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Over the holidays, the local theater heats up with a wide range of performances on the stages around the Asheville area.
Whether you love classics like the Nutcracker and It's a Wonderful Life to unique performances such as the puppet production, A Woodcarver's Christmas, or the dyscfunction of the holidays portrayed in "A Tuna Christmas."
After a day of holiday shopping and sightseeing, enjoy some of Asheville's wonderful seasonal theater performances.
List of Holiday Theater and Performances:
Your search returned 14 events:
The Little Prince
Montreat College Student Theatre Production, and Professional Guest Artist Kelley Hinman perform a staged reader's theatre production of THE LITTLE PRINCE by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
Event date(s):
Nov 13, 2009 to Nov 21, 2009
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Flat Rock Playhouse presents The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. The Herdmans are back! Your family will love the story of how an unruly and incorrigible bunch of siblings help everyone else rediscover the true meaning of Christmas. Onstage November 19 – 29. Evening performances are Friday through Saturday at 7:15 pm, with matinee performances Saturdays and Sundays at 2:15.
Event date(s):
Nov 19, 2009 to Nov 29, 2009
The Hallelujah Girls
Hilarity erupts when the feisty women of Eden Falls, Georgia, rebel against their everyday routines and inspire one another to reach for their dreams, with surprising and side-splitting results.
Event date(s):
Nov 20, 2009 to Dec 06, 2009
Christmas Concert
Come hear music for the Holiday Season performed by stars of the Asheville Lyric Opera and some of western North Carolina's finest musicians.
Event date(s):
Nov 20, 2009 at 07:30 PM
George Winston: Solo Piano
Grammy Award-winning George Winston brings his signature style to the Diana Wortham Theatre for a concert on the theatre's Hamburg Steinway.
Event date(s):
Nov 21, 2009 at 08:00 PM
It's a Wonderful Life
A team of intrepid radio actors brings you the perfect holiday antidote to rampant cynicism and commercialism. Rediscover this classic story of friendship, love and sacrifice in times of financial struggle. Since 2006, North Carolina Stage Company and Immediate Theatre Project have produced a delightful radio play version of It's a Wonderful Life. The show has been a hit in Asheville every year, earning raves from critics and audiences. This year, we are pleased to present a brand new adaptation that restores several much beloved scenes from the original movie including the Charleston dance contest scene and gives a richer life to the hard-working radio actors struggling to bring you this classic tale of friendship, family, and the power of community in the face of hard times.
Event date(s):
Nov 27, 2009 to Dec 20, 2009
Hobey Ford's
Award winning puppeteer Hobey Ford performs a stunning shadow puppet show in three parts: "The Rainbow Bridge" (Chumash Indian folk tale) "El Coqui" ( from Puerto Rico) and "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" (Nordic origin)
Event date(s):
Nov 28, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Romance of the Christmas Card
Flat Rock Playhouse presents Romance of the Christmas Card. When a minister's wife is inspired to design and put verse to a Christmas card, her actions set off a series of strange coincidences that ultimately lead to familial reunions and redemption in this light hearted story. Onstage December 2 – 20. Evening performances are Wednesday through Saturday at 7:15 pm, with matinee performances most Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 2:15.
Event date(s):
Dec 02, 2009 to Dec 20, 2009
Montford Park Players Presents A Christmas Carol
The 33rd Annual Presentation of Charles Dickens' timeless tale of greed and redemption will be presented at the Asheville Arts Center, 308 Merrimon Avenue, Asheville, Dec. 3 , 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12 &13 at 7:30 pm with a matinee on Sunday, Dec. 6 at 3 pm.
Event date(s):
Dec 03, 2009 to Dec 13, 2009
"Rediscovering Christmas" theater by Acts of Renewal
National touring company Acts of Renewal principles Jim and Carol Anderson Shores engage the audience with a series of vignettes that invite young and old to step anew into the wonder, the hilarity, the joy of the season.
Event date(s):
Dec 18, 2009 to Dec 19, 2009
A Swannanoa Solstice
Asheville’s new Conservatory makes it’s debut with a beautiful rendition of this timeless holiday classic. Performances at 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm.
Event date(s):
Dec 20, 2009 at 02:00 PM
A Swannanoa Solstice
Asheville’s new Conservatory makes it’s debut with a beautiful rendition of this timeless holiday classic. Performances at 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm.
Event date(s):
Dec 20, 2009 at 07:00 PM
Swing Dance Camp for Beginners/Advanced
Jitterbugs from around the globe converge yearly on Asheville for a five day swing dance party culminating in a New Year's Eve extravaganza. All week long international champion swing dancers teach workshops in the original American social dance-- The Lindy Hop -- to hundreds of would-be swingers from every walk of life. The workshops and the event celebrate under the moniker Lindy Focus and every year, the top artists in the swing dance field spend one week focusing on many consider to be the true golden age of American pop culture: the Swing Era. The entire event is open to the public and come New Year's Eve, you will find the happiest feet in town tearing up the dance floor in Asheville's Crowne Plaza Resort, host of the event.
Event date(s):
Dec 27, 2009 to Jan 01, 2010
New Year's Eve Dance Show & Big Band Swing Dance
Spend your New Year's Eve at the Crowne Plaza Resort where you can be taken back to the 1930's with live big band music, beginner swing dance lesson and performances by international dance champions. The headlining musical act for the evening will be a local favorite, the Nouveau Passe Orchestra showcasing it's 1930's style classy big band sounds. The energy will only be further ignited by the participation of hundreds of jitterbugs reacting to the orchestra's vintage rhythms. The evening climaxes in a Lindy Hop Dance Show featuring the event's top talent - instructors and performers showcasing thrilling and eye-popping dance routines.
Event date(s):
Dec 31, 2009 to Jan 01, 2010
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