Charles Dickens News

The Hill Country Community Theatre presents Christmas classic, A Christmas Carol, Dec. 4-14. Cottonwood Shores/Marble Falls/Horseshoe Bay, TX - Uncluttered by spectacle, the audience's imagination is free to soar, and this classic story comes to life in a way you have never imagined.

?The Imaginary Theatre Company, the young audiences touring ensemble of The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, will present a hysterical and modern version of Bah! Humbug! this holiday season. Adapted from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens with book, music and lyrics by Jack Herrick, this 45-minute performance, suitable for all ages, is a musical adventure that reminds us of the true meaning of Christmas and the importance of giving.

The Students' Theatre, a division of The Highwood Theatre, presents the Tony Award-winning musical, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, written by Rupert Holmes and directed by Kevin Kearney. Kearney's talented cast of students, ranging from grades 4-12, will delight audiences in this comedic reworking of Charles Dickens' unfinished murder mystery.

Nineteenth-century London comes to life when Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit, and, of course, Ebenezer Scrooge take you on a fantastical journey through Christmas Past, Present, and Future. Scrooge's story of redemption remains as powerful and uplifting as ever. Adapted for the stage by Joseph Hanreddy and Edward Morgan, A CHRISTMAS CAROL runs November 28 - December 21 at Houston Family Arts Center.

Celebrate the holidays at Children's Theatre of Charlotte with a musical retelling of the classic Charles Dickens story, "Scrooge!". This yuletide treat opens at CTC Dec. 5 and runs through Dec. 22.

Hartford Stage will intensify the magic and merriment of A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story of Christmas with dazzling new costumes and awe-inspiring special effects for its 17th annual production of Charles Dickens' masterpiece from November 28 to December 28.

The Citizens Theatre presents Eric the Elf's Chaotic Christmas, a Christmas show for little ones in the theatre's Circle Studio from Thursday 11 - Wednesday 31 December. Written specially for 3 - 6 year olds, Eric the Elf's Chaotic Christmas is devised, composed and directed by Andy McGregor. Eric the Elf's Chaotic Christmas is a fun-filled, interactive, inspiring musical adventure featuring lots of laughs and songs to sing along with and is an ideal introduction to the magic of theatre.

Grove Theater Center (GTC) will present A Christmas Carol, an adaptation that uses only Charles Dickens' original words, from November 22 to December 20 at 1111-b West Olive, Burbank, California.

Independent Shakespeare Co. (ISC), producers of the Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival, presents A CHRISTMAS CAROL WITH CHARLES DICKENS.

As we approach the 50th Anniversary of the passage of New York City's Landmarks Law in 2015, it is especially timely that we have the privilege to announce Meenakshi Srinivasan, Chair of the Landmarks Preservation Commission, as the Honorary Chair of A Christmas Carol at the Merchant's House Benefit Gala. The Merchant's House was the first building designated a landmark in the Borough of Manhattan at the inaugural meeting of the Landmarks Preservation Commission in September 1965.

Off Sides Entertainment, Inc. has announced that after the critically-acclaimed eight-month, off-Broadway run and first national tour of their interactive, improvised musical, THE GREATEST PIRATE STORY NEVER TOLD!, their merry band of singing pirates will return to the Snapple Theater Center with an all new production: THE GREATEST PIRATE HOLIDAY SPECTACULARRR! The production will open on Saturday, December 20th at 11:00 a.m. for a strictly limited holiday engagement of only ten performances. Co-authors Christopher and Rick Leidenfrost-Wilson will direct.

Town Players of Newtown is getting ready to celebrate the holidays with A CHRISTMAS CAROL, opening December 5 at The Little Theatre.

Due to popular demand, the Arden Theatre Company announces a one week extension of Great Expectations, based on the book by Charles Dickens and adapted by Gale Childs Daly. Great Expectations, originally scheduled to close on December 14, 2014, now runs through December 21, 2014 at the Arden Theatre Company, 40 N. 2nd Street.

The Winthrop Playmakers have announced their hilarious holiday production of the full length comedy Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!) by John K. Alvarez, Michael Carleton, and James FitzGerald with an original song by Will Knapp. Winthrop resident and long-time Playmaker Anthony J. Internicola will direct with stage management by Wes Toma-Lee.

During its special holiday engagement at the Barrow Street Theatre, 27 Barrow Street, 'Swamp Juice' will offer post-show workshops on the weekends that teach parents and their kids how to recycle everyday household items into richly detailed shadow puppets. Jeff Achtem, the internationally acclaimed puppet innovator from Melbourne Australia, leads these hands-on workshops on three Saturdays -- December 6, 13 and 27 and one Sunday -- December 21.

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Trinity Rep announces its annual presentation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, as adapted by Adrian Hall and Richard Cumming, directed by Taibi Magar, and featuring resident acting company member Fred Sullivan, Jr. as Scrooge. Now playing through December 31. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast onstage below!

Noel Coward's rarely produced first hit show, updated to the Swinging Sixties, returns with the original director and cast at the Matrix Theatre.

The King Center for the Performing Arts has announced a variety of music, dance and holiday entertainment coming up this season. Scroll down for details!

The following are highlights of The CW's Holiday episodes and specials