Lillenas Music -- Bethlehem's Big Night

Bethlehem's Big Night

By: Martha Bolton
Arranged by: Bill Wolaver

Cast: 8 male, 7 female, 7 persons, extras

Performance Time: 45 minutes.

Suggested Use: A Christmas musical for church services, dinner theatre, or entertainment for any kind of seasonal event.

Set Requirements: One skyline set.

For permission to perform Bethlehem's Big Night you are required to purchase the Production Pack. In addition to including 15 scripts at a reduced rate for the director and major characters, you receive permission to make photocopies of the script for minor characters and your technical crew and a Performance Licensing Agreement. The Performance Licensing Agreement is used to pay the Royalty fee(s) and is due two weeks prior to performance(s). The Production Pack price does not include the Royalty payment.

Most nativity plays or musicals are rather straight forward and humorless--not so with BETHLEHEM'S BIG NIGHT. Media humor writer, Martha Bolton, takes the age-old Christmas story and introduces some genuine characters like the two innkeepers' wives who vie for customers with their "vacancy" and "no vacancy" signs. Music by Bill Wolaver matches Martha's lyrics to a tee.

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