Event Description
Though social distancing prevents audiences from gathering at the Grace Theater this winter, Festival 56 is celebrating the season with its second online cabaret. Holly Jolly Follies will premiere on the Festival 56 YouTube channel at 7:30 pm on Friday, December 18 and will be viewable until 10:00 pm on Sunday, December 27.
The performance features 12 singers familiar to Festival 56 audience from recent seasons, Festival 56 Producing Artistic Director Tommy Iafrate, Frank Monier, Rose Blume, Astoncia Bhagat, Robert Edwards, Brian Baylor, Stefanie Sambrano, Colin Sullivan, Madison Kauffman, Kathleen Mitchell, Mary Heyl, and Rachel Weinfeld, all of whom contributed videos shot from home. The Follies will include new holiday cabaret tunes as well as favorite Christmas standards like White Christmas and Silver Bells. The cabaret is co-organized and co-hosted by Tommy Iafrate and Frank Monier.