Stage and Screen, December 2017
All Aboard! The Polar Express
The Polar Express 3D is returning to the Giant Screen Theatre inside the National Infantry Museum every weekend beginning Dec. 9. Every child wearing pajamas will receive a free hot chocolate at the museum.
Dec. 9 – 23, The National Infantry Museum, 1775 Legacy Way, Columbus
The Nutcracker, presented by The Columbus Ballet
Celebrating over a decade of performances, The Columbus Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker promises to instill a love of the arts in young and old alike. With a cast of over 100 performers, live orchestra and acclaimed guests artists, this family-oriented production captures the magical wonder and innocence of Tchaikovsky’s beloved ballet.
Dec. 9, 7:30; Dec. 10, 2:30; RiverCenter for the Performing Arts, 900 Broadway, Columbus
A Charlie Brown Christmas Live on Stage
Everyone’s favorite holiday classic comes to life in the all-new touring production, A Charlie Brown Christmas Live on Stage. Join Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy and the whole Peanuts gang as they produce their own Christmas play and ultimately learn the true meaning of the season.
Dec. 18, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., RiverCenter for the Performing Arts, 900 Broadway, Columbus
Disney’s Newsies
Fresh from Broadway, this exhilarating song and dance sensation from Disney tells the captivating story of the 1899 New York newspaper boy strike. Led by 17-year-old runaway Jack Kelley, an army of orphan street kids takes on the world’s most powerful publishing empire and shuts it down. This two-time Tony Award-winning musical hit is the thrilling tale of a band of underdog children who fight for what’s right.
Dec. 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23 at 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 3, 10, 17 at 2:30 p.m., Springer Opera House, 103 10th Street, Columbus
A Tuna Christmas (The Next Generation)
Putting the fun in disfunction, a brilliant new cast of master comedians continues the legacy of Columbus’s legendary holiday cult favorite. Springer favorites Jim Pharr and Ben Redding will play all 24 citizens of Tuna, the tiny Texas town that erupts in holiday mayhem every year with a disastrous production of “A Christmas Carol,” yard displays vandalized by the Christmas Phantom, and a Humane Society overrun with iguanas, coyotes, sheep and myna birds.
Dec. 14 – 23, 7:30 p.m., Springer Opera House, 103 10th Street, Columbus