Santa Claus News

"'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house . . ." is one of the most memorable opening lines in literary history.

In his incomparable style, Meredith Willson, the author of The Music Man and The Unsinkable Molly Brown, tells the classic story of a white-bearded gentleman, claiming to be the real-deal Santa Claus, as he produces a genuine holiday miracle in It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas. The musical adaptation of the popular holiday favorite 'Miracle on 34th Street' will bring holiday cheer to Theatre at the Center's 20th Anniversary, 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, Indiana, November 11 through December 19, with the press performance on Sunday, November 14 at 7 p.m. The production will be directed by William Pullinsi.

'A Carol for Tiny Tim' This warm and wonderful play written by John R. Carroll takes place 15 years after old Scrooge's miraculous transformation as he continues to honor Christmas in his heart. Jacob Marley has once again called the three Spirits of Christmas to reconvene. This time, however, it is the grown-up Tiny Tim who needs their holiday help. Now a spoiled young man, he uses his past infirmity as his crutch to collect sympathy and money from family and friends. Jacob feels a visit by the spirits of Christmas Present, Past, and Future is just what Tim needs to learn how to truly stand on his own two feet.

Comedian and nightlife icon MURRAY HILL, 'the hardest working middle-aged man in show business,' gives the much needed gift of holiday cheer and entertainment to New York City with his legendary Yuletide tradition: A MURRAY LITTLE CHRISTMAS at LE POISSON ROUGE, Saturday, December 18th, with two shows at 7:00pm & 9:15pm.

A Passage Theatre favorite, Jeffery Solomon (MotherSon) returns to Trenton's Mill Hill Playhouse with his hilarious, clever and endearing new one-man comedy Santa Claus is Coming Out, directed by Joe Brancato.

In his incomparable style, Meredith Willson, the author of The Music Man and The Unsinkable Molly Brown, tells the classic story of a white-bearded gentleman, claiming to be the real-deal Santa Claus, as he produces a genuine holiday miracle in It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas.

In his incomparable style, Meredith Willson, the author of The Music Man and The Unsinkable Molly Brown, tells the classic story of a white-bearded gentleman, claiming to be the real-deal Santa Claus, as he produces a genuine holiday miracle in It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas.

In celebration of this historical 2010 20th Anniversary Season, Theatre at the Center, 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, Indiana, is thrilled to announce that they will be raffling off a 2011 Chevy Malibu, generously donated to the theater by Milford P. Christenson of Christenson Chevrolet in Highland, Indiana.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Macy's Herald Square as America's Largest Department Store prepares to unveil its legendary Christmas windows on Thursday, November 18 at 5pm. This year, spectators will be taken on a magical journey through the eyes of 8-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon who wrote to the New York Sun in 1897 in a quest to prove the existence of Santa Claus. The response, written by newsman Francis P. Church, began with the now-famous line, 'Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus...' and is viewed by those who believe as a symbol of the generosity and spirit of the season. In celebration of this spirit, this season's Christmas windows are more animated and theatrical than ever, as Macy's brings the magic of the Broadway stage to its world famous Broadway windows in its collaboration with PRG Scenic Technologies. Virginia's inspiring true story, now a CBS animated TV Christmas special, 'Yes, Virginia...,' magically comes to life via animation and automation.

December 2010 Concerts @ the RRazz room at Hotel Nikko San Francisco

David Sedaris' THE SANTALAND DIARIES is coming to PlayhouseSquare's intimate 14th Street Theatre this holiday season. The Santaland Diaries, the retelling of best-selling author David Sedaris' unique experience in the throes of the holidays, will be produced by Cleveland Public Theatre in 14th Street Theatre, November 26 through December 19, 2010.

There's no place like Desert Star Playhouse for the holidays. Each year, the theatre that has built a reputation on family-friendly comedy presents an original Christmas production. This year's offering is 'Christmas Vacation: The Bi-Polar Express.' This jolly holiday romp opens November 18.

Celebrate the season with One More Productions - one of Southern California's leading musical theater companies - as they present a new family tradition: The Holiday GEM, a musical revue filled with traditional holiday favorites that runs November 26 - December 12 at the GEM THEATER in Garden Grove.

It starts when a little boy asks Santa for a doll, gets a truck, and thinks he's been bad. The child's quiet letter of complaint shakes St. Nick to the soul as he recalls his fearful youth during the middle ages (when homosexuals were torn to pieces) and regrets the promotional deals he made with Coca-Cola that force him to stay in the closet. Santa Claus Is Coming Out, a theatrical mock-u-mentary by Jeffrey Solomon, reveals the secret romantic life of the beloved childhood icon and the scandal that rocks the world when the truth leaks out.

It won't be long now until we're singing carols, putting up lights and decorating trees. The holidays will be here before you know it, and Shadowbox Live is ringing in the season with sketch comedy and live music. Get ready for Holiday Hoopla XIX, opening November 18 at the Easton Town Center.

Porchlight Music Theatre will present the exhilarating live stage production of Miracle on 34th Street, based on the holiday film classic at Stage 773, 1225 West Belmont. The production will run from November 19 through January 2, 2011. The Press Opening is Sunday, November 21 at 2:30 p.m. Porchlight Music Theatre Artistic Associate Christopher Pazdernik will direct.

Since the 1983 film debut, Jean Shepherd's holiday classic A Christmas Story has warmed hearts nationwide with visions of leg lamps and Midwestern children dressed in their overstuffed winter parkas, longing for the infamous Red Rider BB gun-much to their parents' consternation.

The Puppini Sisters - the three ladies that Prince Charles himself called 'splendid' - share their swingin' and rockin', sexy and eccentric take on the sassy holiday classic 'Santa Baby'!

The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre has been one of the most unique entertainment venues in the region since it first opened. Offering a fantastic dinner combined with a Broadway-style show, the Way Off Broadway experience is a full evening of leisure and entertainment. But the dinner theatre is only on piece of what makes up Way Off Broadway. In 1996, the theatre opened, what has become, it's wildly popular Children's Theatre. To this day, the Way Off Broadway Children's Theatre is the only children's lunch matinee offered in the area.

Porchlight Music Theatre will present the exhilarating live stage production of Miracle on 34th Street, based on the holiday film classic at Stage 773, 1225 West Belmont. The production will run from November 19 through January 2, 2011.