A freeFall holiday tradition continues with Keith Ferguson's and Bruce Greer's enchanting new musical adaptation of the Dickens classic. With a soaring and inspirational score, and faithful incarnations of all of the memorable characters, Dickens' ghost story leaps from the page and delights with stunning theatricality, lush scenery & costumes, and surprising special effects. Plan early to get your seats for this perfect holiday outing. A Christmas Carol, will run November 30 thru December 24, 2013. Special holiday performances have been added on Monday December 23 and Tuesday December 24 (Christmas Eve) in order for patrons to share this holiday classic with their family and friends visiting for the holidays.
Thirty-four years and going strong: South Coast Repertory's traditional holiday production of A Christmas Carol, complete with ghosts, vibrant costumes, dancing, endearing characters and a cast that includes 16 local school children and Hal Landon Jr. as Ebenezer Scrooge.
Aurora Theatre is giving patrons what they have been asking for-more holiday programing. In addition to the perennial favorite one-man A Christmas Carol, featuring Anthony P. Rodriguez, Aurora adds a hilariously irreverent one-woman show, The 12 Dates of Christmas. These shows will run for a limited 3-week engagement December 5-22 in repertory. Tickets are $15 to each show. Showtimes vary. See both shows with the Combo Ticket for only $25. The Combo Ticket is good for any combination of 2 shows you choose. The holidays are twice as nice when you get two tickets for one low price.
NightBlue Performing Arts Company (RENT, AVENUE Q, Monty Python's SPAMALOT!) has announced its upcoming production of "Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol" by Tom Mula.
NextStop Theatre Company's 2013-2014 season continues with the holiday repertory performances of Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol and The 12 Dates of Christmas Performances begin on December 3rd and 4th, respectively, at the Industrial Strength Theatre in Herndon. Celebrated DC actor Ray Ficca (President, The National Academy of Dramatic Arts) will take on the role of Jacob Marley while DC actress Kari Ginsburg will star as Mary in The 12 Dates of Christmas.
The spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future converge on the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park as U.S. Bank presents Charles Dickens' iconic holiday story, A CHRISTMAS CAROL. The beloved tale of a miserly humbug's redemption, enjoyed each season by multiple generations of Cincinnatians, will be performed for its 23rd year in the Playhouse's Robert S. Marx Theatre from Nov. 27 through Dec. 29.
The Dowd family has a problem. Beloved brother, Elwood, has taken up with an unsettling best friend - Harvey, a giant, invisible rabbit whom he escorts around town and kindly introduces to everyone he meets. Elwood has always been a bit eccentric, but what is a respectable sister expected to bear - especially when she's trying to find a husband for her daughter? That's the dilemma in Harvey, one of American theater's most funny and charming comedies, coming to the Fallon House stage through November 24, directed by Dennis Jones. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol will run from Friday, November 29 to Sunday, December 29 at the Robert Shackleton Playhouse located in downtown Cape May on the corner of Lafayette and Bank Streets. Performances are at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and at 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are $35 for adults, $30 seniors (62+) and $15 students. There is no half-price preview performance for this production; the official opening night will be Friday, November 29. A special half-price senior matinee will take place on Sunday, December 8 and there will be a special "pay-what-you-can" matinee at 3 p.m. on Saturday, December 14. For more information and reservations, please call the box office at (609) 770-8311 or visit the theatre's website at www.capemaystage.org.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Alliance Theatre's annual holiday gift to Atlanta, returns November 29, 2013 for its 24th production. The most heartwarming story of the season comes to life with holiday carols, stunning stage magic and your favorite Atlanta actors. Directed by Rosemary Newcott, the Sally G. Tomlinson Artistic Director of Theatre for Youth, A CHRISTMAS CAROL has become a tradition for many families around the southeast. Opening night is Wednesday, December 4, 7:00 p.m.
Marin Theatre Company is now booking for its 2014 School Tour of Rapunzel, written by Mike Kenny, directed by Daunielle Rasmussen, MTC's Director of Education, and featuring actors Tristan Cunningham, Britney Frazier and Julianna Rees. Now in its seventh year, MTC's School Tour program brings professional theater productions to Bay Area elementary schools and libraries. Bookings for Rapunzel are available from January 13 through February 7, 2014.
The Clarence Brown Theatre holiday tradition of the timeless Dickens classic "A Christmas Carol" returns November 27 through December 22 on the Clarence Brown Theatre mainstage.
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 when the annual festival opens Saturday, Nov. 9.
The Hendersonville Performing Arts Company (formerly known as The Steeple Players) will present their next production for the holiday season. A musical setting for Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is a natural, and this holiday The Hendersonville Performing Arts Company's production (based on the Broadway version) generously crams music into its quick spin through the venerable story.
The familiar story of Scrooge, Tiny Tim and the ghosts that change a life is a holiday favorite and annual tradition for scores of families in the area. "'A Christmas Carol' is our gift to southeast Michigan," said Cheryl Marshall, MBT managing director. "People come back year after year. Maybe they saw it 20 years ago with a school group and now want to share it with their children. It's a magical event."
Gulfshore Playhouse announces a call for submissions for their Second Annual New Works Festival to take place in late summer 2014. The New Works Festival will bring together four playwrights and a team of actors and directors for a week-long festival in which each playwright will hone their play and then present their work to an audience.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) and hip-hop sensations the Q Brothers are back at it again turning up the volume with a fresh take on a beloved classic. The Q Brothers and CST Creative Producer Rick Boynton have come together to develop A Q Brothers' Christmas Carol-a hip-hop reinterpretation of the perennial holiday favorite by Charles Dickens. Now, alongside Chicago theaters' familiar renditions of this heartwarming tale, audiences will participate in the creation of an energized, reinvented tradition. Work-in-progress performances of A Q Brothers' Christmas Carol will run in the theater Upstairs at Chicago Shakespeare, November 30-December 22, 2013.
Gulfshore Playhouse continues their 10th Anniversary season with new award-winning drama Something Intangible by Bruce Graham, playing tonight, November 1st through 24th with a pay-what-you-can preview performance on October 29th and a $25 preview performance on October 30th.
Charles Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol is returning to Frederick for the twentieth straight year with Maryland Ensemble Theatre's production December 20 through 22 at the Weinberg Center for the Arts. The cast of over two dozen actors portraying the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future will transport audiences to Victorian England as the penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge learns the error of his miserly ways and embraces the true spirit of Christmas. 'We really do feel like it's a holiday gift we can give to our community,' said the show's director Julie Herber. 'The spirit of the show is infectious, the energy we feel greeting the audience after the show is always so cheerful and heartwarming.'
Covedale Center for the Performing Arts will present A Christmas Carol on November 29 - December 22, 2013. The show features Book and Lyrics by Tim Perrino, Music by Jeremy Helmes, Based on the book by Charles Dickens.
