...play of the season draws on the characters and themes of the holiday classic "It's a Wonderful Life," bringing George Bailey and the other residents of Bedford Falls together through a single narrator. "This Wonderful Life" had a very short...

...play of the season draws on the characters and themes of the holiday classic "It's a Wonderful Life," bringing George Bailey and the other residents of Bedford Falls together through a single narrator. "This Wonderful Life" had a very short...

...raking in less cash from cinemas, film studios failed, actors starved and Hollywood became a ghost town? (What if George Bailey had never been born? No, that's another movie.) Most important, what if I'm not able to sell this "what if...

...Wonderful Life," starring James Stewart as the troubled George Bailey on Christmas Eve in fictional Bedford Falls, Conn...well. He has the kind of quality on stage that is very George Bailey-like." Christian, who has never acted in one-man...

...encouragement, they pledged financial support. "The check's in the mail," many of them said. Suddenly, pat felt like George Bailey in the Christmas movie classic "It's a Wonderful Life." The equipment still has to be replaced, but the attitude...

...actor and thoughtfully directed production could accomplish this. The role calls for the actor to simultaneously play George Bailey as he talks to the villain Mr. Potter, George as he woos Mary, and Clarence as he talks to the depressed George...

...least 40 messages from people saying they've put a check in the mail," Costello said Friday. "I really felt like George Bailey in 'It's a Wonderful Life.' " And it's a wonderful Web site, according to the e-mails in his guestbook at...

...geese! And don't forget what is perhaps the most popular Christmas movie, "It's a Wonderful Life," in which George Bailey reassures us that regular Joes can triumph in the never-ending struggle between self-interest and what's good...