Paul McCartney co-writing It’s A Wonderful Life musical

Paul McCartney is collaborating on a stage musical adaptation of the Christmas film It’s A Wonderful Life, it has been announced. The 1946 classic, starring James Stewart, was produced and directed by Frank Capra. It tells the story of a suicidal man, George Bailey, who is saved by a guardian angel, played by Henry Travers, who shows Bailey the difference his life has made. The adaptation is McCartney’s first stage musical, although he has previously created film scores, ballet works, and the 1984 film musical Give My Regards To Broad Street. The new collaboration, is set to launch in late