If you’re looking for a holiday-themed, on-the-stage event this month, Oklahoma is teeming.
In Tulsa, the PAC remains the hub for all things performing arts. Start the month with A Christmas Carol from the American Theater Company, running Dec. 4-23. Next up at the venue is Tulsa Ballet’s The Nutcracker, returning as an audience favorite from Dec. 7-21. And if you aren’t quite satiated, the Tulsa Festival Ringers pair up with the Tulsa Carolers on Dec. 10 for a free performance in the Westby Pavilion. Other Tulsa goodies include It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, running Dec. 5-14 at the Broken Arrow Community Playhouse; Signature Symphony’s Christmas in Tulsa event at the TCC Van Trease PACE on Dec. 12-13; and comedian Rob Scheider on Dec. 27 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tulsa.
In Oklahoma City, the Civic Center Music Hall is the place to be for holiday cheer. First is OKC Philharmonic’s A Very Merry Pops, running Dec. 5-6. Next up is Canterbury Voice’s presentation of Handel’s Messiah on Dec. 7, followed by Storyteller Theatre’s It’s A Wonderful Life on Dec. 12-21. Dance fans should swing back around the venue anytime between Dec. 12-23 for OKC Ballet’s The Nutcracker. The venue closes out the year on Dec. 27 with Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, brought by OKC Broadway. Don’t forget to visit Lyric Theatre for A Christmas Carol through Dec. 28, as well as Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park for its Jane Austen’s Christmas Cracker on Dec. 4-21.
Around the state, final can’t-miss shows include Tower of Power Christmas on Dec. 7 at Stillwater’s McKnight Center for the Performing Arts, as well as Pollard Theatre’s A Territorial Christmas Carol, through Dec. 21 in Guthrie.
