A 1940s Radio Christmas Carol (Full-length musical, dramatic comedy, 1940's/WWII)

Name: A 1940s Radio Christmas Carol (Full-length musical, dramatic comedy, 1940's/WWII)
Start: 2024-12-05T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-12-05T21:00:00-05:00
Location: 900 West Marion Ave., Punta Gorda, FL, United States, Florida 33950

Schedule

Thu Dec 05 2024 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

900 West Marion Ave., Punta Gorda, FL, United States, Florida 33950 | Punta Gorda, FL

It's Christmas Eve, 1943, and the Feddington Players are broadcasting from a hole-in-the-wall studio in Newark, NJ,
and set to present their contemporary 'take' on Dickens's A Christmas Carol.
Whether it's the noisy plumbing, missed cues, electrical blackouts, or the over-the-top theatrics of veteran actor, but radio novice, William St. Claire, this show is an entertaining excursion into the mayhem and madness of a live radio show. St. Claire's escalating foibles and acting missteps take you to a simultaneously comedic and heart-wrenching dramatic climax: St. Claire has an on-air breakdown and begins to connect his own life with that of the classic Dickens tale.
To 'save the show,' the company improvises an ending to Charles Dickens' classic as a film noir mystery, featuring a hardboiled detective, a femme fatale, and an absurd rescue of Tiny Tim (and the Lindbergh baby) from the clutches of a Hitler-esque villain named Rudolf!
The show features four delightful original period songs for the Feddington Players, and swing arrangements of many Christmas standards written by High School Musical lyricist Faye Greenberg and composer David Wohl
So join us as 7 Mary 34 Productions (the folks that brought you White Christmas) once again invites you to welcome the holiday season and step back in time as the 1940s Radio Christmas Carol sings and dances its way into your heart.