?Chief among the reasons why SCERA's holiday musical Liken's "The First Christmas" has sold out for the past several years is the presence of Daniel Beck, a vocalist so polished and powerful that it prompted celebrated choral director Craig Jessop to call him "Utah's answer to Josh Groban."
The WTG junior performers are proudly producing The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, a show that would put even Scrooge into the holiday spirit! An ensemble of eighteen children, aged 8-14, will present skits and musical numbers celebrating the winter holidays. The two act show features numbers by the Chipmunks, Heat Miser, Snow Miser, A Synchronized Swim Team, the Windham Frogs and much more. The show will also include a special guest appearance by Santa Claus.
When Christmas rolls around each year, Santa Claus begins making appearances everywhere. At one time, the only chance children had to talk to Santa and tell him what they wanted for Christmas was by visiting him at one of the local shopping malls. Today, Santa's schedule has him showing up in a lot more places as the demand for his time has increased over the years.
Hershey Symphony Orchestra presents its annual holiday concert, Holiday Spectacular 2014, Friday, December 5, 2014 at 8 p.m. at the Hershey Theatre.
Pacific Symphony and Festival Ballet Theatre (FBT) entice audiences of all ages with the sweet melodies, magical celebration and excitement of one of Tchaikovsky's most famous ballets during the holiday concert, "Nutcracker for Kids," part of Family Musical Mornings presented by Farmers and Merchants Bank. Led by Assistant Conductor Alejandro Gutierrez, the orchestra shares the stage with the enchanted ballerinas from FBT, led by Artistic Director Salwa Rizkalla, who bring this beloved Christmas tale of the prince and Clara to life. The classic battle between the Mouse King and the Nutcracker has children on the edge of their seats as Tchaikovsky's memorable music, performed live, fills the air with wonder. Then the dancers twirl and glide across the stage to the renowned "Waltz of the Flowers" and the enchanting "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy." Created especially for children ages 5-11, this 45-minute version of the ballet is adapted by Bree Burgess Rosen, and features narrator Charlotte Rubino, age 11, making it perfect for the whole family to enjoy.
The Three Dogateers is available on DVD for an SRP of $27.97 today, November 18, 2014.
South Street Headhouse District (SSHD) presents their annual extravaganza Winter Wonderland on Sunday, December 7, 2014, from 3:00pm to 7:00pm, at the Historic Headhouse Square Shambles on 200 Pine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147.
Bring the whole family to the hilarious American classic, "A Christmas Story," which opens at Whidbey Island Center for the Arts in Langley on Friday, Dec. 5 and includes live audience participation!
The Grove Theatre presents THE SNOW QUEEN - A Frosty, Fractured Fable (A British-style Holiday Panto), written By Dale Sandlin with Music/Lyrics by Steve Apostolina.
This holiday season, Nashville Repertory Theatre will once again present 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 29 - December 21 at TPAC's Johnson Theater (with preview performance on November 28).
Each holiday season the Los Angeles Philharmonic celebrates at Walt Disney Concert Hall with the annual Deck the Hall holiday concerts. Beginning December 16, performances featuring an eclectic array of artists bring the joy of the season to concert goers of all ages. From the famous harmonies of The Manhattan Transfer, to the Latin flair of The Arturo Sandoval Big Band, to the celebration of Hannukah with The Klezmatics, the LA Phil's wide-ranging programming provides something for everyone during this special time of year.
2015 promises to be a momentous year for Davidson Community Players as they celebrate the 50th Anniversary of their first show.
RED RANGER CAME CALLING - A Guaranteed True Christmas Story by Berkeley Breathed will play November 28 -December 21, 2014 on the Aurora Fox Mainstage (Fridays and Saturdays November 28, 29, December 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20 at 7:30 p.m./Sundays November 30, December 7, 14, 21 2:00 p.m.).
Carl Topilow and the Cleveland POPS invite you to experience a magical holiday season celebration at the beautiful and historic Connor Palace in PlayhouseSquare, Sunday, November 30 The Cleveland POPS Orchestra conducted by Carl Topilow, along with The Cleveland POPS Chorus with director William Zurkey present their annual holiday concert Sunday matinee, this year titled MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS. Great orchestra! Great Chorus! Big surprises! Great fun! So hop in your sleigh and come to Playhouse Square for a super way to welcome in the holiday season.
The most wonderful time of the year rolls into Coronado Playhouse featuring the locally written holiday hit, Mistletoe, Music & Mayhem! With book by Matt Thompson and Phil Johnson and music and lyrics by Rayme Sciaroni, this musical mish mash of sketches and original songs cures the holiday blues and puts you on the right list with Santa. Mistletoe, Music & Mayhem is staged in our intimate cabaret style theatre with performances to fit any holiday schedule playing weekends December 11-December 21, 2014. The show runs approximately 85 minutes and is performed without intermission.
This perennial Christmas classic tells the story of a little old man named Kris Kringle, living in a retirement home, who gets a job working as Santa for Macy's. Kris unleashes waves of good will with Macy's customers in the commercial world of New York City by referring parents to other stores to find exactly the toy their child has asked for. Seen as deluded and dangerous by Macy's vocational counselor, who plots to have Kris shanghaied to Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital, Kris ends up in a court competency hearing. Especially at stake is one little girl's belief in Santa.
T.J Mullen and Annie Dwyer (who famously starred and ran the Heritage Square Music Hall) are re-united on the Candlelight stage for the first time since Heritage Square as the leads Kris Kringle and Doris Walker in the holiday musical, 'Miracle on 34th Street,' playing tonight, November 13 through December 31, 2014
Three theatrical events will give families a festive way to celebrate the holiday season at Mercer County Community College's Kelsey Theatre in December. Kelsey Theatre is located on the college's West Windsor Campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road.
The following are highlights of The CW's Holiday episodes and specials
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