Santa Claus News

The holiday season comes alive at MetroTech Commons today, December 2, at 5:30 p.m. Join Forest City Ratner Companies Executive Chairman Bruce Ratner and President and CEO MaryAnne Gilmartin for the 24th annual MetroTech tree lighting with Santa Claus, Shaun Livingston of the Brooklyn Nets and a performance from Tony Award-winning poet and playwright Lemon Andersen.

Elf, the Christmas musical now on stage at London's Grand Theatre is an endearing show, thanks to a funny, well-written script, and a six foot four Elf who can deliver the lines. Liam Tobin is perfect as Buddy the Elf: He's taken the best that Will Ferrell had in the movie version of Elf, but his portrayal of the 30 year old child-like character is more reminiscent of Tom Hanks in 1988 movie Big. Either way, Tobin has made Buddy very lovable and almost believable.

The Producer Circle. Co will present a concert reading of Kenneth Jones and Gerald Stocksill's NAUGHTY/NICE in benefit of the The New York Center For Children at Caroline's on Broadway on Dec. 3. The reading features musical direction by David Gardos and direction and staging by Stephen Nachamie. Alexandra Frohlinger, Timatha Kasten, Eric Michael Krop, and George Salazar will star, along with Emily Bindiger, Dennis Deal, Carolee Goodgold, and Jim Vincent.

Just in time to witness the end of Thanksgiving and joyfully move on towards a celebration of the Christmas season, the incredibly talented cast of "Miracle on 34th Street, the Musical" (also known as "Here's Love") brings Meredith Wilson's rarely staged musical to life with its jubilant presence, proclaiming that it is time at last for Santa to make his much anticipated appearance - this time in Bay Ridge.

The Little Italy Merchants Association (LIMA) will begin its 13th Annual Christmas in Little Italy celebration on Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 6:30 PM with a gala Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in the Patio of Most Precious Blood Church, 109 Mulberry Street, between Canal and Hester Streets.

Seattle Men's Chorus (SMC) borrows from the film classic Casablanca for their annual holiday extravaganza at Benaroya Hall. In Play it Again, Santa, Santa (not Sam) is at the piano and the out-of-the-way nightclub is much farther north - like at the North Pole! There will be eight Seattle concerts plus two outreach performances in Tacoma and Everett. For the first two Seattle concerts of their 34th season opener, SMC welcomes to the stage Tony award-winning pianist and vocalist Levi Kreis (tonight, Nov. 30 & Dec. 1 only) as the guest artist.

Heartwarming family comedies, irreverent naughty improv and holiday traditions are all on Jet City Improv's holiday list for 2013. With a newly added 4pm family matinee, there really is an improvised comedy show for everyone this season.

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On this week's LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON, guest Carrie Underwood tells Jimmy the story of performing with The Rolling Stones and talks about her upcoming performance in 'The Sound of Music Live!'

America's favorite holiday tradition, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, returned yesterday to dazzle and enchant millions nationwide on NBC. Among the stars featured in this year's spectacle were Broadway's Kristin Chenoweth and Megan Hilty.

Move over Grinch; Santa Claus is coming to town and taking up residence at Rubicon Theatre in Ventura! Rubicon's November/ December HOLIDAY CENTRAL calendar offers a sparkling array of more than 35 shows and events for all ages. The festivities begin with the return of a holiday revue with six Broadway singers and a local children's chorus; followed by a late-night adult comedy presented in a cabaret setting; a poetic reading of wartime love letters; and culminating with an enchanting new musical from the Tony and Olivier Award-winning director of Les Miserables and Nicholas Nickleby and the creators of Jane Eyre and Daddy Long Legs, who will have a five-week residency at Rubicon during the holidays.

This holiday season, Tennessee Repertory Theatre will once again present the holiday cult classic and Nashville's All-American Holiday Tradition A Christmas Story adapted by Phillip Grecian and based on the motion picture by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, and Bob Clark. A Christmas Story runs November 30 - December 22 at TPAC's Johnson Theater (with preview performance tonight, November 29). This season, Sunday matinee performances have been added to accommodate more families.

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The nation's most beloved spectacle, the Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, returned for the 87th year of magic on Thursday, Nov. 28 (9 a.m.-noon) throughout the country on NBC. We'll be posting videos from the parade as they pop up, check out the first video featuring 'Sixteen Going on Seventeen' from THE SOUND OF MUSIC, introduced by star Carrie Underwood!

The nation's most beloved spectacle, the Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, returned for the 87th year of magic on Thursday, Nov. 28 (9 a.m.-noon) throughout the country on NBC. We'll be posting videos from the parade as they pop up, check out the first video featuring the cast of Pippin including Matthew James Thomas, Patina Miller and more!

East Passyunk Avenue Business Improvement District (EPABID) and Passyunk Avenue Revitalization Corporation (PARC) kick off the holiday's with the annual Tree Lighting Party at the Singing Fountain (Tasker and EPA) on Thursday, December 5, 2013, from 5:00pm to 7:00pm.

William Peace University, a private four-year university located in downtown Raleigh, has announced that it will host the fourth annual Children's Holiday Story Hour on Saturday, Dec. 7 from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the Main Building, located at 15 E. Peace St. Joined by Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus, children are invited to listen to two holiday stories read by Debra M. Townsley, Ph.D., president of William Peace University, as well as have their photo taken and receive a surprise gift from Santa Claus himself. Refreshments will be served in the university's Main Parlor, where guests will enjoy carols sung by William Peace University Singers.

Starting Dec. 5, you're invited to celebrate the holidays with a heart-warming story from an era gone by in the all-new "Christmas 1954" musical revue. Performances take place at the ArtsQuest Center's Musikfest Cafe, 101 Founders Way, Dec. 5-7 and 12-15, with tickets ($57) on sale now at www.artsquest.org and 610-332-3378.

Kentwood Players is delighted to present our next Kentwood Kids production, 'Mr. Potcher's Holiday,' a family musical comedy with book and lyrics by Bob Silberg, music by Barbara Klaskin Silberg. Performances will take place on Saturdays, November 30, December 7 and 14 at 11:00am and 2:00pm at the Westchester Playhouse.

The weather is getting crisper and the trees are almost bare, which means the holidays are upon us. The Young People's Chorus of New York City (YPC) and its Artistic Director/Founder Francisco J. Nuñez are once again spreading the joy of the season with holiday concerts, as well as joint performances with violinist Joshua Bell at The Greene Space at WQXR/WNYC and on his new Sony CD 'Musical Gifts from Joshua Bell and Friends.'