This week’s theater openings

Christmas theater season has officially begun.

November 17, 2014; 10:49 AM • by Ross Catrow

We Three Lizas

• Richmond Triangle Players • 1300 Altamont Avenue
• November 19th – December 13th
• Buy tickets online

In a wonderful spin on the classic A Christmas Carol, box maker Conrad Ticklebottom’s life has hit a block. Once, Conrad and his purple box ignited an entire movement in art and design, but now he finds himself alone, forgotten and teetering on ruin. The holidays bring three magical figures to his door — a trio of Liza Minnelli’s to escort him on a fabulous journey — through what-was, what-could-be and what-the-h*ll — redeeming his lost promise and re-inventing a brand-new man.

A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration

• Firehouse Theatre • 1609 W. Broad Street
• November 20th – December 20th
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It’s 1864, and Washington, D.C. is settling down to the coldest Christmas Eve in years. In the White House, President and Mrs. Lincoln plot their gift-giving. On the banks of the Potomac, a young rebel challenges a Union blacksmith’s mercy. In the alleys downtown, an escaped slave loses her daughter just before finding freedom. This musical by Pulitzer Prize-winner Paula Vogel intertwines many lives, showing us that the gladness of one’s heart is the best gift of all.

Mame

• Virginia Rep • 114 W. Broad Street
• November 21st – January 11th
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This lavish musical set in New York during the Great Depression, tells the story of Mame Dennis, an eccentric bohemian woman of wealth whose life is interrupted when the son of her late brother comes to live with her. Through the trials and tribulations of finding and losing love, and the ups and downs of the struggling economy, Mame tries her best to keep up her usual fabulous flair and share it with those around her.

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