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Hollywood Harmonies for the Holidays

With Michael van den Bos

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Here’s a stocking stuffer of a sensational show to put a song in your heart and a dance in your step for the holidays. Classic film scholar Michael van den Bos is your ho-ho-host of merry musical moments from a wide variety of classic and contemporary films. Each production number introduced by Michael spotlights bright, exuberant, funny, imaginative, oddball musical delights, along with Christmas movie melodies that dazzle with all the Tinseltown trimmings.

Featured appearances include Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Doris Day, Elvis Presley, Jane Russell, Dick Van Dyke and more sparkling stars to jingle your bells.

150 minutes, includes 15-minute intermission

Guest

Michael van den Bos

Date

Dec 15

Time

3:30 pm

Venue

VIFF Centre, Vancity Theatre

19+
150 min

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