With the show boasting, according to the Washington Post, “a momentum and ebullience worthy of the Pixar era,” playwright Ken Ludwig's family-comedy version of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas enjoys a run of morning and afternoon performances at Rock Island's Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse, this holiday delight's November 30 through December 23 sure to demonstrate why the Post added, “You might think the show itself was a product of Santa’s workshop.”

Hailed by Newsday as “a lusciously written, strangely poignant, dizzyingly modern spin on life,” and by Time Out New York as “utterly spellbinding,” playwright Will Eno's Middletown enjoys a November 30 through December 3 run in Scott Community College's Black Box Theatre, this expansive series of vignettes also lauded by the New York Times as a “delicate, moving, piercing, tart, funny, gorgeous” play that “glimmers from start to finish.”

Praised by Broadway World for "the raw honesty of the emotions" and its "tragic yet inspiring story," playwright Jordi Mand's historical drama Brontë: The World Without makes its United States premiere during a November 30 through December 10 run at Iowa City's Riverside Theatre, the stage work offering fascinating, deeply engaging insight into the lives of not one, not two, but three authors who share a surname.

In a beloved seasonal tradition, family audiences are invited to the Vibrant Arena at the MARK from November 30 through December 3 to experience the wonderful world of Disney – on Ice – in the brand-new touring sensation Find Your Hero, with the Moline venue transformed into an enormous skating rink and some of the studio's most beloved characters joining Mickey Mouse and friends for an unforgettable adventure.

Its artists boasting singular performers and acts that have landed them in the Guinness Book of World Records, as well as on TV's America's Got Talent and Ripley's Believe It Or Not, the touring sensations of Hellzapoppin bring their Holiday Hullabaloo Circus Sideshow to East Moline venue The Rust Belt on November 29, this outrageous, rock-'n'-roll-fueled event having already performed in excess of 3,000 shows throughout 16 countries.

With the Moline Public Library's guest on November 28 a noted author and speaker, Dr. Ellen M. Tsagaris will deliver the presentation American Doll and Toy Museum, a lecture on the Rock Island venue for which she currently serves as executive director, with Tsagaris also showing some inclusion from her extensive collection and talking about the history of toys and dolls.

Originally conceived by Louise Harrison (who passed away in January at age 91) as a tribute to her younger brother's world-famous band, the touring sensation Liverpool Legends: The Complete Beatles Experience lands at Davenport's Adler Theatre on November 25, treating audience to a pitch-perfect approximation of a Beatles experience and multi-media celebration of the group that changed the music world forever.

Lauded by The Sun Chronicle for their “distinct vocal harmonies, choreography, and performances [that] have helped bring a cappella into the mainstream of music,” the chart-topping pop singers of Pentatonix bring their seasonal "The Most Wonderful Tour of the Year" to Moline's Vibrant Arena at the MARK on November 27, showcasing the talents that have thus far resulted in three Grammy Awards and numerous appearances on the TV smashes The Sing-Off and The Masked Singer.

On November 24, two touring tribute acts will deliver one exhilarating night of country hits when East Moline venue hosts its co-headlining concert with Tennessee Whiskey: A Tribute to Chris Stapleton and The Eric Church Experience, a celebration of the Nashville-based singer/songwriters and their chart-topping, award-winning, multi-platinum-selling discographies.

With Davenport's Common Chord co-presenting its event alongside the Rocktown Entertainment Group, rap and hip-hop artist El Hitta headlines the Redstone Room's "Sagittarius Bash" on November 24, the Chicago-based talent performing on the Friday-night bill with a quartet of additional genre talents.

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