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CLUB PROGRAMS 206.464.3060 • clubprograms@wac.net to do the play in Spanish, and Death keeps getting his chains tangled in the scenery. Even worse, the players learn their National Endowment for the Arts grant and their future is on the line. An NEA inspector is expected any minute to deter- mine if they will receive desperately needed government funding. When everything that could go wrong does, hilarity piles upon hilarity and results in the funniest and most disastrous production of A Christmas Carol ever. An audience favorite, this quirky Seattle Rep classic comes home for the holidays, and the WAC has the best seats. To make your evening even merrier, we're including a cocktail, glass of wine, champagne or nonalcoholic beverage in the theater lobby before the show or during intermission. 7:30 pm; $35–$60 with cocktail, $28–$55 with nonalcoholic beverage, based on seating location; noncancelable/nonrefundable Seattle Men's Chorus— Baby It's Cold Outside at Benaroya Hall Saturday, December 1 With its unique blend of song, dance and campy comedy, Seattle's other holiday tradition—the Seattle Men's Chorus—heats things up when its takes the stage for its annual holiday concert. Adding some sizzle to tradi- tional holiday tunes with the use of Benaroya Hall's Watjen Concert Organ, the chorus takes you on an exotic journey with festive songs from tropical locales. Forget the chill and swaddle yourself in the feel-good warmth of Seattle Men's Chorus this holiday season. This opening-week- end performance includes a special guest artist not yet announced. 2 pm; $65; noncancelable/ nonrefundable Inspecting Carol at Seattle Repertory Theatre Wednesday, December 19 Almost broke, the pathetic Soapbox Theatre Company is having a "Dickens" of a time struggling to mount their annual cash cow production of A Christmas Carol. Tiny Tim is no longer tiny, Scrooge wants NEW La Boheme at Seattle Opera Friday, March 1, 2013 Set in 1830 in the Latin Quarter of Paris, this opera centers on a community of struggling artists. It opens on Christmas Eve with two of them, poet Rodolfo and his friend the painter, doing their best to stay warm by burning pages from Rodolfo's latest drama. Joined by two more friends, one of whom brings food and wine, they are soon laughing and eating heartily. Their landlord comes to collect rent and they ply him with wine. When yet another knock on the door is heard, we meet Mimi, a neighbor who is cold and has come to ask for a match for her candle. The romance that begins on this dark winter night between Rodolfo and Mimi unfolds to Puccini's exquisite and tender music and stands at the center of one of the greatest operas ever written. 7:30 pm (2 hours, 40 minutes); $125–$144; noncancellable/nonrefundable THE 5TH AVENUE Memphis Through October 7 Inspired by actual events, Memphis is about a white radio DJ who wants to change the world by spinning the music of black and 38 | Washington Athletic Club Magazine | OCTOBER 2012 white America together for the first time. Laughter, emotion and roof-raising rock 'n' roll fill this show, the winner of four 2010 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Call for availability NEW Jersey Boys April 4–May 4 The boys are back! Broadway's biggest success story is a rags-to-rock-to-riches tale that takes you behind the music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. Four blue-collar kids became one of the greatest success stories in pop-music history by writing their own songs, inventing their own sounds, and selling 175 million records worldwide—all before they were 30. This documentary-style smash hit uses many of the group's most popular songs to tell a turbulent story about rising to fame. The show includes "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Rag Doll," "Oh, What a Night" and "Can't Take My Eyes Off You." Enjoy the tunes and the compelling storyline that made this show a Broadway phenomenon and the 2006 Tony Award- winner for Best Musical. You won't want to miss this national tour. Note: Jersey Boys contains very strong adult language and sexual situations and may not be suitable for audience members under 13. Thursday, April 11; 8 pm Sunday, April 14; 1:30 pm Thursday, April 18; 8 pm Sunday, April 28; 1:30 pm Tuesday, April 30; 7:30 pm Friday, May 3; 8 pm Saturday, May 4; 8 pm $88–$108, based on day of the week and seating location; noncancellable/ nonrefundable Elf—The Musical November 30–December 31 Based on the 2003 hit movie, Elf is the hilarious tale of Buddy, a young orphan child who mistakenly crawls into Santa's bag of gifts and is transported back to the North Pole. Buddy is raised by elves, unaware that he is actually a human, until his enormous size and poor toy-making abilities cause him to face the truth. With Santa's permission, Buddy embarks on a journey to New York City to find his birth father and discover his true identity.