{"id":508120,"date":"2026-10-26T05:16:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T05:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/508120\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T05:16:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T05:16:34","slug":"bryan-cranston-jean-smart-noah-wyle-to-star-in-a-christmas-carol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/508120\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryan Cranston, Jean Smart, Noah Wyle to star in A Christmas Carol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles holidays just hit a new peak L.A. vibe: Bryan Cranston, Jean Smart, Noah Wyle and more will star in a one-night-only\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/teafc.org\/events\/christmas-carol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">staged reading of\u00a0A Christmas Carol<\/a>\u2014hosted and narrated by Tom Bergeron\u2014at Burbank\u2019s Garry Marshall Theatre on December 17, and it\u2019s all for a good cause.<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/los-angeles\/news\/a-swiss-holiday-village-is-coming-to-santa-monica-pier-next-month-with-raclette-chalets-ice-skating-and-more-101826\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A Swiss holiday village is coming to Santa Monica Pier next month, with raclette chalets, ice skating and more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cranston will play Ebenezer Scrooge, the miser whose Christmas Eve encounters with three spirits inspire a change of heart. Smart, the Emmy-winning Hacks\u00a0star, will appear as the Ghost of Christmas Past, while The Pitt\u00a0lead\u00a0Wyle plays Fred, Scrooge\u2019s nephew. Connor Tomlinson rounds out the central quartet as Bob Cratchit, Scrooge\u2019s beleaguered employee.<\/p>\n<p>The ensemble also includes Clancy Brown, Dorian Harewood, Samantha Sloyan, Tal Anderson, Chelsea Darnell and Spencer Harte. Victor Nelli directs the performance, which will take the form of a radio play complete with live music and a Foley artist creating theatrical sound effects in real time.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>View this post on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The event is presented by The Ed Asner Family Center, the nonprofit founded by Matthew Asner and Navah Paskowitz-Asner in honor of the late Mary Tyler Moore Show\u00a0and Lou Grant\u00a0star. The organization supports neurodivergent individuals and their families through mental health services, arts and enrichment programs, social opportunities and employment pathways.<\/p>\n<p>The evening will also honor Vicki Dummer, head of current programming at Warner Bros. Discovery, for her commitment to inclusive storytelling and the neurodivergent community.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the catch for anyone hoping to see this A-list gathering in person: The theater will accommodate just 75 guests. In-person tickets cost $500 and include the performance, holiday-themed food and drinks before and after the show, and a specially curated gift bag.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For everyone else, there\u2019s a livestream. Streaming tickets will cost $20 during a 24-hour presale beginning Saturday, October 24, at noon Pacific time, then rise to $25\u00a0starting at noon PT on Sunday, October 25.<\/p>\n<p>The performance begins at 7pm on Thursday, December 17, at the Garry Marshall Theatre, 4252 West Riverside Drive in Burbank. In-person tickets and livestream information are available through The Ed Asner Family Center. For more information, click <a href=\"https:\/\/teafc.org\/events\/christmas-carol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles holidays just hit a new peak L.A. vibe: Bryan Cranston, Jean Smart, Noah Wyle and more&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[57786,48,52,51,47,50,49,57787,1058],"class_list":["post-508120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-categories-theater","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-news-theater-performance","tag-theater"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}