Pioneer Theatre Company's Loge Gallery presents an exhibit of paintings by local artists Jake, Songer, Steve Songer and Jerry Read Hancock. The collection will be on display during PTC's production of It Happened One Christmas, December 4 through December 19, 2015.
Since 2008, the business leaders in the Lower Manhattan communities of Chinatown and Little Italy - The Chinatown Partnership and the Little Italy Merchants Association (LIMA) - have joined forces during the Christmas season in the spirit of peace and good will to celebrate the holidays by co-producing and presenting a colorful parade, aptly called The East Meets West Christmas Parade, that proceeds through the main streets of both communities on the Saturday afternoon before Christmas Day.
Now there's a succinct, wonderful and truthful way for parents to have 'that talk' when their kids say, 'Billy said Santa Claus isn't real.' The response to that statement is presented simply, logically and warmly in the short story 'The Spirit of Santa' by author Peter Hackmeister. 'The Spirit of Santa' lets kids fondly bring Santa along into every one of their Christmases for the rest of their lives, and pass his tradition on to their children, as well. Drawing on personal experience, Mr. Hackmeister created this honest story for his own children. 'Every parent knows that there comes a day when their children question the existence of Santa,' he said. 'You hate to see that wide-eyed wonder fade away. I told this story to my kids so the Spirit of Santa would remain joyful and true for them.' It truly is the perfect Christmas gift for the whole family. Actual Amazon customer reviews of 'The Spirit of Santa' have been grateful and sincere: 1) 'What a simple, heartfelt way to deal with one of a parent's most sensitive challenges. I'll save it for my grandchildren.' 2) 'I always hated lying about Santa Claus to my kids. I wish I had read this many years ago. It describes how 'Yes there is a Santa Claus' wonderfully well.' 3) 'This tiny gem explains the true meaning of Santa and how he came about. It opened my son's eyes.' 'The Spirit of Santa' is now available to everybody worldwide free for five days on Amazon's Kindle platform starting Wednesday morning, December 9 through Sunday evening, December 13, 2015. After that date it can be downloaded for $0.99. Click here - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AP84JMM Kindle books can be read on any device: smartphone, tablet or computer. The free app is also available at this link. Mr. Hackmeister is a carpenter, author, serial entrepreneur, and inventor with three patents. He developed the original patent on what is now known as streaming video.
There's no finer Christmas entertainment than an original story about home and family that has lots of humor, music and more than enough touches of magic...and of course, several kids and, to top it all off, Santa and Mrs. Claus. That's pretty much it in a nutshell with Home For Christmas, 2015's holiday show currently onstage at Candlelight Pavilion in Claremont through December 27. It's a whole lot of imaginative fun that you cannot afford to miss.
Grand Rapids, MI - The Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GFIA) is getting into the holiday spirit with a music festival, Irish dancers, and a visit from Santa Claus.
The musicians of the Houston Symphony are spreading holiday cheer during this most wonderful -- and busy -- time of year. POPS, family and classical concerts will transpire on the Jones Hall stage in the name of holiday celebration from December 10-20, including the annual traditions Very Merry Pops and Handel's Messiah, as well as A Free Holiday Concert and a special presentation of A Frosty & Frozen Christmas for the little ones.
The premiere production of Pioneer Theatre Company's original revue, IT HAPPENED ONE CHRISTMAS, is a warm ode to the spirit of the holidays.
Christmas productions come sweet or sour this time or year. It hardly matters which one - everybody seemingly has to do something connected with the holiday. as if it were the only thing that would lure people away from stores, parties and seasonal responsibilities.
Santa Claus is dead, the reindeer are armed, the elves are hedonistic party monsters, and all the children have gone mad. Welcome to Xmas Town, a dark and deranged city that was built after a mysterious disaster destroyed wholesome Christmas Town. But now the town is facing a new threat: rumors are flying that the true end is near. For our town of wicked holiday characters, this might be their last Christmas Eve. Part haunted house, part children's theatre for adults, The ChristmApocalypse: The Xmas Town Trilogy is a singular theatrical experience for the Holiday season.
Below, check out quotables from NBC's THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON, November 30 – December 4
This week FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz and beyond. To purchase tickets or for more information, visitwww.54Below.com/Feinsteins or call (646) 476-3551.
On December 19, 2015, from 1:00 to 4:00pm, the Douglas Morrisson Theatre will host an open house to welcome the community inside for some good cheer and fun in celebration of the holiday season. Come make merry with DMT! Santa Claus will be in residence all afternoon and children of all ages are invited to stop by and share their wish lists. Enjoy tours of the theatre, warm cider and cookies, carol singing, seasonal stories, and much more!
Michael Sterling, BroadwayWorld TV's Los Angeles On-Air Host and Producer, gets up close and personal with well-known and respected theatre reviewer/journalist Don Grigware (www.grigwaretalkstheatre) and Los Angeles Senior Editor for www.BroadwayWorld.com, has just released the sequel to Two Worlds Together, Donnelly's Greatest Christmas, which was released on amazon.com last December, 2014. The title of the sequel is Two Worlds Together, Donnelly's Greatest Christmas Books II & III, which concludes the story introduced in the first volume. Books II & III are together in one volume and include colorful illustrations by local artist Laurie Morgan. Both this volume and the previous one are available in paperback and on kindle.
Get out your Christmas sweater, fill your glass with mulled wine, and let Broadway Rose's A TAFFETA CHRISTMAS get you into the spirit of the season.
The West Coast Premiere of playwright Neil Haven's WHO KILLED SANTA? features wonderful puppet work and clever re-workings of classic holiday songs. Ronnie Marmo directs his cast of five puppet characters and Santa Claus. Haven wittily sends up some old Christmas chestnuts, like 'Silent Night,' 'Carol of the Bells,' 'Baby, It's Cold Outside.'
Neil Goldberg who created and directed CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE, wanted to create a Cirque show that was not only family-friendly, but one that could tour the country. His ideas, based partly on his own ornament collection, came to fruition with this unique holiday extravaganza. It's filled with music (some original by Jill Winters and David Scott, as well as Lance Conque and Tony Aliperti), but also a number of familiar seasonal favorites), incredible circus performers (sans animals, of course, although some performers portray different ones, like rope-skipping reindeers), and a colorful staging that's incredibly busy with movement. This eye-popping show is currently playing The Fox Theatre through December 6, 2015.
Tenor Anthony Kearns will sing 'God Bless America' as the guest of current NFC East Division leaders, the Washington Redskins, on Monday Night Football, December 7, 2015 as they host the Dallas Cowboys at FedExField in Landover, MD.
Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts and Humanities and East Lynne Theater Company present 'Ghosts of Christmas Past Trolley Rides."
A disgruntled elf at Christmas time? Well, I'm sure everyone remembers Hermey, the wanna be dentist elf featured in Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, who was unsatisfied with his elfin duties. But another elf story has become a holiday tradition on NPR and in regional theatres across the US. Humorist David Sedaris' THE SANTALAND DIARIES is playing at Roadless Traveled Theatre and making quite an impression on holiday theatre goers.
Bethlehem United Church of Christ Today, December 5 4:00 p.m
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