On Stage This Weekend - Lots 'o Shows!

Lots going on this weekend, including two Scrooges, two Nutcrackers, a Grinch and a Santa:

- 5th Avenue Theatre's A Christmas Carol at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Jean Carlo Stephenson Auditorium at Huntington City Hall.

- the Huntington Dance Theatre presents the storybook tale of The Nutcracker 8:00 p.m. Saturday and 2:00 p.m. Sunday at the Joan C. Edwards Playhouse.

- The Grinch takes the stage at the new Jeslyn Performing Arts Center in Huntington at 7:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday and Dec. 15, and at 3:00 p.m. Dec. 16.

- The Backstage Players present the classic story of Miracle on 34th Street with shows at 7:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Paramount Arts Center in Ashland.

- The Paramount will also be home to the Moscow Ballet as the Ashland Youth Ballet present two performances of The Nutcracker at 3:00 and 7:00 p.m. on Sunday.

- And you can see A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley at the Ashland Community and Technical College Theater in the J.B. Sowards Theater on the College Drive Campus in Ashland at 8:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and again at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday.

Whew! It's not humanly possible to see 'em all, but take the time to see as many as you can!