Todd Lawson and Katja Hill inIt’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play Returning to PlayMakers to play the role of Lana Sherwood in It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play has been both a pleasure and a challenge. It’s Monday, our day off from the run, and it’s startling how exhausted I am. With… Read more »
Posts Tagged: It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
A Studio Becomes Bedford Falls: Designing the Set for IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
Scenic Designer McKay Coble on her set for PlayMakers’ It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play The backdrop for It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play I had mixed feeling about accepting this design assignment! While I grew up in a Miracle of 34th Street house, I married an It’s a Wonderful Life… Read more »
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: Dressing the Players within the Play, Part III
As PlayMakers puts the finishing touches on it’s on-stage reinvention of the holiday film classic IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, we go behind-the-scenes to see what inspired our creative team, beyond Capra’s classic movie, of course. We continue our look at the sources that inspired costume designer Rachel Pollock when creating the clothing for the two ’40s-era actors tackling… Read more »
PlayMakers Monday News Roundup
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE is a hit! The Daily Tar Heel today gave the show FIVE STARS, saying it “breathed new life into both the classic story and the art of radio acting” and made this charming holiday staple, “once again, truly wonderful.” For those looking to go even farther inside the production, The Daily… Read more »
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: Dressing the Players within the Play, Part I
As PlayMakers puts the finishing touches on it’s on-stage reinvention of the holiday film classic IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, we go behind-the-scenes to see what inspired our creative team, beyond Capra’s classic movie, of course. For starters, the script is set in a 1940s radio studio on Christmas Eve, as five radio actors transport a… Read more »