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This coming weekend might well be the best opportunity to get a real infusion of the holiday spirit, as all sorts of holiday-themed shows and events will be taking place Friday through Sunday, Dec. 6-8. One of the Tulsa’s most iconic holiday shows, American Theatre Company’s musical adaptation of “A Christmas Carol,” debuts 7:30 p.
m. Friday, Dec. 6, at the Tulsa PAC, 110 E.
Second Street. Performances continue through Dec. 22.
The production was originally designed to be a one-off show, but audience demand turned into a Christmas tradition. ATC founding members Bob Odle and Richard Averill wrote the book and the songs, respectively, and Richard Ellis designed the various sets the production has used through the years. Karl Krause returns as Ebenezer Scrooge, the London moneylender whose meanness — in every sense of the word — has made him one of the most despised men in the city.
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Cratchit and Rowan Butler as Tiny Tim. Tickets $24-$39. 918-596-7111, tulsapac.
com Tulsa Ballet is debuting what it hopes will become a new holiday tradition with the “Nutcracker Festival,” which will take over the upper level of the SageNet Event center at Expo Square, 4145 E. 21st St. The festival will run 10 a.
m. to 7 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 6, and 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec.
7. The event, presented in collaboration with the Hardesty Family Foundation and TulsaGo, is designed to immerse visitors in a Christmas wonderland. Activities include an ice-less skating rink, an indoor train, a 30-foot Christmas tree, a “snow globe” photo booth, appearances by Santa Claus and his reindeer, a marketplace featuring local vendors of items perfect for gift-giving, and local performing arts groups offering holiday-themed shows, including excerpts from Tulsa Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker.
” Tickets begin at $11-$13; some activities require an additional fee. To purchase and more information: nutcrackerfest.com If Christmas for you means screaming electric guitars, soaring vocals, amped up arrangements of classical melodies and a story about redemption on the mean and sad streets of New York City, then the upcoming concert by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra is your cup of Christmas cheer.
The band is touring this holiday season with a new production of its 2004 album, “The Lost Christmas Eve,” which will be presented 7 p.m. Friday, Dec.
6 at BOK Center, 100 Civic Center. It’s the first time the ensemble has performed this work in more than a decade. Tickets are $59-$168.
bokcenter.com Theaters showing the new film version of the musical “Wicked” are having to post signs requesting those attending refrain from singing along with the musical numbers. So if you are wanting to be able to warble along with the stars on the screen, the place to be is Circle Cinema, for its annual “White Christmas Sing-Along,” which will debut 2 p.
m. Saturday, Dec. 7, at the theater, 10 S.
Lewis Ave. An opening reception will be held at 1 p.m.
Dec. 7 and will feature artists of Tulsa Opera performing holiday carols, complimentary cookies and punch. Guests are encouraged to dress in 1950s style, as befits the timeframe of the film.
“White Christmas” is a romantic comedy featuring songs by Irving Berlin about a pair of performers (Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye) who decide to host a tribute to their former commanding officer while dealing with the romantic complications presented by a sister act (Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen). The film will be shown with lyrics to the songs displayed, and each showing will feature pre-show trivia games with prizes, interactive props, holiday pipe organ music in the lobby, and photo opportunities. Tulsa Opera artists will also perform before select matinee showings.
Tickets are $20. To purchase, and a complete list of showings: circlecinema.org .
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