Sudeikis will star as George Bailey with his real-life uncle, George Wendt, playing Uncle Billy. Jean Smart, Rosario Dawson, Mark Hamill, Martin Sheen, Mandy Patinkin, Lou Diamond Phillips, Phil Lamarr, Ben Mankiewicz, Ron Funches and Ed Harris will also appear in the reading. The event will be hosted by Tom Bergeron.
Expertly directed by Aaron Washington, MAS Theatre’s staged radio play, an adaption of It’s a Wonderful Life, the trials and tribulations of George Bailey came wonderfully to life on stage and virtually, online.
ENSEMBLE THEATRE COMPANY (ETC) presents the second show of its 2019-20 Season, the can't-miss, holiday event of the season, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY, adapted by Joe Landry, from the screenplay by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra & Jo Swerling and directed by ETC's Director of Education and Outreach, Brian McDonald.
In a new production commissioned by the Finborough Theatre and continuing their rediscovery of James Bridie, one of the West End's most successful dramatists of the 1930s and 1940s, the first London production since its 1950 premiere of Mr Gillie runs at the Finborough Theatre, playing Sunday and Monday evenings and Tuesday matinees from Sunday, 25 June 2017 (Press Night: Monday, 26 June 2017 at 7.30pm).
In a new production commissioned by the Finborough Theatre and continuing their rediscovery of James Bridie, one of the West End's most successful dramatists of the 1930s and 1940s, the first London production since its 1950 premiere of Mr Gillie runs at the Finborough Theatre, playing Sunday and Monday evenings and Tuesday matinees from Sunday, 25 June 2017.
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Ryan Landry and the Gold Dust Orphans mash-up GREY GARDENS, Mrs. Grinchley, and IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE for a new holiday musical parody that is sure to earn its wings. Clever sets, delicious costumes, creative choreography, and new stars join the Orphans regulars to put on a show that is anything but horrible.
Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) continues its fifteeenth anniversary season this December with a festive new take on a holiday classic with, It's A Wonderful LIfe: A Live Radio Play. Get a first look at the production in the photos below!
Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) continues its fifteeenth anniversary season this December with a festive new take on a holiday classic with, It's A Wonderful LIfe: A Live Radio Play. This award-winning adaptation brings Bedford Falls to life by way of an on stage 1940s radio broadcast, and you're invited to be a member of the live studio audience! Since its premier in 1996 playwright Joe Landry's It's A Wonderful LIfe: A Live Radio Play has been produced hundreds of times across the US and been heralded as, 'One of the best holiday shows around.' (Chicago Sun-Times). The story, true to Frank Capra's 1946 film classic starring James Stewart and Donna Reed, is told by six actors performing dozen of characters and all the foley sound effects in traditional old-fashioned radio style.
Theater for the New City presents American premiere of rollicking farce, 'Winter Wedding' by Hanoch Levin, translated by Laurel Hessing and David Willinger, directed by David Willinger.
Theater for the New City presents American premiere of rollicking farce, 'Winter Wedding' by Hanoch Levin, translated by Laurel Hessing and David Willinger, directed by David Willinger.
Theater for the New City presents American premiere of rollicking farce, 'Winter Wedding' by Hanoch Levin, translated by Laurel Hessing and David Willinger, directed by David Willinger.
Theater for the New City presents American premiere of rollicking farce, 'Winter Wedding' by Hanoch Levin, translated by Laurel Hessing and David Willinger, directed by David Willinger.
1947 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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1948 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Paul Hartman |
1948 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Grace Hartman |
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