A Celtic Family Christmas Tour, the Cabot, December 2
21 Greater Boston holiday shows to brighten your Dec
Check out our curated holiday entertainment agenda — and let us know your own family's alive show traditions.
As the dandy Joni Mitchell once said, "Yous don't know what yous've got 'til information technology'south gone" — wise words that could exist something of an unofficial motto for the last nineteen-plus months. And this was rarely truer than during concluding year's holiday season, when COVID-19 forced a bevy of seasonal traditions by the wayside.
But even if we're non quite out of the pandemic forest yet, the vaccine rollout and a series of safety precautions have brought back some of the staples of the season that we missed final year — including no shortage of concert and theater productions sure to put you lot in the holiday mood.
After a 2020 season glued to Lifetime Christmas movies on the tube (oh, like you lot don't lookout them), getting dorsum into the spirit of live holiday entertainment this year should seem especially sweet. Check out our curated list of 21 extra-special local events beneath — you tin click the links for details from Boston.com's Things To Do section — and don't forget to fill out our survey below on what Greater Boston shows and concerts make up your ain annual traditions.
Boston-area classics:
"The Nutcracker." What's the holiday flavour without a little Drosselmeyer? (Not to mention Clara, the Mouse King, and all the residual.) It's been a tradition for more 50 years, and now Boston Ballet is back with the Christmas classic. (Opera House, through Dec. 26)
The Holiday Pops. Keith Lockhart returns to bring a little class to "people who don't know they like orchestras," every bit the conductor likes to say — you'll be able to sing along with holiday favorites and enjoy some of the best decorations in town. (Symphony Hall, December. 2-24)
"A Christmas Carol." This original musical version of the Dickens classic is celebrating its 30th year of performances on the Northward Shore, 27 of those with perennial local favorite David Coffee equally Scrooge. God bless united states of america, everyone! (Northward Shore Music Theatre, Beverly, December. 2-23)
"Christmastime in Concert." If y'all're a fan of old-fashioned Christmas fun and would rather non trek to Radio Urban center Music Hall, check out this local favorite. Featuring vacation songs and vignettes, ambrosial costumes, high-kicking dancers and a live orchestra, it's been entertaining holiday crowds for virtually iv decades. (Reagle Music Theatre, Waltham, Dec. 4-12)
"A Christmas Celtic Sojourn." Fans of Brian O'Donovan's "A Celtic Sojourn" on GBH volition surely flock back for the return of this celebration of Celtic, Pagan, and Christian traditions, started in 2003 and featuring some of the Celtic world's all-time performers. (Cutler Majestic Theatre, Dec. 17-xix)
"The Christmas Revels: In Celebration of the Winter Solstice." What's Christmas without a little reveling? This 51st version of the Revels features its usual mix of traditional songs and stories from around the world, along with a new merging of street and traditional English dance, thanks to a collaboration with choreographers from the "Urban Nutcracker." (Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, Dec. 17-29)
"Anthony Williams' Urban Nutcracker." What if "The Nutcracker" was fix in Boston, mixed Knuckles Ellington in with the Tchaikovsky, and featured a various cast engaging in a fusion of modernistic, multicultural, and classical dance? No need to wonder — information technology's all at that place in one of Boston'due south most exciting and original vacation traditions, now in its 20th twelvemonth. (Shubert Theatre, December. 18-22)
Catch a Christmas (or Hanukkah) concert:
Low Cutting Connie Solo Hanukkah Concert. How much Hanukkah will be involved in this solo bear witness from Adam Weiner, a.yard.a. Low Cut Connie, remains to be seen — only it's leap to be festive even if it but showcases the raucous piano rock 'n' curlicue that'south earned the band fans the world over. (City Winery, Dec. 2)
Chris Isaak Holiday Tour. Nothing says Christmas like echoey noir-rock, except maybe hot rockabilly licks or a falsetto ballad. Fortunately the "Wicked Game" vocalist has all of those in his repertoire, in addition to a full anthology (the aptly titled "Christmas") of holiday fabric to draw from. (Chevalier Theatre, Medford, December. 3)
Brett Eldridge. Ready for some land comforts with "Mr. Christmas"? That just happens to be the title of Eldridge's new anthology, and he promises to bring some holiday magic to the stage when he comes to Boston. (Boch Center-Wang Theatre, December. iii-four)
"Rock the Holidays" with Darlene Love. The eighty-year-sometime '60s icon was sidelined temporarily by a kickboxing injury (!), postponing her annual Christmas show from November. 27. But Love promises she'll be adept equally new when she finally brings "Christmas (Babe Please Come up Habitation)," "He's a Rebel" and other favorites to the stage this year. (The Cabot, Beverly, Dec. 5.)
Jane Lynch, "A Swingin' Little Christmas." TBH, they had us as soon as we heard that the "Glee" star's vacation extravaganza also features Kate Flannery, a.grand.a. Meredith from "The Office." But the swinging jazz and comic banter audio pretty pleasing as well. (City Winery, December. 7-eight)
Kat Edmonson. The Texas vocalist-songwriter brings her ain unique brand of "vintage pop" for a seasonal show that draws extensively from her new release "Holiday Swingin'," an anthology she describes as "pure joy." (Metropolis Winery, Dec. 9)
Josh Kantor'southward "7th Inning Stretch" Hometown Holiday. He's the man who knows — or tin can faux — a thousand cover songs, at least when he's taking requests equally the Red Sox organist. And at present Josh Kantor will celebrate the season with "songs, stories, laughs, special guests, and holiday cheer." (City Winery, December. 10)
Hanneke Cassel Christmas CD Release Show. Combine virtuoso folk violin with traditional songs of Christmas and y'all've got both "Oh Come Emmanuel," the new album from Boston-based fiddler Hanneke Cassel, and the celebratory show she'southward playing to launch it. (Society Passim, Cambridge, Dec. fourteen)
For the whole family:
"All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914." It'due south a Christmas story you may take heard, just you lot've certainly never experienced it similar this. This unique musical by Peter Rothstein puts you lot in the trenches of World State of war I for a almost unexpected cease-fire, with music and words direct from the era. (Greater Boston Phase Visitor, Stoneham, through Dec. 23)
"A Charlie Brown Christmas: Live on Stage." Isn't in that location anyone who knows what Christmas is all about? To find out, you might want to check out this drawing-come up-to-life featuring Charlie Chocolate-brown, Linus, Lucy, Snoopy and the gang — plus a jazz trio! (Chevalier Theatre, Medford, Dec. 5)
"A Christmas Story: The Musical." Yous'll shoot your center out, kid! But it'south worth the risk to encounter this delightful musical take on the classic 1983 motion-picture show, complete with tongues-on-poles, leg lamps and the Bumpuses' dogs. (Boch Center-Wang Theatre, December. 10-19)
"Cirque Dreams Holidaze." Known for its "dizzying level of circus artistry," to quote the Boston World, this vacation spectacular literally soars (and climbs and jumps and swings). If you like your Christmas entertainment to defy gravity, this is the prove for you. (Shubert Theatre, Dec. 10-12)
For the grown-ups:
"The Slutcracker." Who says Christmas isn't sexy? That's right, everybody. Well, yous may experience differently after checking out this caricatural-themed parody of the classic ballet, complete with "risqué costumes and blush-inducing props." (Somerville Theatre, Dec. 3-31)
"A John Waters Christmas." To paraphrase inventor-of-Festivus Frank Costanza, John Waters has got a lot of bug with you people, and at present you're gonna hear near it. The ribald filmmaker is riding his "sleighride-of-sleaze" back to Boston with his unique amalgam of standup and storytelling. (Berklee Functioning Center, Dec. x)
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