Marin Theatre Company continues its 2013-14 Season with a holiday production of Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol by Tom Mula, who was inspired to rehab A Christmas Carol, the annual theatrical standby, after performing the role of Scrooge onChicago stages for nearly a decade. Due to brisk ticket sales, MTC has extended this 'thoroughly charming holiday treat' (Daily Herald) by eight performances. Directed by Jon Tracy, who helmed last year's hit It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, and featuring actorsKhris Lewin (A Steady Rain), Rami Margron (debut), Nicholas Pelczar (The Whipping Man) and Stacy Ross (God of Carnage), the production will run during the holiday season for 36 performances, from today, November 21 through December 22.
Trinity Repertory Company is at the top of its game with this year's production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL, working theatrical magic to masterfully breathe new life into the familiar account of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge and the ghostly apparitions who visit him one fateful Christmas Eve.
A Christmas Carol (AChristmasCarolOnStage.com) by Charles Dickens, in an adaptation by Patrick Barlow (39 Steps) plays the Theatre at St. Clement's (423 W. 46th Street). The show is currently in previews with an opening night set for Monday, November 25th. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Hartford Stage will intensify the magic and merriment of A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story of Christmas with state-of-the-art lighting, new costumes, and awe-inspiring special effects for its 16th annual production of the Charles Dickens' masterpiece, for only four weeks, from November 29 to December 28.
Hark how the bells, Sweet silver bells, all seem to say, Throw cares away. Ring in the holiday season at Theatre Downtown ....join us for A Christmas Carol, a traditional telling based on the beloved novel by Charles Dickens. Frank Hilgenberg directs; musical direction by Rochelle Curbow Wheeler. The show runs November 29 thru December 23, 2013.
The Footlight Players, South Carolina's longest-producing theatre company, is proud to bring this musical interpretation of A Christmas Carol to the region for the first time with a talented cast, crew, and a score to knock your socks off in tow. A Christmas Carol tells Charles Dickens' timeless tale adapted by Bobby Cronin with original music, lyrics, and vocal arrangements by Angelyn Benson and Bobby Cronin. The story comes alive on stage December 6, 7, 12-14, and 19-21 at 8:00pm as well as December 8, 15, and 22 at 3:00pm.
Dover Little Theatre, 69 Elliot Street, Dover, NJ will present its second show of the 81st season, 'Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!)' written by Michael Carleton, James FitzGerald, and John K. Alvarez with original music by Will Knapp.
Back by popular demand, Centenary Stage Company presents this season's Family Holiday Spectacular A Christmas Carol: The Musical, running November 29 through December 15 in the Sitnik Theatre of The David and Carol Lackland Center. Charles Dickens' beloved Christmas classic is reborn in this musical extravaganza with a live orchestra and 75 performers appearing in dazzling dance numbers and moving songs.
This holiday season, The Secret Theatre is Long Island City's entertainment destination. With a daring new Steampunk-infused version of Oliver!, musicals made just for children as part of LIC's only weekly children's theatre program, a raucously funny new adaptation of fairytale favorite Cinderella, performances by The Secret Theatre Academy of Dramatic Arts' students, cast-led carols, trees, wreaths, presents and even a visit from Santa Claus, the stage is set for magical holiday memories.
Looking for a way to get into the holiday spirit? Check out this list of options to help you have a festive month and bookmark this page for handy reference! (To be updated with new shows as announced).
Vagabond Theatre Group's newest new play, August and Autumn by local playwright Brian Tuttle, directed by James Peter Sotis, will run at Boston Playwright's Theatre from November 30 through December 7.
Seen by nearly a quarter-million people since 1990, Hale Center Theater Orem is pleased to announce their 24rd annual production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Each night, 29 actors and actresses will fill their small stage to tell the classic Christmas ghost story of second chances and the redemption of Ebenezer Scrooge. The show runs November 30 through December 23, 2013.
Blessed Unrest presents a new adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, adapted by Matt Opatrny, and directed and choreographed by Jessica Burr. A Christmas Carol runs from December 5 - 22, 2013 in a limited engagement at The Interart Theatre, located at 500 West 52 Street (at the corner of 10th Avenue) in New York City. Previews begin December 5 for a December 7 opening. Get a first look at the cast below!
The Clear Space Theatre Company is currently hard at work, rehearsing one of the most popular holiday tales of all time, with a decidedly NEW twist for this Christmas season! The tale of loathsome Ebenezer Scrooge is shifted from London, England to London, Kentucky in 1937 - near the end of the Great Depression.
Abingdon Theatre Company presents a staged reading of a dynamic and evocative new adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic GREAT EXPECTATIONS, adapted for the stage and directed by Donald Brenner, on Monday, December 9 at 7pm at the June Havoc Theatre (312 West 36th Street) in Manhattan.
Guests love the four million dazzling lights, award-winning entertainment and delicious food for which Dollywood's Smoky Mountain Christmas presented by Humana is known. However, it may be one of Dollywood's newest 'performers' which leaves them buzzing. New this year is the groundbreaking production of Dollywood's A Christmas Carol, which uses holographic technology to bring Broadway favorite Dolly Parton to the stage as the Ghost of Christmas Past. This special twist on Charles Dickens' classic story marks the first time holograms have been featured in this family-favorite tale. Thanks to this new technology, Parton will perform, albeit as a hologram, in each performance.
Below, BroadwayWorld brings you highlights form the production, which includes a clip of Parton in action!
Strawdog Theatre Company and Interim Artistic Director Hank Boland proudly announce the second production in their 2013 - 2014 season, the critically-acclaimed adaption of Charles Dickens' classic Great Expectations, adapted by Gale Childs Daly and directed by Jason W. Gerace, has been extended through December 22, at Strawdog Theatre, 3829 N. Broadway St.. The performance schedule is Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 4 p.m. Single Tickets are $28 and on sale now. Subscriptions, group, senior and student discounts are also available. Tickets may be ordered online at strawdog.org or by calling 773.528.9696.
Uptowne High Point Association and NCShakes present the sights and sounds of Christmas at the fourth annual Uptowne High Point Holiday Stroll: A Dickens Christmas, Saturday, December 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The family-friendly event is free and open to the public.
