Irving Berlin’s
WHITE CHRISTMAS
Live On Stage
A Montana TheatreWorks Production
December 6th – 22nd
Tickets at www.TheEllenTheatre.com
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas – Irving Berlin’s WHITE CHRISTMAS, which returns to The Ellen Theatre for a three week run this December. The all-singing, all-dancing holiday musical was a huge hit in 2011 and now it’s back, with a cast of 24 and a live, 20-piece orchestra, making it one of The Ellen’s biggest shows yet.
First on Broadway in 2008, this adaptation of the perennial family favorite has show biz entertainers Bob Wallace and Phil Davis (Keith Krutchkoff and Jake Reisig) being detoured to Vermont with budding performers Betty and Judy Haynes (Valerie Andrews and Cheryl Sheedy). Once there, they discover their former WWII commanding officer turned innkeeper, General Waverly (George DeVries) is losing customers due to a lack of snow. Not to worry. As with all musicals at The Ellen, there is a toe-tapping happy ending!
Presented by Montana TheatreWorks, producers of last year’s Guys and Dolls and this summer’s comedy Is He Dead?, White Christmas is packed with terrific numbers from the movie including Snow, The Best Things Happen While You’re Dancing, Blue Skies, Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep and the title tuneWhite Christmas. Added to the stage adaptation are the Irving Berlin standards I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm, I Love a Piano, and more.
There are twelve performances in all of White Christmas, opening on Friday, December 6th and running until Sunday, December 22nd. Show times are 7:30except for Sunday matinees, which begin at 3 PM. Beer, wine and refreshments will be available in The Ellen Lobby starting one hour prior to each performance. Thanks to a generous sponsorship from Insty-Prints, tickets are reasonably priced at $15.00 for kids (ages 17 and under), $17.00 for seniors (55 and up), and $19.75 for adults. There is a $1.00 Ellen Restoration Fund added to each ticket purchased and a $1.25 transaction fee per total order.
To choose your seats and buy tickets online, visit www.theellentheatre.com. Reserved seats may also be purchased by calling The Ellen Box Office at 406-585-5885. With winter weather just around the corner, don’t be left out in the cold. Every year, The Ellen holiday production sells out and White Christmas is expected to do the same, so it is advised to purchase tickets early.
