Performing Arts Academy will present ‘Snow Globe’
Greater Hamilton Civic Theatre (GHCT) will present four performances of “All Wrapped Up for Christmas” from Nov. 30 through Dec. 3 at Parrish Auditorium on the campus of Miami University Hamilton. Directed by Sue Combs, this original musical featuring popular Christmas songs is a great way to celebrate the holiday season. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Individual tickets are $18 each and can be purchased online at ghctplay.com, in-person at the door the day of the show, and by phone at (513) 737-PLAY.
Group tickets of 20 or more are available for $15 each.
Local audiences are in for a treat as a group of talented, young actors bring “Snow Globe” to the stage in Middletown. “Snow Globe” invites audiences into the magical world of Christmas as they get a closer look at toy shops, snowmen, the Nativity, caroling, snow angels and yes, Santa. The production will open Dec. 1 and run through Dec. 3. Performances will be at 7 p.m. Friday, 4 and 7 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at The Performing Arts Academy
in Middletown.
Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for children and seniors. For more details and tickets, go to theperformingartsacademy.com/ticket.
Middletown
Lyric Theatre’s ‘Nuncrakers:
The Nunsense Christmas Musical’
Middletown Lyric Theatre will present “Nuncrakers: The Nunsense Christmas Musical” in December. Directed by Charley Shafor, this is the first “TV Special” taped by the sisters in their convent basement studio for Cable Access. It stars the nuns audiences will love plus Father Virgil and some of Mt. Saint Helen’s most talented students. The show features all-new songs including “Twelve Days Prior to Christmas,” “Santa Ain’t Comin’ To Our House,” “We Three Kings of Orient Are Us” and “It’s Better to Give Than to Receive.” There will be four performances of the show over two consecutive weekends.
Show times are 8 p.m., Dec. 1 and Dec. 2, 8 p.m. Dec. 8 and 3 p.m. Dec. 9. All tickets are $20 (plus online ticketing fees, if applicable) and may be purchased at middletownlyric.org. Middletown Lyric Theatre is located at 1530 Central Avenue in Middletown. (Note: “Nuncrackers” replaces the previously scheduled production of “Gypsy.”)
Rise Up Performing Arts presents ‘White Christmas’
Directed by Rodney Neal and presented by Rise Up Performing Arts, Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” will be on stage at Sorg Opera House Dec. 7 through Dec. 10. Based on the beloved, timeless film, “White Christmas” this heartwarming musical adaptation features 17 Irving Berlin songs and a book by David Ives and Paul Blake. Veterans Bob Wallace and Phil Davis have a successful song-and-dance act after World War II. With romance in mind, the two follow a duo of beautiful singing sisters en route to their Christmas show at a Vermont lodge, which just happens to be owned by Bob and Phil’s former army commander. The musical score features well-known standards such as “Blue Skies,” “I Love a Piano,” “How Deep Is the Ocean” and the perennial favorite, “White Christmas.”
Reserved tickets are $15 and can be purchased in advance at riseupperformingarts.com and at sorgoperahouse.org. There will be five performances. Show times are 7 p.m. Dec. 7 , 7 p.m., Dec. 8, 2 and 7 p.m. Dec. 9 and 2 p.m. Dec. 10.