Mark Setlock, Klezmatics, Broadway Boys, et al. Set for Westport Country Playhouse Holiday Festival

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By Dan Bacalzo • Oct 29, 2009 • Connecticut

Mark Setlock in This Wonderful Life
(© Ric Evans)

The Westport Country Playhouse has announced a holiday festival of special events, including concerts, dance, theater and films, to be presented December 5-20.

Mark Setlock will star in This Wonderful Life, a one-man re-imagining of Frank Capra's classic Christmas film, December 5 and 6 at 1pm and 4pm. Conceived by Setlock, the piece is written by Steve Murray, and directed by Martha Banta. The Grammy Award-winning Klezmatics will offer music steeped in Jewish tradition and spirituality on Thursday, December 17, at 8pm. Jazz vocalist Rondi Charleston will perform Saturday, December 19, at 8pm. The Broadway Boys will present a concert of Broadway and holiday favorites, on Sunday, December 20, at 3pm.

Events will also include Ballet Etudes in The Nutcracker, and film screenings of A Christmas Story, Sing-a-long White Christmas, and Miracle on 34th Street.

For more information, visit www.westportplayhouse.org.