Photo Preview: Jim Stanek Stars In Skyline Theatre Co's IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: THE LIVE RADIO PLAY
Skyline Theatre Company is bringing Broadway to Bergen County this holiday season with Jim Stanek starring in their benefit staging of It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, Saturday December 12th, at 2:00pm and 7:30pm at the Fair Lawn Community Center's George Frey Center for Arts and Recreation.
Mr. Stanek is a six time Broadway veteran, having appeared in Elton John's Lestat, the classic Little Women, The Rivals, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum with Whoopi Goldberg, Indiscretions with Jude Law, and most recently The Story Of My Life with Malcolm Getz. He has also graced the Off-Broadway circuit starring in the new musical version of Frankenstein, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change and Jaques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris.
Mr. Stanek, who will be playing the role immortalized by the great James Stewart, will be joined on stage by New York actress Tiffany Lutz as Mary. The rest of the population of Bedford Falls is portrayed by a cast of New Jersey professionals: Joe Vierno of Edison, Paul Salvetoriello of South Orange, and Alan Van Antwerp of Little Falls.
Frank Capra's beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a 1940's radio broadcast, and brings the story of the idealistic George Bailey as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve. It's A Wonderful Life is "One of the best holiday shows around...This is a fresh and inventive way of reconnecting with a classic story of love and redemption." (Mary Houlihan, Chicago Sun-Times)
Skyline Theatre Company is Bergen County's newest professional theatre company. STC brings professional performers, designers, and staff from New York City and the surrounding area together to produce an exciting array of musicals and plays. The company is proud of its Artists in Focus program which brings professionals from Broadway and television into the classroom and an apprentice program that trains arts students with professionals while in production.Look for other STC productions and events this season. The annual STC Broadway for the Arts fund raiser is April 18th, 2010, at Biagio's Ristorante in Paramus. In the spring, a production of the Pulitzer Prize winning play Driving Miss Daisy will also be presented at the George Frey Center for Arts and Recreation in Fair Lawn May 13th-16th, 2010.1-800-474-1299 or visit www.SkylineTheatreCompany.org.
Jim Stanek, Tiffany Lutz and Paul Salvetoriello
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