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A favorite local holiday tradition is now in its 10th fully-staged revival: Pasadena Theatre Company's annual production of "It's a Wonderful Life."

Center Stage presents adaptation of popular 1946 holiday movie "It's a Wonderful Life" in the form of a radio play, with actors assuming multiple roles.

You can return to Bedford Falls this season via a "live radio play" at Center Stage.

The Performance Arts Association of Linthicum is returning to North County High School

'Tis the season to revisit sentimental stories, and the Laurel Mill Playhouse may be earning its wings in a faithful rendition of "It's A Wonderful Life." Veteran director Michael V. Hartsfield, of Laurel, chose a fresh adaptation for the Playhouse's revival of the traditional holiday story. Written in 2006, "It's A Wonderful Life, the Radio Play" by Philip Grecian and produced here by Laurel resident Maureen Rogers, easily captures all the familiar heart-warming moments, and then some.

In addition to the usual flurry of such perennial favorites as Handel's "Messiah" and Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker," this year's lineup gains fresh spice from several new-to-Baltimore productions, including a play about the last Christmas of the Civil War and stage adaptations of popular holiday movies.

In addition to the usual flurry of such perennial favorites as Handel's "Messiah" and Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker," this year's lineup gains fresh spice from several new-to-Baltimore shows, including a play about the last Christmas of the Civil War and stage adaptations of popular holiday movies.

The Marriotts Ridge High School Theatre Department will present its rendition of "Arsenic and Old Lace" Thursday, Nov. 21 through Saturday, Nov. 23 at 7 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 24 at 3 p.m.

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