Articles Tagged With: Christmas

Santa Claus is Comin’: A Motown Christmas Revue

Reviews December 14, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

Gifts I’m preparing for some Christmas sharing— but I pause because—

Hanging my stocking, I can hear a knocking— ‘zat you, Santa Claus?

Ho-ho-no! It’s one better! It’s Baltimore Center Stage with their festive holiday offering: Santa Claus is Comin’: A Motown Christmas Revue, created by Nygel D. Robinson & Ken-Matt Martin. Co-Directed by Ken-Matt Martin and Victor Musoni, this quick-paced musical revue promises that you will meet joy along the evening’s path,

The Grinch Tea: A Holiday Hoorayness Experience at Street Lamp Community Theatre

News December 11, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

‘Twas the night before opening and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a—

Whoops. Not that one. Lemme try again.

Marley was dead to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his—

Oh. Oh… not that one either? (Whew!) Let’s see…uh—

All I want for Christmas is a Red-Ryder Carbine Action BB Gun— no way, kid, you’ll shoot your—

Still no!?

A Christmas Carol at The Colonial Players of Annapolis: A Holiday Tradition

News December 8, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

In the 10,000 or so productions of A Christmas Carol that I’ve seen over my ~15 years a reviewer, I have never seen one (and I’ve even seen the Richard Wade-Richard Gessner adaptation at Colonial Players a time or two before…) that had such a strikingly profound moment— a momentary minutia that hit with such heartfelt intent that I both gasped and wept in utter shock. But let’s back it up in true Dickensian style.

Gregory Burgess (center) as Scrooge and the cast of Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s A Christmas Carol 📷Kiirstn Pagan Photography.

A Christmas Carol at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

Reviews November 30, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

Tis the season of hospitality, merriment, and openheartedness! Come in and know them better, man! Tis the season— their 11th, in fact— for putting that timeless holiday classic, A Christmas Carol, upon their stage. Tis the season for uplifting spirits, for heartwarming festivities, and for radical, positive change. Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s A Christmas Carol is truly a cherished stage tradition, nestled right in the heart of Charm City and is bringing jubilation amid the bleakness that 2025 has turned out to be;

That National Tour of 'How The Grinch Stole Christmas' 📷 Jeremy Daniel

How The Grinch Stole Christmas at The Hippodrome

Reviews November 28, 2025 Leonard Taube

author: Leonard Taube

“Every Who down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot. But the Grinch, who lived just north of Whoville did not”. Sound familiar? No? Then go back to sleep. Don’t read any more. But for those of you whose mother might have read the famed Dr. Seuss book How The Grinch Stole Christmas to you when you were a child (it was written in 1957 believe it or not),

Greg Burgess as Ebenezer Scrooge in the 2022 production of A Christmas Carol at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

Bah! Humbug! Christmas Chatter with Greg Burgess on 11 years of playing Ebenezer Scrooge with Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

Interviews November 22, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

Bah! Humbug! The Christmas season is upon us. Again. Already. (Baltimore’s local 101.9 even had flipped the switch to their Christmas music on Thursday 11/20/25 as I was driving home to ring up Greg Burgess and interview him!) The holidays are upon us whether you’re ready or not. And in a world of so much darkness and chaos, aren’t the holidays meant to be what spreads a little love, a little light, a little joy?

12 Gifts of a Wolf Pack Christmas Carol: Day 2 an Interview with Technical Director Stephen Beitzell

Interviews December 2, 2015 Amanda N. Gunther

On the second interview of Christmas, Wolf Pack Theatre Company did give to TheatreBloom— the insight of their company’s resident Technical Director Stephen Beitzell! Two blinking lights— quick, Stephen they’re not supposed to blink! And a glowing spotlight on solo singers too! Follow along in the TheatreBloom exclusive series to see what Stephen has to say about his Christmas favorites and his experience with A Christmas Carol

Merry Christmas, Stephen! Thanks for giving us a moment of your time!

Review: It’s A Wonderful Life at Pasadena Theatre Company

Reviews November 29, 2014 Amanda N. Gunther

Every time a bell rings an angels gets his wings; so listen closely to see if you can hear the bells ringing at the Pasadena Theatre Company presents the non-musical version of the Frank Capra film It’s A Wonderful Life. Directed by Chuck Dick and Sharon Steele, this timeless holiday classic will warm the cockles of your heart as it reminds audiences everywhere of the simplest of joys at the holidays— family and friends.

Miracle on 34th Street by Meredith Wilson at Toby s Dinner Theatre of Columbia

Reviews November 24, 2013 Amanda N. Gunther

The age old question that hangs around the holiday season that has been debated, discussed, commercialized, and caused quite the stir over the years: Is there a Santa Claus? Doubt no more, for Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia has the real thing— the proof’s in the pudding— as they bring Meredith Wilson’s (The Music Man) musical version of Miracle on 34th Street to life just in time for Christmas.