“Christmas with the Crawfords,” Burien Little Theatre’s holiday production, begins Nov. 27th, and it sounds hilarious – imagine actress Joan Crawford and other assorted (yet highly dysfunctional) Hollywood celebrity guests stuck at Crawford’s home on Christmas Eve doing a radio show.
Now throw in men in drag, funny original music, a great cast and the fact that it’s local and you’ve got this show.
Here are the details:
WHAT: “Christmas With The Crawfords” musical comedy
WHEN: Begins Nov. 27th and continues through Dec. 20th; 12 shows total so you’d better order tickets soon!
- November 27 at 8:00 p.m. Â Â Friday
- November 28 at 8:00 p.m. Â Â Saturday
- November 29 at 2:00 p.m. Â Â Sunday Matinee -Â $7 Sunday
- December 4 at 8:00 p.m. Â Â Â Â Friday
- December 5 at 8:00 p.m. Â Â Â Â Saturday
- December 6 at 2:00 p.m. Â Â Â Â Sunday Matinee
- December 11 at 8:00 p.m. Â Â Â Friday
- December 12 at 8:00 p.m. Â Â Â Saturday
- December 13 at 2:00 p.m. Â Â Â Sunday Matinee
- December 18 at 8:00 p.m. Â Â Â Friday
- December 19 at 8:00 p.m. Â Â Â Saturday
- December 20 at 2:00 p.m. Â Â Sunday Matinee
WHERE: Burien Little Theatre, located at the Burien Community Center at the intersection of 4th SW and SW 146th.
INFO: Here’s copy from the BLT press release:
Featuring Hollywood’s most famous dysfunctional family, this musical comedy pays tribute to and parodies Tinseltown’s “Golden Age.”
To revive her ailing career, Joan Crawford arranges a live radio broadcast in her home on Christmas Eve, 1944, but uninvited celebrity guests hog the spotlight to sing their Holiday favorites.
Ticket prices are $20 general admission and $17 for students and seniors.
Click here to order tickets, which are priced better online.
On Sunday, Nov. 29th all tickets are just $7 – but hurry, these tickets sell out fast!
Playwright Mark Sargent as Ethel Merman
On a personal note, this show was created by Richard Winchester and written by Mark Sargent.
Waaay back in the ’80s, Sargent was lead singer in a campy Seattle band called Mondo Vita. We were big fans of ‘em, and once we saw his name attached to this show we just had to re-live those days – here’s the only video from them we could find, and while Sargent doesn’t sing the lead, he’s the shorter backup singer:
It appears that Sargent continues to do camp, as between writing plays, he’s also the lead singer for The Ethel Merman Experience in San Francisco.
