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The famed House Theatre of Chicago partnered with our own Adrienne Arsht Center for the
Performing Arts for a third consecutive season to present the new holiday-themed production, playing now
through December 30.
The updated classic is no longer a ballet, but rather an "affirmative and emotional"
play about
young Clara's journey to save Christmas, bringing her broken family back together from a terrible
and surprising loss.
"This contemporary holiday theater piece weaves together riveting dialogue, astonishing puppetry,
original songs and spellbinding spectacle to tell a heartwarming, darkly moving story
of magic and hope," says the Arsht.
And staged in the round in the Center’s intimate 200-seat Carnival Studio Theater,
there is no bad seat. Your kids will love it, your Aunt M will love it, it’s hip and
entertaining, the set and costumes are clever and magical and for $45, to me, it’s worth
every cent.