It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play at Undercroft Theatre

It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play

Undercroft Theatre
900 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington

One of the most beloved films ever to come from Hollywood was also broadcast in the 40s as a radio program. In this delightfully theatrical re-creation of that event, a small group of voice actors team up in a studio with the ever-inventive sound effects man to tell the heartwarming story for a nationwide audience— complete with period ads!

Thru - Dec 18, 2016

Thursdays: 7:30pm

Fridays: 8:00pm

Saturdays: 2:30pm & 8:00pm

Sundays: 2:30pm

Price: $20 - $30

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DC Theater Arts - Highly Recommended

"...It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play plays all the right emotional strings. It certainly has earned its place as a new holiday tradition in the Nation's Capitol. It's the perfect show for families to see, and reflect on, this Christmas Season."

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- William Powell

DCTheatreScene - Recommended

"...WSG makes a concerted effort to bring a 1946 radio studio to life in this production. The set design (Carl F. Gudenius) uses 1940s equipment, and the bulletin board is festooned with war-era posters (“careless talk could cost lives” one says — a slogan with surprising resonance in the internet era). The costumes (Debbie Kennedy) are similarly convincing, all wide lapels and ruffles. Clark is persuasive as the unctuous host Freddy Filmore, and Carpenter seems as at home with his old-school machinery as any sound engineer today. (At the intermission, I saw an audience member talk to Carpenter, who had remained onstage, about how he achieved his effects. Normally, this would be a breach of stage protocol, but here we were seeing Carpenter in the role of “Art Foley” and the audience member in the role of “studio audience member”, so it was OK.)"

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- Tim Treanor

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