Every Christmas Eve, the Stanford Theatre presents Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life on the big screen. It’s a great retro experience to see any film in an elegantly restored movie palace (balcony and all), especially with a Mighty Wurlitzer Organ pre-concert. But sharing the laughs and tears of It’s a Wonderful Life with a large (I’m guessing about 750 seats), sell-out audience is very rich indeed.
The tickets are an egalitarian ten bucks or so, but you must be invested in the experience – you can only buy tickets IN PERSON at the Stanford Theatre box office. The tickets go on sale with little fanfare in the first week of December and quickly sell out. So you have to watch the Stanford Theatre’s website for the start of ticket sales and show up to buy tickets weeks ahead of time. The unforgettable experience is worth it.
This year, advance tickets go on sale Friday, December 14 at 5:00 PM. The Wife and I will be lined up at 4:30.