Photo courtesy Red Mountain Theatre / Stewart Edmonds
Red Mountain Theatre invites you to usher in the season with music, merriment, and togetherness at Holiday Spectacular 2024! In what’s become Birmingham’s favorite holiday tradition, families gather to enjoy showstopping dance numbers and beautiful solo moments alike from a cast of over 75 performers. Some of the city’s best professional talent lead RMT’s youthful Performing Ensembles members in a celebration of all the different facets of this time of year.
“It’s so much fun every year to pull together the right mix of songs,” says the show’s Music Director Katie Holmes. “We want to capture the exuberance of the season — plus feature a huge Rockettes-style dance number — but it’s also hard not to be awed by the Nativity finale with all the classic hymns everyone knows and loves.”
RMT is especially excited about a new surprise for audiences this year. As Artistic Director Roy Lightner explains, “Inspired by Broadway shows like The Lion King and Life of Pi, we’ve had the Puppet Design & Build Team at Ohio University build us life-sized constructions of our Nativity animals. They’re SO COOL up close and our cast members are learning to operate them with real mannerisms. It’s going to allow us a new level of storytelling this season.”
Jennifer Jaquess, RMT’s Executive Director, is always grateful for this time of year. “The holidays can be so crazy, and our creative team knows that. We set out to create a moment where audiences can just take a deep breath and enjoy what the season has to offer for us all, together.”
Shows will be running between December 5 and 22nd, with performances at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Matinees start at 2 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. There will be a bonus performance at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, December 22. Tickets are available at redmountaintheatre.org. For groups of 10+, please email [email protected].
