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We need a little Christmas! Reagle readies the 27th annual edition of its popular Christmas spectacle! It’s that most wonderful time of the year again — the one with kids jingle belling and everyone telling you, “Be of good cheer!” Much seasonal cheer can be found in Reagle Players’ holiday spectacular, It’s ChristmasTime. Now in its 27th annual edition, hundreds of thousands have seen this durable holiday fare. For revelers in the Boston area — and often far beyond — an annual visit to the Reagle Players’ popular It’s ChristmasTime, during its early December run, is an ideal way to help usher in the Yuletide. For many, it is a tradition. This year’s edition promises the magic, wonder and cheer that audiences have come to expect of Reagle’s holiday spectacle — a show with a great heart, charming visual appeal and exacting production values. Each November, out of storage come a multitude of scenic holiday drops designed exclusively for the production. At the same time, countless colorful Christmas themed costumes appear out of equally countless wardrobe trunks. Holiday set pieces, in annual storage, are refurbished and repainted for yet another Christmas viewing. Miles of swags and garlands, twinkling with lights, deck Reagle’s halls. Giant sized wreaths and bows once more proclaim the joy of the season. Hundreds of holiday sights and sounds begin as carolers and a brass choir welcome arriving guests in the lobby. Once the apt “Christmas red” house curtain lifts, hundreds of holiday images appear. Victorian carolers on a wintry Boston Public Gardens spring to life like a living Currier and Ives print. Huge Nutcracker bears, sleeping beside giant toy drums, join Clara in a childlike ballet beneath an immense Christmas tree. A stage filled with life-size Raggedy Anns and Andies wish one and all a very literal and clever “Merry Christmas” greeting! Children of all ages portray assorted elves, dolls, tots and youthful Santas. Dozens of wooden soldiers, impeccably uniformed, march in unison. Sporting frozen doll faces with perfectly round rouged cheeks, they stare vacantly from beneath shiny vinyl, mile-high hats. All move in intricate, wind-up military precision before tumbling like so many children’s blocks beneath a holiday tree. The impressive “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers” comes courtesy of the famed Radio City Music Hall Productions. That organization licenses Reagle Players the exclusive and sole rights to the exact choreography and costuming used in their annual Radio City Music Hall show. “The Living Nativity,” a richly costumed finale, features a life size crèche complete with Holy Family, sojourning magi, pastoral shepherds and heralding angels on high — “a midnight clear” — magically come to life. This year’s Special Guest Star is audience favorite Sarah Pfisterer, the leading lady of Broadway’s Show Boat and The Phantom of the Opera. A Metropolitan Opera semi-finalist, Ms. Pfisterer lends her amazingly rich soprano to the classic airs of the Christmas season. This 27th edition of Reagle’s famed holiday celebration plays for ten area performances only. Over 200 cast members are involved in the onstage spectacle! Thousands place a visit to Reagle’s It’s ChristmasTime high atop their holiday shopping list. Forget the chill of December. Come inside for a look at Reagle’s heartwarming, magical onstage winter wonderland! |
