Miss Shields (Nyra Brannon) and Ralphie (Tanner Colson) are among the cast in Davidson Community Players "A Christmas Story," opening Thursday. (Lisa Brueggemann/Davidson Community Players)
Davidson Community Players will produce a stage adaption of the classic holiday film “A Christmas Story” this holiday season, with 15 performances over the first three weekends of December, beginning Thursday night and running through Dec. 19.
Also below, our listings of other holiday theatrical listings around the area, and in Charlotte, from “The Greatest Christmas Pageant Ever” to “The Littlest Angel” to “Scrooge.”
CHRISTMAS STORY
Based on the book “In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash” by Jean Shepherd, and the subsequent 1983 motion picture, “A Christmas Story” is set in the 1940s Midwest. It chronicles the life of 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas.
Along the way, he runs into opposition from his parents, his teacher and even Santa Claus himself. All the elements from the beloved motion picture are here, including the family’s temperamental exploding furnace; Scott Farkas, the school bully; the wet tongue on a cold lamp post experiment; the Little Orphan Annie decoder pin; Ralphie’s father winning the famous leg-lamp; and Ralphie’s fantasy scenarios.
This weekend’s performances are Thursday- Saturday, Dec. 2-4, at 8 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 4, at 4 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 5, at 2 p.m. Additional performances will be Dec 9-11 and 15-18 at 8 p.m.; Dec. 11-12 and 19 at 2 p.m.
All performances are at the Armour Street Theatre, 307 Armour St., Davidson. Tickets are $15 for Seniors & Students and $18 for Adults. The story is recommended for ages 8 and up.
Purchase tickets at the Community Players’ web site at
www.davidsoncommunityplayers.org or call 704-892-7953.
THEATER CALENDAR
A CHRISTMAS STORY, Dec. 2-19, Davidson Community Players Armour Street Theatre, 307 Armour St., Davidson – Shows Dec. 2-4, 9-11 and 15-18 at 8 p.m.; Dec. 4, at 4 p.m., Dec. 5, 11-12 and 19 at 2 p.m. $15 for Seniors & Students and $18 for Adults. Recommended for ages 8 and up. www.davidsoncommunityplayers.org or call 704-892-7953.
JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, Dec. 4 at 2 and 7 p.m., Dec. 5 at 3 p.m., Levine Jewish Community Center, Charlotte – Tickets $10. 704-366-5007. www.charlottejcc.org
THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER, Dec 2 – 19, Old Courthouse Theatre, 49 Spring Street NW, Concord – A hilarious Christmas tale about a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant, face with casting the awful Herdman kids. Tickets $10-15. Box Office: 704-788-2405. www.oldcourthousetheatre.org
SCROOGE!, Dec. 3-23, McColl Family Theater, Charlotte – Children’s Theatre of Charlotte production of Leslie Bricusse’s musical adaption of “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens. Tickets $18 & $24. Recommended for ages 7 and above. www.ctcharlotte.org/Scrooge.html
THE LITTLEST ANGEL, Dec. 3-23, Wachovia Playhouse, Charlotte – Patricia Gray’s dramatization of the holiday story by Charles Tazewell. Tickets $18 and $14. This family favorite tells the story of the Littlest Angel, who has just arrived in Heaven and can’t adjust to all the rules. Performed by the Tarradiddle Players. One Act, best for ages 3 and above. www.ctcharlotte.org/Littlest_Angel.html
HOLLY DAYS – MUSIC AND LAUGHS, Dec. 10-11, 8 p.m., Warehouse Performing Arts Center, 9216A Westmoreland Road, Cornelius – “Holly Days,” an evening of holiday songs and laughter with Helen Russell, a vocalist, pianist and actress. Hosted by Vito Abate. Ticket $10, includes complimentary beverage bar. Also Saturday. Reservations, email tickets@warehousepac.com or call 704-619-0429.
