IVORYTON PLAYHOUSE OFFERING "A CHRISTMAS SURVIVAL GUIDE" IN MUSIC

The holidays can be stressful and hectic for many people. Depression and loneliness can be major issues to overcome. What if you had help to make the transition more palatable and pleasant? The Ivoryton Playhouse is offering one such solution: “A Christmas Survival Guide” to ease your pain and discomfort. This merry musical guidebook by James Hindman and Ray Roderick is available until Sunday, December 19 and features many classic Christmas tunes that you will want to sing along to: "Jingle Bells,” " Frosty the Snowman,” “Silent Night”, “We Wish You a Merry Christmas" and many, many more. This wall to wall cavalcade of tunes is brought to you by Cory Candelet, Emma Flynn, Brian Michael Henry, Adrianne Hick and Corey Scheys, with Jill Brunelle as musical director on piano and Brian Feehan as director of the whole Christmas concert. Whether they are dressed for winter, as reindeer or in pajamas, at a holiday party, or driving in a one horse sleigh, this talented team is all in for a jolly and concerted effort to beat the holiday blues. One particularly effective song was a parody of AA Twelve Step Programs and A Partridge in a Pear Tree where the advice ranged from meeting with a therapist, reciting the Serenity Prayer, to taking karate lessons. Well, you get the idea. For tickets ($55 adults, $50 seniors, $25 students), call the Ivoryton Playhouse, 103 Main Street, Ivoryton at 860-767-7318. Go online for information to http://www.ivorytonplayhouse.org but not for tickets. Performances are Wednesday and Sunday at 2 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 pm and Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. Remember your mask and seating is socially distanced. The village will be illuminated by holiday lights, thousands of them. Whether you need help coping with the holidays or not, you will definitely enjoy all the songs and suggestions in this timely Christmas survival guide.