Best Bets: 'Hip Hop Nutcracker' dances online this year

Posted December 15, 2020 5:00 am

By Scott C. Morgan

"The Hip Hop Nutcracker" will be streamed Friday via the College of Lake County's Lumber Center for the Performing Arts in Grayslake.

Choreographed cheer

Take in a different spin on the classic Tchaikovsky Christmas ballet with "The Hip Hop Nutcracker." The prerecorded performance is streamed on behalf of the College of Lake County's Lumber Center for the Performing Arts, 19351 W. Washington St., Grayslake. $20-$50 virtual ticket. (847) 543-2300 or clcillinois.edu. 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 18

Symphonic greetings

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra performs Corelli's "Christmas Concerto" and Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 for its "Home for the Holidays" concert. This episode of CSO Sessions is available now and was taped at Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. $15. (312) 924-3000 or cso.org/tv. Available to stream through Friday, Jan. 15

Percussive celebrations

Chicago Tap Theatre invites you to share "Tidings of Tap!" when its 2019 holiday show is streamed online this weekend. $15-$35. (773) 655-1175 or chicagotaptheatre.com. Available from noon Friday, Dec. 18, to 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20

Kelvin Roston Jr. and Alexis Roston star in Black Ensemble Theater's "Virtual Holiday Extravaganza." Courtesy of Black Ensemble Theater

Online holiday

Black Ensemble Theater's "Virtual Holiday Extravaganza" features local performers performing classic carols and more as part of a streaming show taped at 4450 N. Clark St., Chicago. $25. (773) 769-4451 or blackensembletheater.org/. 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 18

Clean car

Experience a socially distanced holiday drive-through event with the "Santa Sleigh Wash." Before your car gets cleaned, meet up with Santa, his elves and lots of holiday decorations. It's this weekend at Wett Car Wash, 193 North Ave., West Chicago. $20 per vehicle to benefit Lazarus House of St. Charles. (630) 877-8687 or wettcarwash.com. 6-9 p.m. Friday through Sunday, Dec. 18-20

Members of Chicago a cappella perform in an "Online Holiday Party." Courtesy of Chicago A Cappella

Vocal virtuosity

Since Chicago a cappella had to cancel its seasonal indoor concerts, the vocal ensemble is hosting an "Online Holiday Party" that promises to be full of song. $8 and up. chicagoacappella.org. 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 18

Hershey Felder stars in a virtual version of his one-man show, "Our Great Tchaikovsky."

'Nutcracker' composer

If you missed pianist, playwright and actor Hershey Felder in his 2018 Chicago run of "Our Great Tchaikovsky," you can catch him online in a virtual edition of the biographical show on Sunday. $55 per household (50% of ticket revenue goes to benefit Chicago's Porchlight Music Theatre). (773) 777-9884 or porchlightmusictheatre.org. 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20

David Broza & Friends perform in "The Not Exactly Christmas Show," which is streamed online Wednesday, Dec. 23.

Holiday mates

Find out what makes a concert into "The Not Exactly Christmas Show" when David Broza & Friends perform online on behalf of the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie. $10. (847) 673-6300 or northshorecenter.org. 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 23

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