama. George Bailey's timeless tale of renewal comes to life with five actors gathered around microphones to voice more than 40 characters and create sound effects live onstage, with live "studio" audience response an integral part of the broadcast.
The wildly popular, classic, holiday film, It's a Wonderful Life, has been adapted into a quick-paced and entertaining live performance radio play. Adapted by Joe Landry, It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play will be staged as a benefit reading for the Enceladus Theatre Company, Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at 7:30 P.M.
What a time for Music Theatre of Connecticut to revive this musical, bringing the 'circus' that is how we the people view seemingly larger-than-life characters into its snug Norwalk space.
The Washington Stage Guild announces its 30th Season of our distinctive repertory, an array of eloquent plays of idea and argument, passion and wit-smart theatre for a smart town!
The Flat Rock Playhouse announced today the plays, musicals and Music on the Rock concerts slated for the 2016 Season as well as a streamlined subscription package plan.
Penobscot Theatre Company proudly announces its 42nd Season, offering four Maine premieres, a world premiere, a holiday classic, and beloved musicals. The season will kick-off September 10 and extend into early summer 2016, longer than usual to accommodate a blockbuster seventh show as yet to be announced.
Merrimack Repertory Theatre (MRT) has announced its 2015-16 Season, newly named Artistic Director Sean Daniels' inaugural season.
Three musicals and two plays - along with the return of the 2nd OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN FESTIVAL for lyricists - will comprise the historic BUCKS COUNTY PLAYHOUSE's 76th anniversary season in New Hope, Pa. starting in April, it has been announced by the Playhouse's producing team of Tony Award-winning producers, Alexander Fraser, Robyn Goodman, Stephen Kocis and Josh Fiedler.
QNEK Productions continues the celebration of it's 21st Season by presenting It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play by Joe Landry, to benefit The MAC Center for the Arts in Newport and The First Universalist Parish of Derby Line. Over the course of a few holiday seasons, QNEK has developed a strong tradition of appetizing audience's hearts for this 'most wonderful time of the year' with hilarious and thoughtful stage entertainment. This year's holiday production is as good as it gets, as QNEK takes on a radio play version of the beautiful and iconic story that has become a Christmas Eve television staple of families for generations. If you've never seen or heard it live - with sound effects! - you won't want to miss this chance.
"It's a Wonderful Life! A Live Radio Play" is a wonderful family production of a wonderful timeless classic.
It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, inspired by the classic 1946 film starring Donna Reed and James Stewart, returns to Shakespeare & Company for a limited run this December. Adapted by Joe Landry from the original screenplay by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra and Joe Swerling, It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play reunites director Jenna Ware with the stalwart cast from our 2013 hit production, all of whom made the play one of most successful holiday shows to date! Filled with just the right hint of nostalgia and charm, audiences will once again step back in time to the Golden Age of radio with this poignant, funny and unique play-within-a-play that may just leave you believing in angels!Visit: www.shakespeare.org for tickets and further information.
Music Theatre of Connecticut MainStage, Fairfield County's award-winning professional theatre company, will be presenting the world premiere benefit reading of 'A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play.' This new adaptation of the Charles Dickens holiday classic will play two performances only, on Saturday, December 13 at 8pm and Sunday, December 14 at 2pm, at The Melissa & Doug Theatre at The New MTC, 509 Westport Avenue (behind the Jones New York and Nine West Outlet) in Norwalk, CT. Tickets range from $30-$40 ($5 discount for seniors/students) and are available by calling 203.454.3883 or visiting www.musictheatreofct.com
QNEK Productions continues the celebration of it's 21st Season by presenting It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play by Joe Landry, to benefit The MAC Center for the Arts in Newport and The First Universalist Parish of Derby Line. Over the course of a few holiday seasons, QNEK has developed a strong tradition of appetizing audience's hearts for this "most wonderful time of the year" with hilarious and thoughtful stage entertainment. This year's holiday production is as good as it gets, as QNEK takes on a radio play version of the beautiful and iconic story that has become a Christmas Eve television staple of families for generations. If you've never seen or heard it live - with sound effects! - you won't want to miss this chance.
At the end, the audience for this show is pulled not merely into the studio but into Bedford Falls, as the stage snow falls not only on the characters in the story set there but on the performers in the studio and on the audience as well. It is a perfectly magical double fourth-wall violation. Indeed, to state what must already be obvious, this whole show is perfectly magical.
In 1946, the movie "It's A Wonderful Life" was released and became an instant holiday classic rebroadcast annual on cable channels all across the US. In 1997, Joe Landry created a live radio staged adaptation of the movie, which has become a classic in its own right being performed all over the country every year!
In 1946, the movie "It's A Wonderful Life" was released and became an instant holiday classic rebroadcast annual on cable channels all across the US. In 1997, Joe Landry created a live radio staged adaptation of the movie, which has become a classic in its own right being performed all over the country every year!
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?Center Stage announces the cast and crew for It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, with performances tonight, Nov. 18 to Dec. 21.
I have to admit that I was very excited when I read that veteran actor Michael Winther would be returning to Center Stage to star in the Pulitzer Prize winning musical NEXT TO NORMAL. It was Director David Schweizer who asked Winther to come to Center Stage for the role of Dan. Schweizer also directed Winther back in 2007 when he played the role of Dromio in BOYS FROM SYRACUSE along with Manu Narayan and Paolo Montalban. Winther became friends with Narayan when the two both worked on Broadway at the same time, Narayan was the star of BOMBAY DREAMS at the Broadway Theater and Winther was down the street at the Winter Garden in MAMMA MIA! Winther related it was Narayan who called him up last year to take Narayan's place in San Paolo, Brazil to perform in the KIezmer musical THE NIGHT IN THE OLD MARKET PLACE. So Winther spent ten days in Brazil along with another actress from the BOYS FROM SYRACUSE, Charlotte Cohn.
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