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TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will celebrate the holidays with It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. This heartwarming holiday production, adapted by Joe Landry from the screenplay by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra, and Jo Swerling, offers the 1946 film as a 1940s era radio play, complete with live foley-style sound effects.

Buck Creek Players have announced plans to continue their 48th season with It's a Wonderful Life, a live holiday event on their mainstage. Join them for the eight live in-person performances at the playhouse starting Friday, December 10th and running through Sunday, December 19th. Tickets are $18 for adults, and $16 for seniors and students.

BroadwayWorld talks to Giovanna Sardelli, the irrepressible director of TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's 'It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play' running December 1 to 26 at the Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto.

After an inaugural season full of uplifting, intriguing, and inspiring productions and performances, Legacy Theatre is thrilled to finally announce their 2022 season. The company will present a 'series of series' in the new year. Four productions will take the stage as part of Legacy's 2022 Mainstage Series, a lineup that already has audiences excited!

Adapted from the original 1947 Lux Radio Hour Broadcast and paired with live Foley effects, localized jingles and an original, musical score, this perennial Christmas favorite is sure to melt the most cynical of hearts.

Herstory Theater will bring A CHRISTMAS CAROL, A LIVE RADIO PLAY by Joe Landry with music by Kevin Connors to Little Theater of Manchester on Thursday, December 9, at 7:30 pm.

Hartford Stage rings in the holiday season with a new production of the perennial holiday film classic, It's a Wonderful Life. In this stage adaptation, Connecticut playwright Joe Landry has refashioned the 1946 Jimmy Stewart movie into a play reminiscent of the Golden Age of Radio.

As part of their 49th holiday season in Barboursville, Four County Players and Orange County Virginia Tourism are proud to present IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY adapted by Joe Landry, opening November 19th on the Mainstage. 'It's A Wonderful Life' is based on the story 'The Greatest Gift' by Philip Van Doren Stern.

It's Christmas Eve 1946 as the team from WBFR Radio Station bring Frank Capra's celebrated holiday film 'It's A Wonderful Life' to being before a live studio audience. With the help of an ensemble that brings these memorable characters to the stage, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve.

Twelfth Night Productions has announced the return of It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Show with an original short by John Ruoff, The Case of the Missing Snowman. Both are playing together this December at Kenyon Hall.

It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play is based on the classic holiday movie presented with a twist: the story is staged as a live radio broadcast for an added layer of nostalgia. Actors portray numerous characters, and sound effects are created live on stage.

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre will celebrate the holiday season with 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.

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TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will celebrate the holidays with It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. This heartwarming holiday production, adapted by Joe Landry from the screenplay by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra, and Jo Swerling, offers the beloved 1946 film as a 1940s era radio play, complete with live foley-style sound effects.

Music Theatre of Connecticut award-winning theatre company begins a brand new reading series entitled, New Voices. Featuring five new plays by contemporary playwrights, this series will begin on October 11th at 7pm with the play i by Jeff Talbott. All following plays will also occur on select Monday nights at 7pm.

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will resume in-person performances when it launches its previously announced 51st season, featuring eight plays and musicals presented October 2021 through August 2022, kicking off with the new indie folk-rock musical Lizard Boy.

In the Sierra foothills are a cluster of quaint towns full of Gold Rush history.  Two of these, East Sonora and Columbia, house the venues that make up Sierra Repertory Theatre (Sierra Rep).  Main stage shows, cabarets, and youth workshops can be seen in the original East Sonora Theatre and in the Historic Fallon House Theatre in Columbia State Historic Park.  Lucky for us, they are back to making history beginning in September with their new, in-person season!  Broadway World spoke with Jerry Lee, Associate Artistic Director (and Shrek himself!), about what we can look forward to at Sierra Rep.  

Iowa Stage Theatre Company, central Iowa's home for award-winning theater that inspires, enlightens and entertains, announces a return to live performances in the fall of 2021.

Auditions for 'It's a Wonderful Life', live radio play by Joe Landry, presented by Shelburne Players will be held on Thurs & Fri, Aug12 & 13, 6 - 9pm and Sat, Aug 14, 10 to noon, at the Pierson Library, 5376 Shelburne Rd, Shelburne, Vt. Rehearsals starting mid September. Roles for men & women of all ages.

Today, Hartford Stage announced plans to reopen the theatre to in-person performances for the 2021/2022 Season beginning in October 2021. The theater will produce a 5-play Mainstage season plus a holiday performance. All performances will be held at Hartford Stage on 50 Church Street in Hartford.