Arts Agenda: family-friendly holiday theater

Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline or venue type in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. Every week, we’ll present a different art form.

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November 11-December 27

Things are beginning to feel a bit like Christmas with the return of Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer at the Center for Puppetry Arts. The holiday classic, a faithful adaptation of the 1964 stop-motion animated special, runs from November 11 through December 27.

November 14-December 23

Join the Alliance Theatre’s Bernhardt Theatre for the Very Young series on a floor-to-floor adventure, meeting and celebrating with a variety of friends who all call The Apartment Building home in Knock, Knock. It’s on the Selig Family Black Box Theatre stage from November 14 through December 23.

November 14-December 27

A holiday tradition continues with A Christmas Carol on Alliance Theatre’s Coca-Cola Stage from November 14 through December 27.

November 19-December 23

The nostalgic Christmas Canteen returns as Aurora Theatre’s beloved holiday tradition, filled with the Christmas classic you know and love. See it  November 19 through December 23.

November 21

A Magical Cirque Christmas is a variety show full of nostalgia and charm where world-class entertainers perform to your favorite holiday music. See it at 8 p.m. on November 21 at the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center.

December 2-13

Twas the Night Before… is Cirque du Soleil’s first-ever holiday production, a Cirque-style interpretation of the well-known holiday classic. See it at the Fox Theatre from December 2 through December 13.

December 3-23

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is back at the Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse from December 3 through December 23.

December 4-12

Arís Theatre’s Jack & the Beanstalk is the company’s fourth annual foray into the wonderful and wacky world of panto, a beloved theater tradition on the other side of the Atlantic. Catch it from December 4 through December 12 at The Winter Theatre at Agnes Scott College.

December 4-24

Woodstock Arts presents Dickens’ holiday classic A Christmas Carol from December 4 through December 24.

December 5-20

Stage Door Theatre’s musical celebration finds The Winter Wonderettes entertaining at the annual Harper’s Hardware Holiday Party. When Santa turns up missing, the girls use their talent and creative ingenuity to save the holiday party. See it December 5 through December 20.

December 9

The national tour of A Charlie Brown Christmas Live On Stage brings the Peanuts gang to Atlanta Symphony Hall at 7 p.m. on December 9.

December 11-27

City Springs Theatre Company rolls out a new production of Anastasia, based on the 1997 animated film, from December 11 through December 27, It’s directed by Tony winner Baayork Lee. 

December 12

Aurora Children’s Playhouse presents The Holiday Magic Extravaganza with Arthur Atsma, packed with mind-boggling magic, cozy holiday memories and all things holly and jolly.

December 20 and 21

Get into the holiday groove with Motown Christmas at Aurora Theatre. This soulful celebration brings the magic of Motown to your favorite festive classics on December 20 and December 21.

December 22 and 23

A Christmas Carol Reimagined offers a bold retelling of Dickens’ beloved classic, filled with soaring music and stunning visuals. It comes to the Gas South Theater on December 22 and December 23.