“It’s a Wonderful Life” at Lincoln Park (Thurs., 12/18/20)

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (online radio play) by Joe Landry, adapted from the movie. Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center. December 18 and 19 at 7:30 p.m.

The 1946 film had Donna Reed, Jimmy Stewart, and Karolyn Grimes winning hearts in postwar America. Now you can try the web radio version of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life.’ (screenshot: National Telefilm Associates)

Perhaps you’ve seen the stage play It’s a Wonderful Life, which presents the story from the 1946 movie as if it’s being performed as an old-time radio drama. This year you can hear it (but not see it) in the form of an actual radio drama streamed online. So gather the family around the computer—just as families used to gather around their console-sized radios—and let your imagination provide the visuals while listening to the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center production of It’s a Wonderful Life. The community arts center in Midland is using the same script by modern writer Joe Landry that’s used in live theater. The core story is basically that of Frank Capra’s classic film, with small-town businessman George Bailey contemplating suicide until he’s saved by his guardian angel Clarence, but further twists are added. December 18 and 19 at 7:30 p.m. only. (M.V.) 

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