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Photo Flash: WONDERFUL LIFE! Musical Premiere at Malibu Playhouse

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Under the helm of new Artistic Director, Jeremy Skidmore New Leadership Model, New Vision, Malibu Playhouse presents the premiere of WONDERFUL LIFE!, a musical adaptation of the classic Christmas film. Check out photos from the show below!

Nominated for Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding New Play

A new holiday classic, premiering benefit November 28 at the Malibu Playhouse, launches their 2015-16 season under the helm of Jeremy Skidmore, world-renowned theater director and formerly Artistic Director of Theater Alliance in Washington, D.C. "Wonderful Life!" George Bailey's struggle to grasp why life is worth living finds a fresh voice in this enchanting one-person (Jason Lott) retelling of Frank Capra's classic film "It's A Wonderful Life." "Wonderful Life"reinterprets the well-known screenplay and reintroduces audiences to the residents of Bedford Falls, New York on a fateful Christmas Eve in 1945. Audiences, young and old, well versed in the movie and not, will find plenty to love. The show is adapted for stage by Lott and Helen Parfumi. Parfumi also serves as director. Closing night, Dec. 20 is also a benefit performance.


Skidmore blazes the trail as inaugural Guest Artistic Director with programming through June 2016 that brings a variety of expertise and fresh artistic vision. (Additional events will be listed on the Malibu Playhouse website and Facebook page throughout the season). The 2015-2016 season will include three limited-run critically acclaimed productions: "Wonderful Life!" "Mary's Wedding" and "Pavillion." Other projects include several one-night benefits, a multi-disciplinary new work mini-festival, collaborations with area universities, and Members Only promotional events (i.e. private dinners with Jeremy and casts, private cocktail parties and "meet and greets").
There will also be an actual wedding to precede the "Mary's Wedding" show and a high school reunion party unlike any other (since you never know which of Malibu's celebrity local heroes will show up) to get audiences in the right frame of mind for Pavillion. For information about how to become a member, please go to: www.malibuplayhouse.orgor contact: info@malibuplayhouse.org.

Photo Flash: WONDERFUL LIFE! Musical Premiere at Malibu Playhouse Image

Photo Flash: WONDERFUL LIFE! Musical Premiere at Malibu Playhouse Image

Photo Flash: WONDERFUL LIFE! Musical Premiere at Malibu Playhouse Image

Photo Flash: WONDERFUL LIFE! Musical Premiere at Malibu Playhouse Image





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