The Chicago Thanksgiving Parade returns this year with hundreds of talented performers from near and far. Several hundred thousand Chicagoans and visitors are expected to line the streets in celebration of this time-honored event.
The modern-day classic holiday movie is coming to life on Greenville Theatre's stage! Join Buddy the Elf on his journey from the North Pole to New York City in search of his real father. Featuring a score by Matthew Sklar with lyrics by Chad Beguelin, this toe-tapping story is sure to bring out your inner elf and get everyone into the holiday spirit. After all, “the best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.”
FatLab Music has announced the upcoming release of “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” a very special collection of seasonal favorites – some things old and some things new – by Broadway singing actress Lisa Howard (It Shoulda Been You, Escape to Margaritaville), just in time for the holidays!
Emmy, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild award-winner, and singer-songwriter and activist, who has graced the screen and Broadway stage in popular acts, including Glee, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and more, Darren Criss is ringin’ in the holiday season with a new album! Ron Fair, multi-Grammy nominee and producer of numerous Grammy-winning hits, produces.
A holiday classic from the writer of the musical theatre masterpiece, The Music Man!, and based on the movie of the same name, Miracle on 34th Street features a book and score by none other than Meredith Wilson.
Pioneer Theatre Company presents Elf The Musical, December 3 through December 18, 2021. When last produced at PTC, Elf The Musical became the theatre's most popular holiday production of all time.
Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts will present a matinee screening of 'The Polar Express' followed by a post-show Visit With Santa Claus, on Sunday, November 28 at 2:00pm.
The Philly POPS will kick off the holiday season with the eighth annual Comcast NBCUniversal I'll Be Home for Christmas: A Salute to the Military and First Responders, December 3, 2021 at 8 p.m. at the Kimmel Cultural Campus.
Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada leads the full orchestra in favorite highlights from Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker to kick off the Houston Symphony's 2021 Holiday concerts (December 3–5, 2021) followed by the return of two Symphony holiday traditions: Handel's Messiah (December 10–12, 2021) and Very Merry POPS (December 18–19, 2021).
When Johnnie & Friends can't find a last-minute replacement to play Santa Claus in their annual holiday show, it seems like their brand-new production is sunk. So, when the kindly doorman at The Triad agrees to step in and play St. Nick, Johnnie hires him on the spot. There's only one problem: this new friend seems to think he actually is Father Christmas and Johnnie stopped believing in Santa decades ago.
Get your Christmas lists together and join 9-year-old Ralphie this holiday season! Returning from Mill Mountain Theatre's 2017 season is, A Christmas Story! Celebrate the holiday season with Mill Mountain Theatre! Based on the popular movie of the same name, A Christmas Story is the perfect way to kick off your holiday spirit!
Pitlochry Festival Theatre has announced that after the success of last year's The Magic of Christmas, it will be creating, in partnership with the Macrobert Arts Centre, a wonder-filled, outdoor Christmas experience and filmed performance of L. Frank Baum's much-loved Christmas tale The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus.
Chirstmas is being turned on its head in Terry Pratchett's Hogfather at Roleystone Hall. Adapted by Stephen Briggs and directed by Bradley Towton for Roleystone Theatre, the Discworld version of Santa Claus – known as the Hogfather – has gone missing.
Artistic Director Robert Istad conducts this audience favorite, imbued with the wonder, reverence, and awe of the season. Among the offerings are arrangements of such beloved classics as I Wonder as I Wander, Ding! Dong! Merrily on High, Silent Night, and God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen, by Leonard Enns, John Rutter, David Willc*cks and others, as well as works by noted 20th century English composers Ralph Vaughan Williams and Herbert Howells, and contemporary composers Sarah Quartel, Bob Chilcott, Patrick Hawes, Cecilia McDowall, and Will Todd.
Chicago Opera Theater, Chicago's foremost producer of contemporary and re-imagined opera, continues its 2021-2022 season with the Chicago premiere of the seasonal treat, Becoming Santa Claus, in three performances only, December 11, 17 & 19, at the Studebaker Theater, 410 S. Michigan Avenue, in the Fine Arts Building.
Christmas Village will sail back into Baltimore’s Inner Harbor in 2021. After being cancelled due to the pandemic last year, Charm City’s beloved holiday tradition is ready to transform West Shore Park (501 Light Street) into a traditional indoor and outdoor German Christmas Market.
Based on the beloved classic movie, Meredith Willson’s Miracle on 34th Street is a timeless tale for audiences of all ages. Join the cast and crew at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre for the story of six-year-old Susan Walker and Kris Kringle November 11-December 23.
The Lucille Lortel Theatre has announced its new holiday performance series, Tinsel: A Global Holiday Celebration. Running from December 6-31, live performances will be held at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, showcasing effervescent live music, performance, and dance with leading artists from around the globe.