It’s officially the happiest time of year!
Don’t miss out on these Christmas shows in NYC – perfect times for laughs, perfect times for cheer, perfect experiences to share with your loved ones.
December 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7pm and 9:30pm (A Merry Little Christmas with Megan Hilty) – Megan Hilty returns to Joe’s Pub with an intimate evening celebrating the release of her new holiday album: A Merry Little Christmas. The set will include classics like Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Count Your Blessings and The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year, mixed with songs from her career on stage and screen. Tickets and additional information are available here.
December 6 & 13th, 9:30pm (A Well-Strung Christmas) – Selections will be performed from the most beautiful and traditional melodies, such as “Silent Night” to irreverant “newly observed” versions of things like “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” the famous “Sleighride” to George Michael’s “This Christmas” … and everything in between. There will also be opportunities for the audience to participate and walk away from the evening’s Holiday Celebration with some special moments they will remember and keep close to their hearts. You might even see a little snow!
Well-Strung looks forward to seeing you for a NEW KIND OF CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION that we hope to make an annual tradition for you, your family and friends. Tickets and available info can be found here.
December 7, 7pm (The Ugly Christmas Sweater Soiree) – The sweaters are hideous, but the voices are gorgeous, so come don your ugliest Christmas outfit, and ring in the holiday season at Broadway’s Supper Club.
THE UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATER SOIREE is conceived and produced by Megan Minutillo and features a selection of holiday classics and Broadway holiday favorites performed by some of the best voices in the NYC theatre community. A portion of the proceeds will go to the SuperYouFUNdation.
The SuperYouFUN curriculum and program uses a blended approach to learning to include writing, music, art, presentation, collaboration, and technology for students to notice the superhero qualities in themselves and others so they feel empowered to positively impact the world around them.
The Third Annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Soiree will feature the dazzling vocal stylings of Preston Truman Boyd, Melanie Brook, Amanda Flynn, Christopher Hlinka, Melissa Rose Hirsch, Hannah Kloepfer, Jon Kovach, Alicia Krakauer, Angelo McDonough, Molly Model, Jessica Mortellaro, T.J. Newton, Monet Sabel, Taylor Sorice, Zachary Francis Stewart, Stephanie Turci, Rob Rokicki, R.J. Vaillancourt. Tickets and additional info are available here.
December 9 & 10th, 7 & 11pm (The 9th Annual Joe Iconis Christmas Extravaganza) – A New York City Twisted Holiday Tradition- now in its ninth year! Joe Iconis and his merry band of musical theater punks are proud to bring their insane celebration of all things red and green back to Feinstein’s/54 Below! Directed by John Simpkins and Produced by Jennifer Ashley Tepper, this wild yultide explosion is part rock concert, part theater piece, and part theme park attraction come to life. Featuring brand new holiday songs, old favorites, a huge cast of musical theater all-stars, tiny elves, enormous reindeer, an inebriated Mr. and Mrs. Claus, and more whiskey-fueled shenanigans than you can shake a candy cane at, it promises to be the hap-hap-happiest holiday hoedown ever seen on stage.
The show will feature special guest star Annie Golden (Sat only), as well as family members Dos Allen, Ally Bonino, Liz Lark Brown, Gerard Canonico, Sarah Cetrulo, Harrison Chad, Bill Coyne, Katrina Rose Dideriksen, Seth Eliser, Badia Farha, Alexandra Ferrara, Danielle Gimbal, Josh Greenblatt, Molly Hager (11pms only), Ian Kagey, Kourtney Keitt, Jessica Kent, Jane Kivnick, Rachel Lee, Lorinda Lisitza, Lauren Marcus, Julia Mattison, Molly Model, Eric William Morris, Jeremy Morse (11pms only), Ray Munoz, Kevin Michael Murphy, Shakina Nayfack, James Penca, Julian Ramos, Rob Rokicki, Will Roland (11pms only), Charlie Rosen, Mike Rosengarten,Lance Rubin, Brooke Shapiro, Philip Jackson Smith, Jordan Stanley, Rachel Sussman, Taylor Trensch, Jared Weiss, and Jason SweetTooth Williams. Choreography is by Jennifer Werner and Christine O’Grady, with costumes by Michelle Eden Humphrey. Max Friedman is assistant director and E. Sara Barnes is stage manager.
December 16th, 9:30pm (The Doris Dear Christmas Special with Ray DeForest) – 2016 MAC award winner for Impersonation/Drag, Doris Dear, welcomes you back to the Rumpus Room for a holiday party full of special guests. Directed by award winning director Lina Koutrakis and musical direction by award winner Rick Jensen, Doris Dear brings her stories and style back for a celebration with her friends dropping in for a holiday drink or two! Special guests include Hansen Award winner and MAC award winner Meg Flather, multi award winning vocalist Lina Koutrakis and Aussie superstar Maree-Johnson Baruch. Come join us for a good old fashioned holiday variety show full of tunes to make your holidays shine! Tickets and additional information are available here.