Arts & Entertainment

Harry Connick Jr. Show "The Happy Elf" Opens in Bethlehem

A holiday show based on a song by Harry Connick Jr. is being produced by Pennsylvania Youth Theater

A holiday show by jazz great Harry Connick Jr. -- "The Happy Elf" -- opened Friday as a Pennsylvania Youth Theater production at the Ice House in Bethlehem.

The show is based on a Connick song that became an animated special for NBC. 

The show runs through December 16.

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After its run at the Ice House, it's set to be preformed across the country, according to a WFMZ report.

About the show:

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Eubie in the happiest elf at the North Pole. More than anything else, he longs to be a part of Santa’s sleigh team. Instead, he’s stuck checking the naughty-or-nice lists. But this Christmas Eve, he notices something strange: in the entire town of Bluesville, not a single person has been nice. So with a pinch of elfish magic, help from his friends, and his unending holiday spirit, Eubie sets off to turn all of those children from naughty to nice in just one day! Based on the beloved holiday song, “The Happy Elf” by Grammy Award winner Harry Connick, Jr. The Happy Elf is a new holiday classic for the entire family.


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