Deck the halls, trim the tree, and spin the dreidel. BroadwayWorld is continuing our tradition of celebrating the holiday season with a 12 Days of Christmas countdown. This year we've invited the incredible George Salazar to share his favorite holiday performances. Check back daily to get in the holiday spirit in time for December 25 and to find out what else made his list!
ELF THE MUSICAL will bring back the wonder and delight of Christmas to even the grouchiest of winter workdays; Sam Hartley leads a cast who are full of the Christmas spirit and will make a Santa Claus believer out of you.
Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) and BrooklynONE (bkONE) Productions team to present THE KRAMPUS from playwright Stephen Gracia. A group of friends bond at a bar on Christmas Eve and share their childhood fears of the Krampus, a real figure from Norse mythology who was a demonic companion to Santa Claus. Directed by Michael LoPorto, who founded D3C with Gracia, the darkly funny show features original music in the form of bawdy holiday carols. The show starts at 8:00pm on Tuesday, December 18 at St. John's Lutheran Chruch, 81 Christopher Street, New York, NY 10014. There is a $5 suggested donation.
The Golden Gays NYC present 'Thank Yule for Being a Friend' aka Every Christmas Story Ever Told, A Golden Girls Musical Holiday Spectacular!
Musical Theatre Heritage's annual Christmas Spectacular opened the weekend of December 7th for a run through December 23rd at the MTH Theater on the third floor of Crown Center in downtown Kansas City. An eight-person cast along with a four-piece orchestra combines traditional popular Holiday music with some less familiar selections chosen to display the unusual skillsets of this cast.
It would be hard to find a classier and more joyful Christmas treat than Joe Stilgoe's one-night-only show Christmas at the Movies, featuring special guests Louise Dearman, saxophonist Jess Gillam and Rob Brydon. Highlights of the show will be broadcast on BBC Radio 2 at 18.00 on Christmas Day.
The Golden Gays NYC present 'Thank Yule for Being a Friend' aka Every Christmas Story Ever Told, A Golden Girls Musical Holiday Spectacular!
Producing Artistic, Director, David E. Leidholdt and Millbrook Playhouse Board of Directors have announced the 2018 Millbrook Playhouse Youth Ensembles' fourth annual holiday production, THE HOLLY JOLLY MILLBROOK FOLLIES. Running December 14 through 16 on the Ryan Main Stage at the Millbrook Playhouse.
The 87th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade Featuring Marine Toys for Tots, led by Grand Marshal Nancy O'Dell of Entertainment Tonight, and produced by Associated Television International, will be telecast as a two-hour primetime special on The CW Network on Friday, December 14, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT, 7:00 p.m. CT.
This undiscovered artist is as beautiful as she is talented. She has laid down her version of 9 of the world's greatest Christmas hits, on her album, titled, 'A Classic Christmas: Joy.' LaQuenta Bastian, stage name 'La Que,' is a 22 year old singer song writer, out of Winter Haven Florida. This album is La Que's first professional release of any kind, and hints back to the styles of classic Christmas music, but with a modern jazz feel. Her version of the timeless hits like 'Santa Baby,' makes the song like new again. Her voice and style is compared to greats, such as Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong.
The Golden Gays NYC present 'Thank Yule for Being a Friend' aka Every Christmas Story Ever Told, A Golden Girls Musical Holiday Spectacular!
KPFK Radio's Arts in Review, Los Angeles's longest-running radio showcase on live theater and cabaret, presents its annual one-hour Christmas Day Holiday Drama Special, highlighted by the premiere radio dramatization, Christmas at the Algonquin, performed by the Arts in Review (AIR) Repertory Players, and the 15th annual concert presentation of Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales, featuring actor Al Alu. Also featured is the music of singer/songwriter Al Jarreau, guitarist AnnaMaria, Koto Keys (Mara Purl & Marilyn Harris) and Pacifica Archives Music For the Holidays. Hosted by entertainment journalist Julio Martinez, the program airs Tuesday, December 25 (10-11am) on KPFK 90.7.FM and is streamed live worldwide on kpfk.org.
Caleb Chapman and his Crescent Super Band are so well-liked among Utah audiences that bringing him and his musicians to SCERA Center for the Arts in Orem is becoming a holiday tradition.
THE HAPPY ELF is filled with elves, Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus and a town where everyone is the naughty list and Christmas is forbidden. These are just some of the things that face Eubie, the happiest elf at the North Pole. THE HAPPY ELF is featured at the Black Box Theatre, located in the Johnson County Arts and Heritage Center in Overland Park, Kansas. THE HAPPY ELF runs thru December 23rd and is a wonderful show for the whole family.
Who believes in flying reindeer-Dasher, Dancer and Prancer? One of the seasonal productions on stage at Anoka's Lyric Arts Main Street Stage titled 'Prancer' had its beginnings in a 1989 Canadian American film written by Greg Taylor. Eventually, Seattle Children's Theatre and Children's Theatre Company Minneapolis commissioned the film for a play in 2016--Th dramatic and charming holiday selection speaks to what does a person, or those in the audience, believe int? Do they believe in magic, even the unseen that requires faith to believe in?
WINDER WONDERETTES is playwright Roger Bean's new sequel to his previous hit jukebox musical comedy The Marvelous Wonderettes, which the Castle Craig Players produced last year. The same brilliant director Ian Galligan brings back the same four extremely talented actresses who gel together with tighter harmonies and stronger stage chemistry than many touring bands have ever attained. Chelsea Dacey, Emma Czaplinski, Jessica Engster, and Jennifer Del Sole reprise their roles of Suzy, Missy, Betty Jean, and Cindy Lou, respectively. Musical director Chris Coffee leads the three piece backstage live band that accompanies the singers, enhancing the quality of this show that is marvelous all around with excellent acting, singing, dancing, and stage antics.
Important to note right from the start ... Jeff Goode wrote The Eight: Reindeer Monologues back in the early 1990s around the time of the Clinton administration. The vehicle was his way of speaking out on a number of political issues. Maybe the sex scandal of Bill Clinton? Taking Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus, who are revered as two of the most benevolent fantasy characters of all time, and gossiping about their bouts with sexual harrassment and alcoholism, turns them into pretty despicable people. But when you are that good and held up as a model of perfection, something's gotta give. Everyone has flaws, and Goode has his reindeer take them to the extreme.
Oye Como Va! In NoHo this season the Troubies turn up the heat on their annual holiday send-up on the Debbie Reynolds Mainstage at the historic El Portal Theatre. The band will be pumping and hips will be swinging as the Ovation Award winning, Los Angeles-based Troubadour Theater Company presents The Year Without a Santana Claus, a musical parody which fuses the music of Carlos Santana and the Rankin & Bass 70's claymation TV special The Year Without A Santa Claus. The company's Master of Mayhem and Artistic Director Matt Walker directs.
Classic hits by The Carpenters and other holiday favorites will be performed by Chicago-based singer, Lisa Rock and her six-piece band at Husson University's Gracie Theatre today, December 8, 2018 at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
The cult classic Christmas film, A CHRISTMAS STORY, jumps to life in December on stage at The Sauk, Hillsdale County's community theatre for eight performances December 6-16.
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