Charles Dickens News

Theatrical licensor Music Theatre International (MTI) has just announced the acquisition of licensing rights for Estella Scrooge (A Christmas Carol with a Twist).

Seattle Opera will celebrate this holiday season with two in-person performances by Seattle's beloved Drunken Tenor, Rob McPherson. Tickets are on sale now for A Very Drunken Christmas Carol at the Opera Center's Tagney Jones Hall.

Northern Kentucky University's School of the Arts continues its 21/22 Theatre & Dance season with 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood' by Rupert Holmes, running from Nov. 12-21, 2021 at NKU's Corbett Theatre.

A Christmas Carol written by Stephen Temperley and based on the story by Charles Dickens returns to Centenary Stage Company's Sitnik Theatre this season. Nineteenth-century London comes to life with this adaption made specifically for Centenary Stage Company.

The five-time Tony Award-winning production of 'A Christmas Carol' is playing at the Center Theatre Group / Ahmanson Theatre from November 30, 2021 through January 1, 2022. This timeless - and timely - tale of isolation and redemption welcomes theatregoers into an immersive experience that is brimming with Christmas spirit.

The stage of the Mimi Ohio Theatre, Playhouse Square will glow with good spirits and time-honored tradition when Great Lakes Theater (GLT) presents its 33rd production of Charles Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol, running November 26 – December 23, 2021.

Award-winning theatre-makers and digital stage specialists Creation Theatre announce a unique festive partnership with leading steak restaurant Hawksmoor to present an entertaining gourmet dining experience at home this Christmas.

Chesapeake Shakespeare Company will reopen its doors for public performances this holiday season by mounting a brand-new version of its annual production of A Christmas Carol. 

Meadow Brook Theatre celebrates the return of A Christmas Carol Running Nov. 19 through Dec. 23, 2021, on the campus of Oakland University in Rochester, Mich. 

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre presents the family-friendly, holiday classic A Christmas Carol December 2-24, 2021.

Acclaimed Washington actor Craig Wallace will reprise the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in a newly reimagined stage production of A Christmas Carol, with script based on the popular 2020 radio play adaption by Michael Wilson.

The Players' Ring continues its 30th Anniversary season with the world premiere of Bretton Reis' adaptation of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley's masterpiece of horror, from October 29 to November 14 at its Prescott Park home, 105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth.

Step behind the scenes of Denver's favorite holiday tradition with DCPA Properties Director Robin Payne as she walks through the process of pulling props out of storage and prepping them for their onstage appearance.

Northlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans, continues its 2021–2022 season with the World Premiere of Mr. Dickens’ Hat, A Play with Music written by Michael Hollinger, directed by David Catlin, with music direction by Chuck Larkin. 

Despite a pandemic and world stress, we need a little Christmas right this very minute. On Thursday, December 9 at 7:30 p.m., MagicSpace Entertainment brings A MAGICAL CIRQUE CHRISTMAS, a comedic, musical, and magic-filled time travel journey of the holidays through the years that is both a perfect date night and a family fun outing to St. Louis at the Fabulous Fox Theatre.

The Hippodrome Theatre will celebrate the holiday season by producing not one, but two live holiday classics, Miracle on 34th St (the musical) Radio Play, adapted from the 1947 Lux Radio Broadcast by Lance Arthur Smith, with original songs and arrangements by Jon Lorenz and A Christmas Carol, Adapted by Niall McGinty from Charles Dickens' novel.

Tipping Point Theatre is back in action and ready to create the live professional theatre you know and love. After shutting down their 13th Season halfway through due to the pandemic, their 14th season is gearing up to be one of their best yet

Casting has been announced for award-winning Antic Disposition's much-loved musical adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, which returns for a sixth season this December.

The Arts Club’s 2021–2022 season opener at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage puts a heartwarming country twist on a Christmas classic: Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol, with music and lyrics by the iconic Dolly Parton, starts November 18 and will run through January 2 (media opening: Wed, November 24, at 7:30 PM).

The five-time Tony Award-winning production of “A Christmas Carol” playing at the Center Theatre Group / Ahmanson Theatre from November 30, 2021 through January 1, 2022, has released a first look at Bradley Whitford in the role of Ebenezer Scrooge.