“Every time a bell rings an angel gets its wings.”
Patrick Street Productions presents
THE NEW CLASSIC MUSICAL
It’s A Wonderful Life
Anvil Centre Theatre
777 Columbia, New Westminster
December 19 to January 5
Based on the screenplay by Frank Capra
Adaptation by Peter Jorgensen
Arrangements & orchestrations by Nico Rhodes
With songs by the Gershwins, Kurt Weill, and more…
For Group Bookings of 10 or more please email info@patrickstreetproductions.com
All photos by David Cooper
The beloved holiday film is a new, classic musical!
Patrick Street Productions’ Artistic Producer, Peter Jorgensen has adapted the holiday favourite It’s a Wonderful Life and transformed it into a heavenly musical playing at the Anvil Centre Theatre through the holiday season from Dec 19 – Jan 5.
Clarence, the Angel (Greg Armstrong-Morris), has been struggling for over 200 years to get his wings when he’s given the task of saving George Bailey (Nick Fontaine), a small- town owner of the Bailey Building and Loan who, on Christmas Eve, considers throwing away his life. When Clarence shows him what the world would be like without him, George finally realizes just how wonderful life truly is.
“Wonderful Life was originally inspired by a short story entitled, The Greatest Gift,” Jorgensen explains. “The greatest gift, of course, is life – but George is given the greater gift of seeing what life would be like without him – of seeing the awful hole made in the lives of those around him had he never been born. Through George and Clarence we understand that it’s not our wildest dreams coming true that makes life wonderful, but the simple care and kindness we show to everyone around us every day.”
Featuring classic musical standards like Nice Work if You Can Get It (George & Ira Gershwin), One Life to Live (Kurt Weill), and Keep the Home Fires Burning (Ivor Novello), as well as traditional holiday carols, this Wonderful Life reminds us, through story and song, just how wonderful life really is – and that, as Clarence tells George, “No man is a failure who has friends.”
Breathing musical life into this timeless story while retaining its warmth and humour, It’s a Wonderful Life is now a wonderful holiday musical for the whole family to enjoy.
Direction by Peter Jorgensen
Musical Direction by Sean Bayntun
Lighting Design by Craig Alfredson
Set Design by Brian Ball
Sound Design by Bradley Danyluk
Costume Design by Christopher David Gauthier
Props Design by Chris Hall
Starring
Nick Fontaine as George Bailey, Erin Palm as Mary Hatch, Jim Hibbard as Uncle Billy
and Greg Armstrong-Morris as Clarence the Angel
Also featuring
Stephen Aberle, Oakley Arksey, Will Byassee, Andrew Cohen, Justin Lapeña, Kamyar Pazandeh, Vanessa Merenda, Gordon Roberts, Sayer Roberts, Ali Watson, and Colleen Winton
“It’s a sentimental, feel-good show as gooey as marshmallow candies, as sweet as caramel sauce, with just enough tartness to keep you from sugar shock.” – Hamilton Spectator
“A holiday favourite with musical wings” – Saskatoon Star Phoenix
