Christmas Music and Plays

       If it’s going to take a musical extravaganza or two to get you in the holiday mood, never fear. The Charleston Christmas Special at the Charleston Music Hall on St John St. will run from the 10th through the 20th. Twenty of the country’s best singers, dancers and musicians showcase a brand new 2 hour musical.     A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas brings together a cast of fifty in Charleston Stage’s adaptation at the Sottile Theatre from the 2nd to the 20th. The Footlight Players answer with The Sound of Music by Rogers & Hammerstein at 20 Queen St. the 4th through 20th. The Village Playhouse in Mt Pleasant brings us Shipwrecked-An Entertainment through the 19th, a chance for the whole family to roam the seas with Louie during the late 19th century. It’s good old fashioned story telling at its best. PURE Theatre presents It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play at Lance Hall on the grounds of the Circular Congregational Church. A fresh take on the movie classic, it’s set in a 1946 New York radio station.     And the season wouldn’t be complete without the Nutcracker Ballet at the Gaillard Auditorium on the 13th and 14th.     On the 22nd and 23rd, Actor’s Theatre of S.C. and Chamber Music Charleston return with the highly acclaimed Christmas memoir of the famous Welsh poet. Dylan Thomas’ Christmas in Wales will be performed at the Circular Congregational Church. 

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