|
The ''Radio City Christmas Spectacular'' is an annual musical holiday stage show presented at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The 90-minute show features more than 140 performers and an original musical score, and combines singing, dancing and humor with traditional scenes. The star performers are the women's precision dance troupe the Rockettes. Since the first version was presented in 1933, the show has become a New York Christmas tradition. ==History== The Radio City Music Hall Christmas Show began in 1933 when the Music Hall presented lavish live stage shows along with the latest Hollywood feature films. The first Christmas show was produced December 21, 1933, along with the RKO musical movie ''Flying Down to Rio'' and ''The Night Before Christmas'', a Walt Disney ''Silly Symphony'', and ran for two weeks.〔(Mordaunt Hall, "Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Others in a Musical Film". ''The New York Times'', December 22, 1933. )〕 This was just one year after the opening of the Music Hall in 1932. The show was created by the Music Hall's stage producer Leon Leonidoff and designer Vincente Minnelli. It consisted of an overture with Erno Rapee and the Radio City Symphony; a solo on the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ; a performance by Jan Peerce; a Toy Shop Ballet; The Rockettes' performance of "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers", choreographed by their founder, Russell Markert; and "The Living Nativity". These last two scenes have continued in every edition of the annual show up to the present day. The Christmas show, like all the Radio City stage shows, continued to be produced and choreographed by Leonidoff and Markert through the early decades of the Music Hall's history. Later, Peter Gennaro and others produced the annual show.〔(Radio City Music Hall History, November 3, 2012. )〕 After the Music Hall ceased showing feature films, the Christmas show was transformed from a 30-minute stage feature into a standalone 90-minute show. It incorporated many new scenes and additional acts have since been added regularly. A corresponding spring show, the ''Radio City Spring Spectacular'', replacing the annual ''Radio City Easter Extravaganza'', was produced from 1979 to 1997. It included the traditional "Easter Parade" number with the Rockettes. In addition to the Christmas show's annual production at Radio City, road companies have presented a touring version in theaters throughout the United States. The first Christmas Spectacular outside of Radio City was presented in Branson, Missouri at the Grand Palace Theatre in 1994. The Rockettes, having been originally founded in St. Louis (where they were called the Missouri Rockets), literally returned home for the extravaganza. The successful show launched a national tour the following year. The original touring show was presented in conjunction with Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation and ran from 1994 to 2003. In 2008, a new tour consisting of the 2007 edition was launched, playing at select theaters and arena venues around the country. Two of the best-known annual runs on both tours have taken place in Rosemont, Illinois, taking place at the Rosemont Theatre from 1995-2003 and again since 2008, and in Los Angeles, at the Gibson Amphitheatre from 1995-2003 and the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live from 2008 onward. Beginning in 2002, the show began an annual run that continues () at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee, as part of Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center's "A Country Christmas" celebration. In 2007, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Christmas show, an entirely new edition of the ''Radio City Christmas Spectacular'' was updated, designed and choreographed under the direction of Linda Haberman. For a brief time it was one of the few shows playing in New York in December, 2007, during a strike which closed most Broadway theaters.〔(Lawrence Van Gelder, "A Nimble 75-Year-Old Gets a Little Nip and Tuck". ''The New York Times'', November 16, 2007. )〕 This edition of the show was filmed and has been released on DVD (see below). In 2011, the show was titled ''The Rockettes Magical Journey''. The production featured an updated 3DLIVE scene and new musical numbers in addition to the Parade of Wooden Soldiers and the Living Nativity. The 2011 program's story focused on the Rockettes as they traveled through the Northern Forest to the castle of the Humbug King who had stolen toys from Santa Claus’ workshop. In 2012, a slightly altered version was titled ''The Rockettes Celebration!'', celebrating the 85th anniversary of the Rockettes and the 80th anniversary of the Christmas Spectacular with a brand new scene. In 2013 a new finale entitled "Snow" replaced "Let Christmas Shine." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Radio City Christmas Spectacular」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|