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Musical direction is by Lucille Kincaid THE MORNING CALL THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2015 BOB EBERLE ■ Lehigh University Philharmonic, 8 CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
and choreography by Joey Schubert. p.m. Friday and Saturday, Zoellner Arts
Dave Scheffler is Marley and Osbourne Center, Lehigh University, Bethlehem. Lutenist Ronn McFarlane teams up with
Thursday performances will feature a Tickets: $18. 610-758-2787,
pre-show party of cookies and cocoa at Focht is Scrooge in the Centenary Stage www.zoellnerartscenter.org. Galileo’s Daughters, an early music en-
6:30 p.m. in the theater’s Green Room.
■ “White Christmas,” 8 p.m. Friday, Company ‘Christmas Carol: The Musical,’ in Yuletide Revels at Trinity semble, at Yuletide Revels Saturday at
Saturday, Dec. 11, 12, 18, 19; 7:30 p.m. Dec. 10
and 17; 2 p.m. Dec. 13 and 20; Pennsylvania Hackettstown, N.J. Episcopal Church Trinity Episcopal Church in Bethlehem.
Playhouse, Illick’s Mill Road, Bethlehem,
Tickets: 610-865-6665, ‘Christmas Carol: An early music consort, a Christmas the Lehigh campus in Bethlehem. As in
www.paplayhouse.org. feast … and astrophysics? You bet! On previous years, the program features a
The Musical’ Saturday, the annual Yuletide Revels, chorus of nearly 200 voices that combines
Touchstone’s ‘Christmas A musical version of Charles Dickens’ presented by Trinity Episcopal Church in the Lehigh chorus with community
“A Christmas Carol” on stage at Centenary Bethlehem, will feature a visit from some singers, under the direction of Steven
City Follies’ returns Stage Company in Hackettstown, N.J., special starry messengers — and even a bit Sametz and associate director Sun Min
features a number of actors with of high tech. This year’s seasonal jollity, Lee. The magic of a candlelight
Touchstone Theatre brings back the connections to the Lehigh Valley. co-sponsored by the Moravian College processional accompanied by brass, harp
familiar — Touchstone founder Bill Conference on Medieval and Early and organ is always a highlight of the
George’s cantankerous storytelling clown Osbourne Focht, a native of Bethlehem, Modern Studies, will feature New York’s concert.
“The Old Guy,” Mary Wright’s sweet and plays Ebenezer Scrooge, and Dave Galileo Daughters, an early music
silent “Little Red,” and the ever popular Scheffler, a resident of Easton, is the ensemble that focuses on the music and The program features readings and
Shopping Cart Ballet Bill — when it stages chain-covered Jacob Marley, in the science of the 17th century. music to celebrate the season. Selections
“Christmas City Follies XVI,” its annual extravagant musical at the Lackland will be performed by the Lehigh
romp through merry music and hilarity. Center through Dec. 13. Galileo’s Daughters was founded in University Choral Arts, the Lehigh
2001, inspired by the lives and works of University Glee Club, and Dolce, the
The vaudeville-style variety show also Both men are reprising the roles they Galileo Galilei, his daughter, Maria Lehigh University Women’s ensemble.
has plenty of things that are new, from performed in previous productions of “A Celeste, and the musicians and scientists This years’ program features a rich variety,
fresh characters, comic scenes, personal Christmas Carol: The Musical.” of their time. Ensemble members Sarah including works by Brahms, Mendelssohn,
stories from company members, and Pillow, soprano, and Mary Anne Ballard, Poulenc, spirituals, lullabies and hymns.
original and adapted holiday music. The musical features songs by Alan viola da gamba, will team up with
Menken and Lynn Ahrens and the cast is renowned lutenist Ronn McFarlane, (who Every year for more than three decades,
“There are lots of musical numbers in accompanied by a live orchestra. will double as Vincenzio Galilei) and Marc composer-conductor Sametz has created a
this year’s Follies — traditional, jazz, Wagnon, video artist, in a program new arrangement of “Lo How A Rose E’er
island music and mash-ups,” says Lisa The cast of more than 65 includes other combining science and music. Blooming” as part of the Vespers
Jordan, managing director of Touchstone. local actors including Bob Cohen and tradition. This year is it based on Albert
“Some of the new scenes include a quartet Muhlenberg graduate David Yurch as well “Perpetual Motion: Galileo and His Becker’s serenely beautiful
of Forgotten Christmas Tree Ornaments as professional equity guest artists, Revolutions” blends narration about the “Weihnachtmotette” (Christmas Motet).
lamenting their fate being left in the Centenary College theater students and coinciding discoveries in science and ■ Lehigh University Choral Arts
ornament box year after year, a training faculty, staff and members of the critically music with the avant-garde compositions Christmas Vespers, 4 and 8 p.m. Sunday
session for Black Friday shoppers and the acclaimed Young Performers Workshop. of Galileo’s day, accompanied by images Packer Chapel, 27 Memorial Drive West,
original story of NORAD tracking Santa.” from the heavens and nature that are Lehigh University, Bethlehem. Free.
Focht was last seen as Captain Hook in mixed live and interact with the music 610-758-2787, www.zoellnerartscenter.org.
Since the first production in 1995, many last season’s “Peter Pan” and Bill Sykes in and storytelling.
residents of the Lehigh Valley have come “Oliver.” Focht’s Broadway credits include Steve Siegel is a freelance writer.
to count Christmas City Follies as a part of Paul Simon’s “The Capeman,” “Kristina: “In Perpetual Motion, we’re taken back Jodi Duckett, editor
their holiday traditions, making the trip to The Musical” and “The Sound of Music” to the 17th century, when a new age of jodi.duckett@mcall.com
Touchstone for an evening of original at Paper Mill Playhouse. Focht was the science was born. We’re treated to an 610-820-6704
theater. bass of The Mervtones with Merv Griffin enchanting tapestry of storytelling,
and his orchestra under the direction of Renaissance instruments, songs and
“After last year with our 15th Follies, Mort Lidsey and was a member of the images of nature — some iconic, some
this year feels like a pivotal moment in the Late Show Carolers on the “Late Show familiar, some fresh. The harmony is so
show’s life, where we have the chance to with David Letterman.” natural, so welcome to our senses, that we
create the piece anew,” says Touchstone are left wondering why all history of
Artistic Director Jp Jordan. “Like an The production is directed by Michael science is not choreographed for us in this
adolescent on the verge of adulthood, this Blevins, who has directed and way,” writes astrophysicist Neil deGrasse
is Follies celebrating her sweet 16.” choreographed the New York revival of Tyson, host of the TV miniseries “Cosmos:
“Seesaw” and his original musical “Count A Space-Time Odyssey.”
This is Jordan’s eighth time directing to Ten.”
the show. ■ “A Christmas Carol: The Musical” 2 As in past years, the evening concludes
p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, 12, 13; 7:30 p.m. Dec. with a Boar’s Head Procession, followed
During “Follies,” Touchstone’s gallery 10; 8 p.m. Dec. 5, 11, 12, Sitnik Theatre of by a reception of Dickensian proportions,
will feature an exhibit titled “Seeing the Lackland Center, 715 Grand Ave. which includes legendary Yuletide
Surfaces and Beyond: Paintings and Hackettstown, N.J. Tickets: $25, $27.50, goodies such as wassail, nog and flaming
Drawings by George K. Shortess.” Shortess $29.50, $20, age 11 and under; Thursday Christmas pudding.
is an award-winning artist who has been performances are Family Night with a ■ Yuletide Revels, 5 p.m. Saturday,
featured in exhibits in the U.S., Canada, 2-for-1 rush ticket special when purchased Trinity Episcopal Church, 44 E. Market
Europe and Japan. All proceeds from the at the box office before the show. St., Bethlehem. Tickets: $15 suggested
sale of the gallery works will be donated www.centenarystageco.org 908-979-0900. donation; free, under 12. 610-867-4741.
to Touchstone.
■ “Christmas City Follies XVI” 8 p.m. kathy.lauer@call.com LU Christmas Vespers
today, Friday, Saturday, Dec. 10, 11, 12, 17, 18 610-778-2235
and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13 and 20, 2 and 8 Lehigh University Choral Arts presents
p.m. Dec. 19. Touchstone Theatre, 321 E. its annual Christmas Vespers concert
Fourth St. Bethlehem. Tickets: $25, $15, Sunday at Packer Memorial Church on
students and seniors, Thursdays,
pay-what-you-will. 610-867-1689,
32 www.touchstone.org.
Continued from 28 Continued from 29
Musical direction is by Lucille Kincaid THE MORNING CALL THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2015 BOB EBERLE ■ Lehigh University Philharmonic, 8 CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
and choreography by Joey Schubert. p.m. Friday and Saturday, Zoellner Arts
Dave Scheffler is Marley and Osbourne Center, Lehigh University, Bethlehem. Lutenist Ronn McFarlane teams up with
Thursday performances will feature a Tickets: $18. 610-758-2787,
pre-show party of cookies and cocoa at Focht is Scrooge in the Centenary Stage www.zoellnerartscenter.org. Galileo’s Daughters, an early music en-
6:30 p.m. in the theater’s Green Room.
■ “White Christmas,” 8 p.m. Friday, Company ‘Christmas Carol: The Musical,’ in Yuletide Revels at Trinity semble, at Yuletide Revels Saturday at
Saturday, Dec. 11, 12, 18, 19; 7:30 p.m. Dec. 10
and 17; 2 p.m. Dec. 13 and 20; Pennsylvania Hackettstown, N.J. Episcopal Church Trinity Episcopal Church in Bethlehem.
Playhouse, Illick’s Mill Road, Bethlehem,
Tickets: 610-865-6665, ‘Christmas Carol: An early music consort, a Christmas the Lehigh campus in Bethlehem. As in
www.paplayhouse.org. feast … and astrophysics? You bet! On previous years, the program features a
The Musical’ Saturday, the annual Yuletide Revels, chorus of nearly 200 voices that combines
Touchstone’s ‘Christmas A musical version of Charles Dickens’ presented by Trinity Episcopal Church in the Lehigh chorus with community
“A Christmas Carol” on stage at Centenary Bethlehem, will feature a visit from some singers, under the direction of Steven
City Follies’ returns Stage Company in Hackettstown, N.J., special starry messengers — and even a bit Sametz and associate director Sun Min
features a number of actors with of high tech. This year’s seasonal jollity, Lee. The magic of a candlelight
Touchstone Theatre brings back the connections to the Lehigh Valley. co-sponsored by the Moravian College processional accompanied by brass, harp
familiar — Touchstone founder Bill Conference on Medieval and Early and organ is always a highlight of the
George’s cantankerous storytelling clown Osbourne Focht, a native of Bethlehem, Modern Studies, will feature New York’s concert.
“The Old Guy,” Mary Wright’s sweet and plays Ebenezer Scrooge, and Dave Galileo Daughters, an early music
silent “Little Red,” and the ever popular Scheffler, a resident of Easton, is the ensemble that focuses on the music and The program features readings and
Shopping Cart Ballet Bill — when it stages chain-covered Jacob Marley, in the science of the 17th century. music to celebrate the season. Selections
“Christmas City Follies XVI,” its annual extravagant musical at the Lackland will be performed by the Lehigh
romp through merry music and hilarity. Center through Dec. 13. Galileo’s Daughters was founded in University Choral Arts, the Lehigh
2001, inspired by the lives and works of University Glee Club, and Dolce, the
The vaudeville-style variety show also Both men are reprising the roles they Galileo Galilei, his daughter, Maria Lehigh University Women’s ensemble.
has plenty of things that are new, from performed in previous productions of “A Celeste, and the musicians and scientists This years’ program features a rich variety,
fresh characters, comic scenes, personal Christmas Carol: The Musical.” of their time. Ensemble members Sarah including works by Brahms, Mendelssohn,
stories from company members, and Pillow, soprano, and Mary Anne Ballard, Poulenc, spirituals, lullabies and hymns.
original and adapted holiday music. The musical features songs by Alan viola da gamba, will team up with
Menken and Lynn Ahrens and the cast is renowned lutenist Ronn McFarlane, (who Every year for more than three decades,
“There are lots of musical numbers in accompanied by a live orchestra. will double as Vincenzio Galilei) and Marc composer-conductor Sametz has created a
this year’s Follies — traditional, jazz, Wagnon, video artist, in a program new arrangement of “Lo How A Rose E’er
island music and mash-ups,” says Lisa The cast of more than 65 includes other combining science and music. Blooming” as part of the Vespers
Jordan, managing director of Touchstone. local actors including Bob Cohen and tradition. This year is it based on Albert
“Some of the new scenes include a quartet Muhlenberg graduate David Yurch as well “Perpetual Motion: Galileo and His Becker’s serenely beautiful
of Forgotten Christmas Tree Ornaments as professional equity guest artists, Revolutions” blends narration about the “Weihnachtmotette” (Christmas Motet).
lamenting their fate being left in the Centenary College theater students and coinciding discoveries in science and ■ Lehigh University Choral Arts
ornament box year after year, a training faculty, staff and members of the critically music with the avant-garde compositions Christmas Vespers, 4 and 8 p.m. Sunday
session for Black Friday shoppers and the acclaimed Young Performers Workshop. of Galileo’s day, accompanied by images Packer Chapel, 27 Memorial Drive West,
original story of NORAD tracking Santa.” from the heavens and nature that are Lehigh University, Bethlehem. Free.
Focht was last seen as Captain Hook in mixed live and interact with the music 610-758-2787, www.zoellnerartscenter.org.
Since the first production in 1995, many last season’s “Peter Pan” and Bill Sykes in and storytelling.
residents of the Lehigh Valley have come “Oliver.” Focht’s Broadway credits include Steve Siegel is a freelance writer.
to count Christmas City Follies as a part of Paul Simon’s “The Capeman,” “Kristina: “In Perpetual Motion, we’re taken back Jodi Duckett, editor
their holiday traditions, making the trip to The Musical” and “The Sound of Music” to the 17th century, when a new age of jodi.duckett@mcall.com
Touchstone for an evening of original at Paper Mill Playhouse. Focht was the science was born. We’re treated to an 610-820-6704
theater. bass of The Mervtones with Merv Griffin enchanting tapestry of storytelling,
and his orchestra under the direction of Renaissance instruments, songs and
“After last year with our 15th Follies, Mort Lidsey and was a member of the images of nature — some iconic, some
this year feels like a pivotal moment in the Late Show Carolers on the “Late Show familiar, some fresh. The harmony is so
show’s life, where we have the chance to with David Letterman.” natural, so welcome to our senses, that we
create the piece anew,” says Touchstone are left wondering why all history of
Artistic Director Jp Jordan. “Like an The production is directed by Michael science is not choreographed for us in this
adolescent on the verge of adulthood, this Blevins, who has directed and way,” writes astrophysicist Neil deGrasse
is Follies celebrating her sweet 16.” choreographed the New York revival of Tyson, host of the TV miniseries “Cosmos:
“Seesaw” and his original musical “Count A Space-Time Odyssey.”
This is Jordan’s eighth time directing to Ten.”
the show. ■ “A Christmas Carol: The Musical” 2 As in past years, the evening concludes
p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, 12, 13; 7:30 p.m. Dec. with a Boar’s Head Procession, followed
During “Follies,” Touchstone’s gallery 10; 8 p.m. Dec. 5, 11, 12, Sitnik Theatre of by a reception of Dickensian proportions,
will feature an exhibit titled “Seeing the Lackland Center, 715 Grand Ave. which includes legendary Yuletide
Surfaces and Beyond: Paintings and Hackettstown, N.J. Tickets: $25, $27.50, goodies such as wassail, nog and flaming
Drawings by George K. Shortess.” Shortess $29.50, $20, age 11 and under; Thursday Christmas pudding.
is an award-winning artist who has been performances are Family Night with a ■ Yuletide Revels, 5 p.m. Saturday,
featured in exhibits in the U.S., Canada, 2-for-1 rush ticket special when purchased Trinity Episcopal Church, 44 E. Market
Europe and Japan. All proceeds from the at the box office before the show. St., Bethlehem. Tickets: $15 suggested
sale of the gallery works will be donated www.centenarystageco.org 908-979-0900. donation; free, under 12. 610-867-4741.
to Touchstone.
■ “Christmas City Follies XVI” 8 p.m. kathy.lauer@call.com LU Christmas Vespers
today, Friday, Saturday, Dec. 10, 11, 12, 17, 18 610-778-2235
and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13 and 20, 2 and 8 Lehigh University Choral Arts presents
p.m. Dec. 19. Touchstone Theatre, 321 E. its annual Christmas Vespers concert
Fourth St. Bethlehem. Tickets: $25, $15, Sunday at Packer Memorial Church on
students and seniors, Thursdays,
pay-what-you-will. 610-867-1689,
32 www.touchstone.org.
