Pittsburgh Savoyards Has ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ (Fri., 12/19/25)

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE adapted for the stage by James W. Rodgers. Based on the film by Frank Capra. Pittsburgh Savoyards. Through December 20.

Poor George Bailey! Bedford Falls High School hero, now the town’s lone president of an honest loan company—a hopeless romantic who wants to see the world—George discovers instead his life is in hopeless ruins. That is until Clarence Odbody, an angel from on high, descends to help George find his way. The time is Christmas Eve at the close of WWII. This classic American film has been a Christmas favorite since its longstanding copyright expired in 1974 when, with a flourish, the film ran on late night television stations, garnering a nation of stans since.It’s A Wonderful Life is based on the short story “The Greatest Gift” by Philip Van Doren Stern, who was inspired by the novella written a hundred years earlier by Charles Dickens. Just imagine what the world—or Christmas time—would be like if Frank Capra hadn’t directed the film in 1946. Pittsburgh Savoyards perform the stage version at The Margaret Partee Performing Arts Center, 523 Lincoln Ave., Bellevue. 7:30 p.m. (C.P.O.)

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