Published December 17. 2025 01:20AM<\/p>\n
\u201cRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,\u201c the stage musical based on the animated television special of the same title, is the holiday show presented Dec. 5 through Dec. 14 by Pennsylvania Youth Theatre at the Charles A. Brown Ice House, Bethlehem.<\/p>\n
The stage show is adapted from the 1939 story by Robert L. May and the song by Johnny Marks. The song, recorded by Gene Autry, was No. 1 on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart in 1949 and has become a perennial favorite. In 1964, the story was adapted into a stop-motion animation TV special by Rankin-Bass Productions.<\/p>\n
The script adaptation is by Robert Penola. Arrangements are by Timothy Splain. Orchestrations are by William C. White.<\/p>\n
There are many familiar tunes in the show, including the holiday hit title song, \u201cRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,\u201d and \u201cA Holly Jolly Christmas.\u201d<\/p>\n
There were two casts for the Pennsylvania Youth Theatre production. This review is based on the Silver Cast performance Dec. 5.<\/p>\n
Anthony Sacco does a fine job as narrator Sam. His hat was a perfect reproduction.<\/p>\n
Atahualpa Barnes is a great Boss Elf, gruff and a bit ornery.<\/p>\n
Olivia Kobalchick plays Hermie, unapologetic about not fitting in with the other elves.<\/p>\n
Baby Rudolph is preciously played by Brooks Opp.<\/p>\n
Lochlan McCarthy plays the older Rudolph with a good blend of humility and determination.<\/p>\n
Maria Giordano as Clarice sings \u201cThere\u2019s Always Tomorrow\u201d in a tone that matches the original.<\/p>\n
Veronica DeVino as Yukon Cornelius offers great comic relief in her scenes.<\/p>\n
Of course, there is Santa and Mrs. Claus, and Comet, Donner and the other reindeer.<\/p>\n
There is an adorable set of owls and polar bears.<\/p>\n
The misfit toys are a fun bunch, and strong singers, too.<\/p>\n
The set changes are impressive, especially the Elves\u2019 Workshop, with its tables and benches and many smaller objects. The cast helps move the sets, under direction of a backstage worker. It\u2019s clear they practiced moving the sets many times.<\/p>\n
All in all, the PYT show is fine family fun, with plenty for the younger generation and their parents to enjoy.<\/p>\n
Pennsylvania Youth Theatre, 2020 Worthington Avenue, Bethlehem, is on \u201cWinter Break,\u201d Dec. 15, 2025 – Jan. 4, 2026. Information: 610-332-1400, https:\/\/123pyt.org\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published December 17. 2025 01:20AM \u201cRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,\u201c the stage musical based on the animated television special…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":{"0":"post-63144","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-bethlehem","9":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","10":"tag-bethlehem-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}