White Christmas

Dreams of a white Christmas come true this holiday as Theatre Bristol presents live on stage at Paramount Bristol “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas,” six performances November 21-23 and December 5-7. Tickets now on sale at paramountbristol.org. Based on the beloved, timeless film, this heartwarming musical adaptation features 17 Irving Berlin songs and a book by David Ives and Paul Blake performed by a talented cast in coveted roles from around the region. The show opens with veterans Bob Wallace and Phil Davis’s successful song-and-dance act (“Happy Holidays”) after World War II. With romance in mind, the two follow a duo of beautiful singing sisters (“Sisters”) en route to their Christmas show at a Vermont lodge (“Snow”), which just happens to be owned by Bob and Phil’s former army commander (“The Old Man” / “What Can You Do with a General”). With a dazzling score featuring well-known standards including, “Count Your Blessings,” “Best Things Happen When You’re Dancing,” “Blue Skies,” “I Love A Piano,” “How Deep Is the Ocean,” many others, as well as the perennial title song, “White Christmas,” this musical is an uplifting, wholesome song and dance extravaganza that will delight and amuse audiences of all ages.

Veteran director and actor Chris McVey, with most recent directing credits of Scrooge! The Musical, Mark Twain’s The Diaries of Adam and Eve, and A Tuna Christmas, directs this classic Christmas favorite. He is supported by stage managers Ann Vance and Nicole Intagliata, music director Susan McNabb, choreographer Camille Gray, set designer Luke Gray, co-costume designers Camille Gray and Adriel Slaughter, props artisan Rebecca Ryan, technical director Albert Tester, and producer Samantha Gray, along with many assistants, builders, artists, and operators.”Irving Berlin’s White Christmas” opens November 21, and runs for the two weekends prior to and following Thanksgiving weekend, November 21-23 and December 5-7, at the beautiful Paramount Bristol, Fridays at 7:30 pm, Saturdays at 5:30 pm, and Sundays at 2:30 pm. Tickets are $16 (with fees $21.50), and for students and seniors $12 (with fees $17.50). Reservations may be made at paramountbristol.org. “White Christmas” is based upon the Paramount Pictures film written for the screen by Norman Krasna, Norman Panama and Melvin Frank. Music and lyrics are by Irving Berlin and the book is by David Ives and Paul Blake. The original stage production was directed by Walter Bobbie. Orchestrations are by Larry Blank and vocal and dance arrangements by Bruce Pomahac.

IRVING BERLIN’S WHITE CHRISTMAS is presented by arrangement with Concord theatricals, concordtheatricals.com”Irving Berlin’s White Christmas” is part of Theatre Bristol’s 60th 2025 Season of comedies, dramas, and musicals, including “Lessons from Shakespeare: How to Avoid a Personal Tragedy” with River’s Way, “Land of Jesters” & “Rumpelstiltskin,” “Steel Magnolias,” Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “The Mockingbird Sings, “The Odd Couple,” and “Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus” radio play, and the Cathy DeCaterina School of Theatre Arts classes, “Schoolhouse Rock LIVE! Jr.,” PLAYtime in the ARTspace, The StART of Adventure summer camp, and workshops.Founded in 1965 by Cathy DeCaterina, Theatre Bristol is a nonprofit community theatre in downtown Bristol serving all ages that also has the distinction as the oldest continually running children’s theatre in northeast Tennessee, with an equally long history serving southeast Virginia. Its seasons consist of drama, comedy, and musical productions that take place at Paramount Bristol, in our blackbox ARTspace Theatre, and at the Cameo Theatre, and educational opportunities provided by our School of Theatre Arts. Theatre Bristol is a volunteer-operated community organization and we invite you to get involved.