A Wonderful Life
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Nov 12, 2006
Closed Dec 17, 2006
Opened Nov 12, 2006
Closed Dec 17, 2006
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A Wonderful Life, based upon Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life, has become a holiday tradition. Now, Sheldon Harnick's musical adaptation makes its Paper Mill debut just in time for the holidays. This is the story of George Baily, a small town banker with big time dreams that never came true. Time after time, George sacrificed his own ambitions for those around him, watching success slip right through his fingers. Now, on the night of his most devastating failure, George contemplates suicide. But with the help of Clarence, an unlikely angel determined to get his wings, George will realize that success is defined in many ways, and that everything he has is everything a man could want. This production is filled with Norman Rockwell moments that evoke the beloved film.
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Like its iconic American everyman hero George Bailey, A Wonderful Life, the musical adaptation of Frank Capra's Christmas perennial It's a Wonderful Life now on view at the Paper Mill Playhouse, is highly respectable. The only catch is that whereas respectability is more than welcome in life, musicals don't trade heavily on the sometime spare commodity. No, sir; they thrive on inspiration.
However, inspiration is not A Wonderful Life's strong point. The show has music by the late Joe Raposo, beloved nowadays for his Sesame Street winners, "Being Green" and "Sing," and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, who is also providing a musical book for the first time. Harnick is generally faithful to the f[...]