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MIRACLE OF 34TH STREET: A Live Musical Radio Play
Middletown Lyric Theatre
Dec. 14-22
[Middletown]

Direction & musical staging by Charley Shafor
Music & vocal direction by Jay Mills

Adapted from the original 1947 LUX Radio Broadcast this “live radio play” complete with Foley effects and a score of holiday carols, Miracle on 34th Street  is a beloved musical that will melt even the most cynical of hearts. Our story begins as Doris Walker frantically recruits a last minute replacement for a drunken Santa for Macy’s Christmas parade. The man proves ideal for the job and for good reason – he says his name is Kris Kringle and that he’s the real Santa Claus. This tale takes us all the way to the Supreme Court where one little girl’s belief makes all the difference in this “Miracle.”

• Fri-Sat, Dec. 14-15 at 8pm
• Fri, Dec. 21 at 8pm
• Sat, Dec. 22 at 3pm & 8pm

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OTHER DESERT CITIES
Middletown Lyric Theatre
Nov. 9-17
[Middletown]

Directed by Charley Shafor

Cast: Linda Callahan as Silda Grauman, Sally Fint as Brooke Wyeth, Fred Hunt as Lyman Wyeth, Elizabeth Long as Polly Wyeth & Dan Maloney as Trip Wyeth

Brooke Wyeth after a six year absence returns home to Palm Springs to celebrate Christmas with her parents, brother, and her aunt. Brooke announces that she is about to publish a memoir dredging up a pivotal and tragic event in the family’s history – a wound they don’t want reopened. In effect, she draws a line in the sand and dares them all to cross it. This production contains adult language.

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

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