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  Chekhov’s “The Seagull,” one of the touchstones of dramatic literature, gets a...

A classic Christmas story that’s become a popular on-stage production was performed at Russell Sage College in Troy this month in a unique way. In the fifth part of WAMC’s holiday News Series, Southern Adirondack Bureau Chief Lucas Willard reports on a staged radio play of “It’s a Wonderful Life.”

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Throughout the pandemic, theater organizations have been struggling to find a delivery system that will be functional, inexpensive and still replicate the live theater experience. Most people in the industry believed the ultimate solution would be a hybrid. Something on a digital platform that captured the storytelling essence of live theater. Few would have assumed that radio shows would have found itself in the mix. But here we are. - Advertisement - In March, th...