HOLIDAY & SEASONAL PROGRAMMING FOR ALL AGES
Kean Stage is pleased to present an expanded lineup of holiday and
seasonal programming throughout December. Mark your calendars:
the amazing, award-winning singer-songwriter
Judy Collins
’
Holidays & Hits
concert will grace Enlow Recital Hall on
December 18
.
Nebraska Theatre Caravan
’s
A Christmas Carol
visits Wilkins Theatre
on
December 3
. Charles Jones’ celebrated adaptation of the Charles
Dickens classic features a cast of 23 performers, live musicians,
Broadway-caliber scenery and costumes, with beautiful new
arrangements and moving renditions of holiday songs.
A delightful holiday program for the entire family,
Christmas at the
Movies
(
December 4
, Wilkins Theatre) features classic silent films
accompanied by the
Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra
.
Audiences will see and hear old-time, Christmas-themed movies as
they were originally presented:
A Christmas Carol, The Night Before
Christmas, Santa Claus vs. Cupid,
and the delightful and hilarious 1929
Laurel & Hardy short,
Big Business
.
Young audiences (and the young at heart) can sing along with their
favorite charactersduringKeanStage’s
FrozenSing-a-Long
(
December
10
, STEM Building Auditorium). Kean Stage will offer two showings (12
p.m. & 3 p.m.) for those families interested in pairing the sing-a-long
with an earlier Gingerbread House Workshop at Liberty Hall Museum
(10 a.m. & 1 p.m.; call Liberty Hall at 908-527-0400 for details).
EnlowHall welcomes pianist Liz Story, singer/guitarist Sean Harkness,
fiddler Darol Anger and guitarist/singer/songwriter Emy Phelps from
the powerhouse acoustic/folk/new age label
Windham Hill
on
December 11
for a concert in celebration of the winter solstice.
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Judy Collins, December 18
A Christmas Carol, December 3
KEAN STUDENTS IN THE SPOTLIGHT
In the fantastical, musical extravaganza
Seussical
(
November 11-
19,
Wilkins Theatre), Tony Award winners Lynn Ahrens and Stephen
Flaherty lovingly bring to life everyone’s favoriteDr. Seuss characters,
including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz,
Lazy Mayzie, and Jojo, a little boy with a big imagination. Directed
by professor Holly Logue and choreographed by professor Michele
Mossay
, Seussical
will transport audiences from the Jungle of Nool to
the Circus McGurkus to the invisible world of the Whos.
The semester concludeswithan impressivearrayof freeperformances
highlighting a variety of musical styles and instruments by Kean’s
Conservatory of Music students.
The Concert Choir
, under the
direction of Dr. Mark Terenzi, can be seen
November 13
at 3 p.m.,
while the
Wind Ensemble
, under the direction of Dr. Thomas
Connors, performs
November 17
at 8 p.m. Both concerts will take
place in Enlow Hall. Wilkins Theatre welcomes Kean’s
Jazz Ensemble
,
under the direction of jazz bassist Andy Eulau,
December 8
at 7:30
p.m., while the
Percussion Ensemble
, under the direction of James
Musto, will perform on
December 13
at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are on sale for all Kean Stage events. Please visit our box
office (located in Wilkins Theatre at 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ),
call 908-737-SHOW (7469), email
, or visit
for more information.
