Bringing together entertainers and audiences to enjoy shows from Broadway classics to musicals, the Steven Tanger Center is known to attract hundreds of guests. With artists from all over ready to perform, check out a list of events and shows making their way to Greensboro this holiday season: “How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical”From the classic holiday movie we all know and love, “How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical” is making its way to the Triad with eight scheduled performances. With looks inspired by Dr. Seuss’ original book, the show will feature popular songs from the movie, including “You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch” and “Welcome Christmas.” Theatergoers will have the chance to see the magic of the classic holiday tale come to life.Date(s) and Time:November 21, 22 — 7:30 p.m.November 24, 25 — 2 p.m., 8 p.m.November 26 — 1 p.m., 6:30 p.m.Ticket price: Starting at $25For more information: How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical “The Hip Hop Nutcracker”With a spin on the holiday classic, “The Hip Hop Nutcracker” takes the timeless version and transforms it with hip-hop dance and music. Visuals take the original story from traditional 19th-century Germany to the diverse culture of New York City. The show tells the story of Maria-Clara and the Nutcracker Prince as they take an adventure filled with battling mice, visiting the land of sweets and learning lessons throughout their journey. Date(s) and Time: November 30 — 7:30 p.m.Ticket price: Starting at $35.30For more information: The Hip Hop Nutcracker”The Nutcracker”Hundreds of students from The University of North Carolina School of the Arts are performing “The Nutcracker” for the first time at the Steven Tanger Performing Arts Center. Usually presented at the Stevens Center in Winston-Salem, the move to the Tanger Center is due to ongoing renovations. Annually performed since 1966, the show features dancers, musicians, theater designers, and technicians, hundreds being UNCSA students. Ilya Kozadayev’s original choreography, paired with Tchaikovsky’s score, is performed live by the UNCSA Symphony Orchestra to bring the holiday tradition to life.Date(s) and Time:December 7, 8 — 7:30 p.m.December 9 — noon, 7:30 p.m.December 10 — 2 p.m.Ticket price: Starting at $31For more information: The Nutcracker”ELF in Concert”Celebrating its 20th anniversary, “ELF in Concert” is continuing the holiday tradition with a stop at the Triad.The story follows Buddy, who was accidentally transported to the North Pole as a toddler and raised to adulthood among Santa’s elves. As he gets older, Buddy travels to New York in search of his real father. Along with live music featuring the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra performing John Debney’s score, a 40-foot screen will project the movie for audiences as the music plays live to picture.Date(s) and Time:December 15 — 7:30 p.m.December 16 — 2 p.m.Ticket price: Starting at $31For more information: ELF in Concert Shen YunShen Yun brings audiences through the five millennia of traditional Chinese culture.Performing one of the world’s oldest art forms of classical Chinese dance, the show also incorporates effects and original orchestral works to portray the beauty of civilization and wisdom within. Enter a portal where people reflected with the Dao, or “Way,” of the universe. Date(s) and Time:January 18, 2024 — 7:30 p.m.Ticket price: Starting at $90For more information: Shen Yun
Bringing together entertainers and audiences to enjoy shows from Broadway classics to musicals, the Steven Tanger Center is known to attract hundreds of guests.
With artists from all over ready to perform, check out a list of events and shows making their way to Greensboro this holiday season:
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“How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical”
From the classic holiday movie we all know and love, “How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical” is making its way to the Triad with eight scheduled performances. With looks inspired by Dr. Seuss’ original book, the show will feature popular songs from the movie, including “You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch” and “Welcome Christmas.” Theatergoers will have the chance to see the magic of the classic holiday tale come to life.
Date(s) and Time:
November 21, 22 — 7:30 p.m.
November 24, 25 — 2 p.m., 8 p.m.
November 26 — 1 p.m., 6:30 p.m.
Ticket price: Starting at $25
For more information: How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical
“The Hip Hop Nutcracker”
With a spin on the holiday classic, “The Hip Hop Nutcracker” takes the timeless version and transforms it with hip-hop dance and music. Visuals take the original story from traditional 19th-century Germany to the diverse culture of New York City.
The show tells the story of Maria-Clara and the Nutcracker Prince as they take an adventure filled with battling mice, visiting the land of sweets and learning lessons throughout their journey.
Date(s) and Time:
November 30 — 7:30 p.m.
Ticket price: Starting at $35.30
For more information: The Hip Hop Nutcracker
“The Nutcracker”
Hundreds of students from The University of North Carolina School of the Arts are performing “The Nutcracker” for the first time at the Steven Tanger Performing Arts Center. Usually presented at the Stevens Center in Winston-Salem, the move to the Tanger Center is due to ongoing renovations. Annually performed since 1966, the show features dancers, musicians, theater designers, and technicians, hundreds being UNCSA students. Ilya Kozadayev’s original choreography, paired with Tchaikovsky’s score, is performed live by the UNCSA Symphony Orchestra to bring the holiday tradition to life.
Date(s) and Time:
December 7, 8 — 7:30 p.m.
December 9 — noon, 7:30 p.m.
December 10 — 2 p.m.
Ticket price: Starting at $31
For more information: The Nutcracker
“ELF in Concert”
Celebrating its 20th anniversary, “ELF in Concert” is continuing the holiday tradition with a stop at the Triad.
The story follows Buddy, who was accidentally transported to the North Pole as a toddler and raised to adulthood among Santa’s elves. As he gets older, Buddy travels to New York in search of his real father. Along with live music featuring the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra performing John Debney’s score, a 40-foot screen will project the movie for audiences as the music plays live to picture.
Date(s) and Time:
December 15 — 7:30 p.m.
December 16 — 2 p.m.
Ticket price: Starting at $31
For more information: ELF in Concert
Shen Yun
Shen Yun brings audiences through the five millennia of traditional Chinese culture.
Performing one of the world’s oldest art forms of classical Chinese dance, the show also incorporates effects and original orchestral works to portray the beauty of civilization and wisdom within. Enter a portal where people reflected with the Dao, or “Way,” of the universe.
Date(s) and Time:
January 18, 2024 — 7:30 p.m.
Ticket price: Starting at $90
For more information: Shen Yun