On Sunday, April 8th, the largest housing unit of the historic Surflight Theatre suffered extensive damage when a blaze broke out at The Gables, a neighboring establishment. No one was injured in the fire. Although the severity of the damage is still being assessed, the housing unit that provides a home to production personnel sustained enough damage to render the unit uninhabitable for at least a portion of the 2012 season.
On Wednesday, December 14, A Christmas Story, The Musical! celebrated its opening night at Chicago's legendary Chicago Theatre with producer Peter Billingsley, who starred as Ralphie in the original 1983 film, there to cheer the company on. Check out photos from opening night below!
Surflight Theatre, the long-time popular summer theater on Long Beach Island has emerged from Chapter 11 and plans to mount their 63rd season of shows beginning in April 2012, the theater announced today. Ten months after it filed for bankruptcy protection, Federal Bankruptcy Judge Michael B. Kaplan confirmed Surflight's plan of reorganization on December 8 and the Theater will successfully emerge from Chapter 11.
Want to see tour highlights from A CHRISTMAS STORY, The Musical? Click below for the show's official montage!
Peter Billingsley, the actor who starred as the nine-year-old bespectacled hero "Ralphie" in the 1983 irreverent holiday film classic A Christmas Story, has signed on as a producer of the new musical adaptation of the perennial favorite, currently in previews at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre.
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