Columbus Theatre Newsroom

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Odom’s voice is a mixture of Nat King Cole and Sam Cooke, and he used it to serenade fans with a collection of holiday favorites. He shifted from the classic (such as “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”), the current (Wham!’s “Last Christmas,”) and the personal (“Snow” and “Heaven & Earth” from his two Christmas albums).

This weekend the cast and crew of Victoria Players Children’s Theater will present A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, A Play in Two Acts, Adapted for the Stage by James Hutchinson.

CAPA will present the live, touring show based on the Small Town Murder podcast to the Davidson Theatre in February. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Due to high demand, CAPA has added a second show for its Friday, April 4, presentation of Wild Kratts LIVE 2.0 – Activate Creature Power! at the Palace Theatre. With the 6:30 pm show nearly sold out, a 3:30 pm show has been added.

As part of its ongoing efforts to provide the best possible patron experience to all its guests, CAPA is implementing and expanding a number of accessibility offerings and initiatives.

Shadowbox Live (SBX) will kick off the new year with Hot Stuff, a sexy compilation of the best sketch comedy and music selections from its 2024 season.

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Individual tickets for the Columbus premiere of the smash-hit musical, A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL, will go on sale starting at 10 am Friday, December 13.

Join us for the Dublin premiere of this page-to-stage, musical adaptation of the beloved children’s book! After their morning walk with Miss Clavel, 12 little girls go to the zoo, back to school for their French history lesson and everyone gets the flu! Everyone that is, except for the ever-resilient Madeline. Saddened that they may not be able to go home for Christmas, Madeline’s holiday adventure begins, reminding everyone what makes the season special.

YouTube stars and family entertainers, NINJA KIDZ, are leaping out of your screens and into Columbus with NINJA KIDZ Live: Infinite Possibilities, coming to the Palace Theatre (34 W. Broad St.) on Saturday, November 15, at 3 pm.

CAPA welcomes Stardew Valley: Symphony of Seasons to the Palace Theatre in the fall of 2025. Stardew Valley: Symphony of Seasons features all-new arrangements of music from the game performed by a 35-piece orchestra. Learn more!

On December 7th the Dublin Presbyterian Church presented “A Christmas Carol in Bethlehem” as part of the 24-25 Concert Series. This series is dedicated to the memory of Myrtle Estep. Myrtle had a deep love for music, a passion for children, a strong faith, and spread joy wherever she went. We hope these concerts touch your heart and spread joy just as Myrtle did in the many lives she touched.

 The Harry Potter Film Concert Series will return to Ohio Theatre with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 in Concert, the final chapter in the Harry Potter series. Learn how to attend.

The ghost-with-the-most comes to the stage in Beetlejuice JR., the frightfully funny musical based on the beloved motion picture turned Broadway phenomenon. Lydia Deetz is a strange and unusual teenager, still grieving the loss of her mother and obsessed with the whole “being dead thing.” Lucky for Lydia, she and her father move to a new house haunted by a recently deceased couple and Beetlejuice, a delightful demon with a real zest for life. When Lydia calls on Beetlejuice to scare away anyone with a pulse, this double-crossing specter shows his true stripes, unleashing a (Nether)world of pandemonium.

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The classic holiday tale recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come whose visits transform him into a kinder, gentler man. The performance is a family friendly environment featuring a multi-generational cast.

FUNNY GIRL is coming to Columbus for an eight-show run March 25-30, 2025, at the Ohio Theatre.

Before she was hit-maker Carole King — she was Carole Klein, a spunky, young songwriter from Brooklyn with a unique voice. From the chart-topping hits she wrote for the biggest acts in music to her own life-changing, trailblazing success with Tapestry, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical takes you back to where it all began — and takes you on the ride of a lifetime.

Abbey Theater of Dublin, in collaboration with Dublin Coffman High School, will present Shakespeare's 'Macbeth.' Performances will run in January. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Spend a deliciously chilling evening with renowned criminologist and serial killer expert Dr. Scott Bonn as he takes you inside the minds of the world's most savage and prolific murderers at CAPA. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Based on Louisa May Alcott's 1868-69 semi-autobiographical two-volume novel, it focuses on the four March sisters - traditional Meg, wild, aspiring writer Jo, timid Beth and romantic Amy - and their beloved Marmee, at home in Concord, Massachusetts, while their father is away serving as a Union Army chaplain during the Civil War. Intercut with the vignettes in which their lives unfold are several recreations of the melodramatic short stories Jo writes in her attic studio. Performances run Dec. 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, & 21, 2024 at 8:00PM, Dec. 15 & 22, 2024 at 2:00PM at Curtain Players, 5691 Harlem Road, Galena, Ohio 43021. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit: http://curtainplayers.org

What did our critic think of DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! THE MUSICAL at Palace Theatre?

The new musical comedy The Christmas Carols will premiere in Pickerington, Ohio this holiday season! The musical will receive this world premiere staging at Pickerington High School North, the alma mater of the composer. Learn how to attend.

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