November 20, 2009

A Civil War Christmas Beard Contest

We had a pretty good number of contestants in our little Civil Beard War. View the beard contestants in the slideshow, and then register your vote in the poll below. Voting will run through Thanksgiving.




A Civil War Christmas - An American Musical Celebration by Paula Vogel. Music supervised, arranged, and orchestrated by Daryl Waters. Directed by Jessica Thebus. At the Huntington Theatre Company's main stage; The Boston University Theatre, 264 Huntington Ave, Boston MA, 02115. Runs November 13 through December 13, 2009. Box Office 617 266-0800 or buy online at HuntingtonTheatre.org

Civil War Christmas - Thanksgiving week performance Schedule

Our performance schedule is a little different than usual around the Holiday next week, so I thought I would post it here. Do you have family coming to visit? Bring them to town for the show, and maybe get some shopping done nearby!



Performances:
Friday      11/20  8PM
Saturday  11/21  2PM, 8PM
Sunday    11/22  2PM, 7PM
Monday   11/23 7:30PM
Tuesday   11/24 7:30PM
Weds       11/25 no performances
Thursday  11/26 no performances (Thanksgiving)
Friday      11/27 2PM, 8PM
Saturday  11/28 2PM, 8PM
Sunday    11/29 2PM

(Choirs start 1/2 prior to the scheduled performance)



A Civil War Christmas - An American Musical Celebration by Paula Vogel. Music supervised, arranged, and orchestrated by Daryl Waters. Directed by Jessica Thebus. At the Huntington Theatre Company's main stage; The Boston University Theatre, 264 Huntington Ave, Boston MA, 02115. Runs November 13 through December 13, 2009. Box Office 617 266-0800 or buy online at HuntingtonTheatre.org  Photo by T. Charles Erickson

November 17, 2009

A Civil War Christmas - Jessica Thebus

Jessica Thebus, the director of A Civil War Christmas, spoke to the company on the first day of rehearsal - now a month past. It is interesting to read this again within the frame of the work we have done over the last few weeks. Here is the text of Jessica's greeting:

"I usually read something that I write on the first day. I like to do it for a few reasons. One is to share some of my thoughts in the time I have been living with the play, what I see as our map of where we are going, and to give as at least a starting place for our work together."

"Another, more important reason is to celebrate the gathering together of people in a room and launch a new journey, because one is never exactly like another. We are starting a journey, following a star, in celebration of our own, multi-denominational nativity."

"The story of the nativity—why, I wonder, do we as human beings love to hear the same story told over and over? With all our natural love of plot and suspense, we gather in homes and places of worship, and theaters, to hear again and again of the nutcracker, or of Scrooge and the spirits, or the birth of a child in a stable." Read the rest here...

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A Civil War Christmas - An American Musical Celebration by Paula Vogel. Music supervised, arranged, and orchestrated by Daryl Waters. Directed by Jessica Thebus. At the Huntington Theatre Company's main stage; The Boston University Theatre, 264 Huntington Ave, Boston MA, 02115. Runs November 13 through December 13, 2009. Box Office 617 266-0800 or buy online at HuntingtonTheatre.org

A Civil War Christmas - Choirs thru 11/22

The Huntington is welcoming over 30 choirs to the Boston University Theatre to perform before each performance of A Civil War Christmas. In case you missed it - there was a nice write up in the Globe just last week. Click here to read more...

Here's the roster of choirs performing tonight through Thanksgiving. I'll post the next round at the end of the week. If you would like to see the entire roster click here.

Each Choir will perform a half hour prior to the curtain times listed above (so, for instance, if you want to see Boston University a capella group In Achord get your tickets and be in your seat by 7:30pm).


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A Civil War Christmas - An American Musical Celebration by Paula Vogel. Music supervised, arranged, and orchestrated by Daryl Waters. Directed by Jessica Thebus. At the Huntington Theatre Company's main stage; The Boston University Theatre, 264 Huntington Ave, Boston MA, 02115. Runs November 13 through December 13, 2009. Box Office 617 266-0800 or buy online at HuntingtonTheatre.org