Theater for the New City (TNC), presents Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre (CAMT) in A Christmas Carol, Oy! Hanukkah, Merry Kwanzaa, a cheery show playing on Tuesday, 12/22 and Wednesday, 12/23 at 8 PM; Sunday, 12/26 at 3 PM, Tuesday, 12/28, Wednesday, 12/29 and Thursdau, 12/30 at 8 PM; and Friday, 12/31 and Sunday, 1/2 at 3 PM.
This production is a toy-puppet theater extravaganza for all ages that stages Dickens’ classic with Old World accents and New World inclusiveness. Adapted, directed and reinvented by Vit Horejs, it features over 30 puppets by Milos Kasal, including a quartet of Rockettes in Slovak, Moravian and Ruthenian folk costumes and holiday songs in Czech, English, Hebrew, Slovak, Spanish and Swahili. Into the familiar story is woven a blend of English, Jewish, African, American and Czech winter rituals and customs, all performed by over three dozen marionettes ranging in size from four to twenty-four inches, as well as found objects and toys. The cast of puppets is backed up by a live a capella monumentale choir of Katarina Vizina and Valois Mickens. The set uses a century-old toy marionette theater donated by Madeleine Albright.
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Theater for the New City is located at 155 First Ave., at E. 10th Street, New York, NY
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