Cure Your Holiday Cheer Overload with CHRISTMAS IN HELL Industry Reading Today at Urban Stages

Need a cure for holiday cheer overload? Go to hell! CHRISTMAS IN HELL, a new musical comedy, will be have an industry presentation (by invitation) today, December 14th, at 12 noon at Urban Stages (259 W 30th St). An encore reading open to the public is on Friday, December 22nd at 7 pm as part of the Urban Stages Winter Rhythms Festival.

Brand new and already an award-winner, CHRISTMAS IN HELL won the 2017 Show-Score Best of Fest Award (Reading) at the New York Musical Festival.

From the twisted mind of Gary Apple. The book, lyrics and music were written by Gary Apple, a comedy writer for numerous primetime sitcoms and animated programs, including The Simpsons. Gary is a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop, and his published plays have been produced throughout the country.

Presented by a truly creative team. Directed by Richard Crawford (Cirque du Soleil), the show features actors with multiple Broadway, Off-Broadway, and national tour credits (including Richard Vida, Jonathan Stewart, and Eli Rayman as Davin). Musical direction is provided by Logan Medland (national tours of Jersey Boys, A Christmas Story, Cats) who currently performs in the orchestra of Broadway's A Bronx Tale.

So what's CHRISTMAS IN HELL about? In a hospital on Christmas Eve 2016, Charles Manson is gravely ill and supposed to go to Hell.... but, oops! Sweet, little 6-year-old Davin is taken down to Hell by mistake. Now Christmas is over and Davin is back...fiendishly changed. This irreverent musical follows Davin's father on his hilarious odyssey to get his son back to normal. Along the way, he meets fervent priests, a mystical crone, and a band of misfit Devil worshippers. Eventually, he descends to Hell itself and makes a wager with Lucifer he can't possibly win.

CHRISTMAS IN HELL is presented by Cherie Quain, Elena Rayman, and Alice Scovell, in association with the Urban Stages Winter Rhythms Festival. This show is rated PG-13 (or possibly 14). Holiday fun for the whole family...except the kids.

Have questions? Comments? Write to us at info@christmasinhell.com. Industry professionals who wish to attend the December 14th CHRISTMAS IN HELL presentation, e-mail info@christmasinhell.com (please indicate # of people in your party)

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