Drumming up vacation enjoyable

The studying of “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens is a vacation custom for a lot of — add some music to that, and you’ve got a enjoyable and inspirational vacation occasion. 

“A Christmas Carol: The Musical” is a musical adaptation that has been working for 17 years on the Players Theatre in Greenwich Village.

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What You Need To Know

• “A Christmas Carol: The Musical” is in its seventeenth yr at The Players Theatre in Greenwich Village
• It runs from Nov. 30 by means of Dec. 30
• The music within the present is all performed on percussion devices

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The Be Bold Productions present mixes vacation classics and authentic tunes. It was created by the husband and spouse group of Michael Sgouros and Brenda Bell.

“It’s just really cheerful, and there are of course the dark moments, especially when you get to Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, but you know, they kind of touch your heart and the next thing you know you are uplifted again. I feel like it’s the perfect show for the perfect time of year,” Bell stated.

The music is performed by a novel trio that includes Sgouros, who wrote the unique music, Bell, who wrote the lyrics, and the difference of the ebook. That trio makes use of solely percussion devices, all sorts. About 30 tuned and untuned in all.

“The tuned percussion instruments are very melodic, like the vibraphone. So we can play melodies and harmonies, and then we have a lot of non-tuned instruments that have effects like a mark tree, sleigh bells of course,” Sgouros stated.

It’s fairly a sight to see the music performed, nearly like watching two exhibits in a single.

“Sometimes audience members come up and say, ‘We were watching you,’ and sometimes we were forgetting to watch the stage, and I tell them, ‘Don’t forget to watch the stage. Look at us but don’t forget to watch the stage,’” Sgouros stated as he laughed.

Catch “A Christmas Carol: The Musical” on the Players Theatre Nov. 30 by means of Dec. 30.

For tickets, head here.