The 2024 Twin Cities holiday theater season is starting up and provides choices for the whole family. Ranging from A Christmas Carol at the Guthrie to Dr. Seuss's Christmas stealing Grinch, take a look at some of our great live theater options and consider giving the gift of an experience this season instead of something out of a box!
A Christmas Carol
Minneapolis, MN
Saturday, Nov 9, 2024 – Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024
The Guthrie's cherished tradition celebrates its 50th year and continues to delight audiences of all ages this holiday season!
A miserly and miserable man, Ebenezer Scrooge greets each Christmas with “Bah! Humbug!” until he is visited one Christmas Eve by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Future. In Charles Dickens’ beloved classic, the three spirits show Scrooge happy memories from his past, difficult realities from the present and a grim future should he continue his closed-hearted ways. Throughout his journey, Scrooge is forced to reckon with the man he has become and contemplate the man he could be — but only if his restless night leads to a change of heart by morning.
Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Children's Theatre Company
Minneapolis, MN
Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 - Friday, Jan. 5, 2025
A miserly and miserable, ever-so-cantankerous Grinch has observed the despicable Christmas joy of the Whos with disdain, from a distance, for decades. Enough! In this CTC holiday favorite, filled with music and Seussian rhymes, he plots the greatest heist imaginable—stealing the very thing they love the most! Until, that is, the smallest of the Whos, tiny Cindy Lou, extends a hand. Through the combination of kindness and community, we witness not only a change in the course of Who-History, but the size and capacity of the old green guy’s heart.
Based on the book How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
Disney’s The Little Mermaid
Ordway Center for Performing Arts
Saint Paul, MN
Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024 - Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024
In a magical kingdom beneath the sea, the beautiful young mermaid Ariel longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above.
Based on one of Hans Christian Andersen’s most beloved stories and the classic animated film, Disney’s The Little Mermaid is a hauntingly beautiful love story for the ages.
With music by eight-time Academy® Award winner Alan Menken, this perfect for the whole family, fishy-fable will capture your heart with its irresistible songs including “Under the Sea,” “Kiss the Girl,” and “Part of Your World.”
Steel Magnolias
Yellow Tree Theatre
Osseo, MN
Friday, Nov. 15, 2024 - Friday, Dec. 29, 2024
Before the iconic 1989 film broke box office records nationwide, Louisiana salon owner Truvy first set up shop on the stage. The colorful cast of regulars and employees that frequent her establishment include a mother-daughter duo planning a wedding, a woman who’s “been in a bad mood for 40 years,” and a mysterious newcomer. Through laughter, tears, and a thick fog of hairspray, these women face trials and triumphs armed with their greatest strength: each other.
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