Bring your family and celebrate Christmas with The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati's live rendition of everyone's favorite holiday special. A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS! Don't let the hustle and bustle of the holidays get you down - Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang are here to remind us all about what's most important during this Yuletide season. A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS is presented by The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati, December 4 through December 13. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS, by Charles M. Schulz, is based on the television special by Bill Melendez and Lee Mendelson, with stage adaptation by Eric Schaeffer. By special arrangement with Arthur Whitelaw and Ruby Persson. Puppets by The Frisch Marionette Company. Directed by Roderick Justice. Choreographed by Jay Goodlett.
2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the animated television special, A Charlie Brown Christmas. Produced by Lee Mendelson and directed by Bill Melendez, the TV program made its debut on CBS on December 9, 1965.
Performances play Friday December 4 at 7:30 PM; Saturday December 5 at 2 PM; Sunday, December 6 at 2 PM; Saturday, December 12 at 2 PM and 5 PM; and Sunday, December 13 at 2 PM. At the Taft Theatre, 5th and Sycamore Streets in Downtown Cincinnati. Tickets $7-$25. 1-800-745-3000 and www.ticketmaster.com.
The cast of A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS
Lucy (Sara Kenny) and Charlie Brown (Trey Paris)
Schroeder (Caleb Farley) and Lucy (Sara Kenny)
No one is impressed with Charlie Brown’s tree: Linus (Hunter Henrickson), Schroeder (Caleb Farley), Violet (Biana Sanborn), Lucy (Sara Kenny) and Charlie Brown (Trey Paris)
Trey Paris is Charlie Brown
The cast of A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS
Cast members of A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS try to fix Charlie’s little tree
Charlie Brown (Trey Paris) and Linus (Hunter Henrickson)
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