The Shaw Festival has announced its 61st season. A mix of classics, real hidden gems, new works and a variety of voices will be seen, heard and experienced in both their indoor and outdoor spaces next season.
Award-Winning Broadway Producer/Director/Performer Jordan Scott Gilbert (Broadway's Ghost The Musical, A Tale Of Two Cities) will co-star as Ernest Defarge, as well as direct the production. Bryant Martin will star as Sydney Carton alongside Jacquelyn Zliczewski as Lucie Manette and original Broadway cast member Walter Winston ONeil (Broadway's Wicked, A Tale Of Two Cities) as Dr. Manette.
This holiday season, Summoners Ensemble Theatre and the Merchant’s House Museum will celebrate the 10-year anniversary of A CHRISTMAS CAROL at the MERCHANT’S HOUSE. Performances run November 23 through December 29.
A hilarious musical whodunit! The audience chooses the murderer in this rollicking adaptation of Charles Dickens’ unfinished novel. Written by Rupert Holmes (Curtains, Escape (The Pina Colada Song)), the show was the first Broadway musical with multiple endings (determined by audience vote). The musical won five Tony Awards out of eleven nominations, including Best Musical.
The cast of Edinburgh Fringe show Classic! enjoyed a visit to The National Library of Scotland this week. The show sees the cast perform 42 classic novels in 60 minutes. The library holds many rare first editions of books that are featured in the show as well as handwritten letters by Jane Austen and Robert Louis Stevenson. Check out photos here!
The FSCJ Artist Series, sponsored by VyStar Credit Union, presents Charles Dickens' most beloved holiday story, A Christmas Carol, on Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at 7:30pm at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts (formerly the Times-Union Center).
Audible, a world-wide leader in spoken-word entertainment, has announced an exclusive deal with Sam Mendes (1917, American Beauty), which will see the Oscar winning director executive produce audio dramas of three of Dickens' best-loved titles, brought to life by all-star British casts.
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts have announced that tickets for the 2022/23 DCPA Theatre Company productions will go on sale Friday, August 5 at 10am MT.
This season features a remarkable selection of plays, but starts its season with a spectacular reimagining of the operaCarmen with Carmen Jones, music by George Bizet, book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, followed by Patrick Barlow’s imaginative take on the timeless A Christmas Carol, then the Off-Broadway hit Selling Kabul, Lucy Kirkwood’s thought-provoking The Children, and ETC will close its season with an absolutely delicious play from acclaimed playwright Theresa Rebeck, Seared.
Single Tickets for Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s 2022/23 Season go on sale Monday, August 1. Don’t miss the return of Titanic The Musical; world premieres by celebrated playwrights Eleanor Burgess, Lloyd Suh and Catherine Trieschmann; and more.
Penfold Theatre Company has announced the titles and dates for the 2022-23 Season. Season 15 will bring the return of Penfold in the Park for its 10th season, the reimagining of classic stories, “Great Plays in Great Places” productions, the inclusion and illusion of magic, the second world premiere in a new play commission series, and more.
This November, MagicSpace Entertainment will launch the national tour of A MAGICAL CIRQUE CHRISTMAS, a comedic, musical, and magic-filled holiday experience that makes a perfect date night, fun family adventure, and group outing.
Adrian Edmondson will play Ebenezer Scrooge in the Royal Shakespeare Company's revival of David Edgar's adaptation of Dickens' much-loved classic story A Christmas Carol. The production, directed by Rachel Kavanaugh, runs in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon between 26 October 2022 – 1 January 2023.
The historic Royal Theatre in Downtown Benton is preparing for its 2022-2023 season. This 29th season for The Royal Players is filled with an eclectic group of musicals ranging from a retelling of an iconic literary tale, a musical theater classic, and a Disney favorite, just to name a few.
The film stars Luke Evans (voices Scrooge), Olivia Colman (voices Past), Jessie Buckley (voices Isabel Fezziwig), Johnny Flynn (voices Bob Cratchit), Fra Fee (voices Harry Huffam), Giles Terera (voices Tom Jenkins), Trevor Dion Nicholas (voices Present), James Cosmo (voices Mr Fezziwig), and Jonathan Pryce (voices Jacob Marley).
The Old Vic announced that Tony Award winner Owen Teale (Game of Thrones, Line of Duty) will play the role of Scrooge in this year's A Christmas Carol, the smash hit production of Charles Dickens' immortal classic, directed by The Old Vic's Artistic Director Matthew Warchus and adapted for the stage by Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child).
This is playwright Chisa Hutchinson's their outing at CATF. I liked both of her previous entries, and she continue to wax both original and amusing, without slighting the serious messages she always delivers.