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A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS CAROL Runs Dec. 9-18

KRT_Country Christmas Carol logoA COUNTRY CHRISTMAS CAROL
Kincaid Regional Theatre
Dec. 9-18
[Falmouth, Ky.]

Seasons greetings from Marley County, USA, where folks don’t have a whole lot, but where everybody’s doing what they can to make the Christmas holiday crackle—except for one mean and miserly old coot who somehow misses the whole point. Ring a bell? It’s Dickens’ classic, dusted off and gussied up in a new country-western musical version. A Country Christmas Carol is ideal family holiday fare—fresh, engaging, often hilarious, and genuinely moving. It’s a timeless tale of redemption and reunion, community and family, the kind of story that was made for country music. The score would make Patsy Cline proud, with show stopping ballads and snappy two-steps sung by a feisty bunch who deal head-on with life’s joys and heartaches. All the characters are here—with some nifty variations: Banker Scrooge, the man with the worst case of Christmas blues ever; his secretary Bobbie Jo Cratchit, a young widow with two small children, Jane and Tim; his lovable ne’er-do-well nephew Dwight; Lavinia, a good-ol’-girl with big hair and an even bigger heart; plus some decidedly Country Christmas spirits. This is a down-home pleasure from start to finish.

  • Fri-Sat, Dec. 9-10 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, Dec. 11 at 2pm
  • Fri-Sat, Dec. 16-17 at 7:30pm
  • Sun, Dec. 18 at 2pm

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12 DATES OF CHRISTMAS Runs Dec. 9-18

ALT_12 Dates of Christmas12 DATES OF CHRISTMAS
American Legacy Theatre & Thomas More University
Dec. 9-18
Thomas More University Theatre [Edgewood]

After seeing her fiance kiss another woman at the televised Thanksgiving Day Parade, Mary’s life falls apart — just in time for the holidays. This heartwarming one-woman play offers a hilarious and modern alternative to the old standards of the holiday season.

  • Fri-Sat, Dec. 9-10 at 7pm
  • Sun, Dec. 11 at 2pm
  • Fri-Sat, Dec. 16-17 at 7pm
  • Sun, Dec. 18 at 2pm

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THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR – A Holiday Cabaret Runs Dec. 9-17

MLT_The Most Wonderful Time of the Year logoTHE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR – A Holiday Cabaret
Middletown Lyric Theatre
Dec. 9-17
[Middletown]

Directed by Charley Shafor 
Music Director/Pianist: Sara Davis

Cast: Heather Evans, Shana Fisbein, Abbie Miller & Karen Oehler

This original cabaret will feature music from, That Time of the Year a musical revue of all-original Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year’s songs. There will also be dancing, traditional carols and storytelling. This cabaret is sure to spark your holiday spirit no matter which holiday you celebrate.

  • Fri-Sat, Dec. 9-10 at 8pm
  • Fri, Dec. 16 at 8pm
  • Sat, Dec. 17 at 3pm

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HOLIDAY POPS On Dec. 9-11

CPO_Holiday Pops logoHOLIDAY POPS
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Dec. 9-11
Music Hall [Over-the-Rhine]

John Morris Russell, conductor
Annie Moses Band
Bernard Holcomb, tenor
Winton Woods High School Varsity Ensemble, Beth Miller, director
School for the Creative and Performing Arts Chorale, Richard Hand, director
Sycamore High School Select Ensemble, Ken Holdt, director
The Studio for Dance

It’s not the holidays until it’s Holiday Pops! Experience the splendor of Music Hall decked out like a winter wonderland, and feel the warmth as JMR and the Pops perform beloved holiday classics. The Annie Moses Band, who wowed Pops audiences at Riverbend last summer, adds to the joy that makes Holiday Pops the perfect tradition.

  • Fri, Dec. 9 at 11am & 7:30pm
  • Sat, Dec. 10 at 2pm & 7:30pm
  • Sun, Dec. 11 at 2pm & 7pm

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HARVEY Runs Nov. 11-20

DPH_Harvey logoHARVEY
Dayton Playhouse
Nov. 11-20
[Dayton]

Directed by Dawn Roth-Smith

Cast: Ted Eltzroth as Elwood, Peggy Allen as Veta, Megan Hohman as Myrtle Mae, Martin Foster as Wilson, Jenni Cypher as Mrs. Chavenet, Cathy Long as Mrs. Chumley, Sean Gunther as Dr. Chumley, Mark Garner as Judge Gaffeny, Mary Beringer as Ej Lofgren/Ms. Johnson,Brandon Shockney as Dr. Sanderson & Katie Gainey-West as Nurse Kelly

Mary Chase’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play is the story of Elwood P. Dowd, a polite and friendly man with a very strange best friend—a six-foot, three-and-one-half-inch invisible rabbit named Harvey. Elwood’s sister Veta is concerned the rabbit will interfere with her life as a socialite, so she tries to have Elwood committed at the local sanatorium. Veta is so hysterical when she explains her brother’s condition that she is committed instead. Elwood leaves the sanatorium grounds unbothered, turning the town upside down as everyone goes on the lookout for this mind-mannered hero and his invisible rabbit.

  • Fri-Sat, Nov. 11-12 at 8pm
  • Sun, Nov. 13 at 2pm
  • Fri-Sat, Nov. 18-19 at 8pm
  • Sun, Nov. 20 at 2pm

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