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Christmas themes plentiful this week

The Cratchits, the Herdmans and the Baileys turn up

Published: Sunday, Nov. 25, 2007 12:14 a.m. MST
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Two more Scrooges, a herd of Herdmans and George Bailey highlight this week's new Christmas-themed stage offerings.

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, is Desert Star Dinner Theatre's annual production, featuring nearly two dozen songs and Desert Star's family-oriented humor.

Directed by Scott Holman (assisted by Mary Parker Williams), the cast will include Justin Berry, Corey Brandenburger, Heather Elmer, Bryan Mathew Hague, Julie Heaton and Kirsten Louise Kenison, with Aubrey Thompson as accompanist.

The show plays Friday through Dec. 22, with performances Mondays-Fridays at 7 p.m., and Saturdays at 3:15 and 7 p.m. The "Grand Holiday Buffet" is served at 5:45 p.m. nightly, with the Saturday lunch buffet at 2 p.m.

Combined show-buffet prices are $35.95 for adults on weeknights and $39.95 on weekends and $14.95 for children, 11 and under (266-2600 or www.desertstar.biz).

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A CHRISTMAS CAROL, based on Charles Dickens' beloved masterpiece, has two more stage versions opening this week, both in Utah County — the recent Broadway edition at the Center Street Musical Theatre, 177 W. Center, Provo, and the more familiar, traditional version at Hale Center Theater Orem, 225 W. 400 North.

Center Street's production, with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, features Gavin Grooms as Ebenezer Scrooge and Brianne Emry, Matt Christensen and Felicia Chamberlain as, respectively, the ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Future. Tiny Tim will be played by Joseph Grooms and Jennifer Bringhurst, who share the role.

It runs from Friday through Dec. 22, with performances Mondays and Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 11 a.m. Admission is $10 for adults and $8 for senior citizens, students and children, and $9-$7 for matinees. There is also a $45 Monday night family pass.

Optional evening dinners, served at 6:30 p.m., are $10 per person. The breakfast menu, served at 10 a.m., featuring Belgian waffles and hot chocolate, is $5 for adults and $3 for children. Advance reservations are required for all meals. For all reservations, call 373-4485 (www.csmtc.com).

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Doug Carter, Desert Star Theatres

The cast of Desert Star's "Holidays" revue.

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