Artistic Staff:

Director: Amanda Folena
Choreographer: Robyn Tribuzi
Musical Director: Sean Kana

Missed the show at the Lesher Center? Our full production of “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas” will move to the Castro Valley Center for the Arts for six performances. For complete information, click here.

Overview:

Based on the beloved and timeless 1954 film that starred Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera Ellen, the musical version first opened in San Francisco in 2004 at the Curran Theatre.  After touring several cites the show went on to Broadway for the holiday season in 2008 and 2009.  This heartwarming musical adaptation features 17 Irving Berlin songs and a book by David Ives and Paul Blake.

The dazzling score features well known standards including “Blue Skies”, “I Love a Piano”, “How Deep is the Ocean” and the perennial favorite, “White Christmas.”

Plot Summary:

After World War II, song and dance men Bob Wallace and Phil Davis form a successful partnership eventually becoming top Broadway producers.  Bob agrees to take in a nightclub act by the Haynes sisters, Betty and Judy, as a favor-so he thinks-for their brother who served with Bob and Phil in the war.  Phil always tries to get Bob interested in a girl, usually one in the show.   When he realizes that Bob is smitten with Betty, he arranges to accompany them to their show at a small Vermont Inn.  Imagine their surprise when they learn that their old commanding officer, Major General Tom Waverly, is the inn’s owner.  The General has sunk his savings and pension into the venture but it has yet to snow and it looks like he’s on the verge of bankruptcy.  They come up with a plan to help the General, but a series of misunderstandings leads to a rift between Bob and Betty leaving it to Phil and Judy to try and get them back together-which, of course, they do.

Irving Berlin’s White Christmas is a family friendly show appropriate for ages 4 and up.  The show runs approximately 2 hours with one 15 minute intermission.