Not many (IF any) audience members will show up to Tacoma Little Theatre without having seen the classic Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore version directed by Frank Capra. It's practically mandatory holiday viewing and is designed to tug on heartstrings and fill the audience with holiday cheer. There isn't much different than the film version expect the chronology of how the story unfolds. Clarence and his superior act as narrators to cover information that isn't shown as easily without film making techniques.
Read Joann Varnell's full review of It's a Wonderful Life in the Music & Culture section.
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through Dec. 22, Tacoma Little Theatre, 210 N. I St., Tacoma, $15-$22, 253.272.2281
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