Peter DiMuro/Public Displays of Motion’s Funny Uncle Cabaret and THE BANG GROUP’s Nut/Cracked have joined forces for half a decade to bring the joy of the season to the stage in Boston. While this year looks a little different, this is one holiday tradition you can count on in 2020 - pandemic be damned!

Bringing in a touch of nostalgia, Boston-based Peter DiMuro/Public Displays of Motion will broadcast excerpts from the 2019 production of Funny Uncle Cabaret, in addition to premiering new works - both pre-recorded and live - that speak to a COVID Currier and Ives holiday season. New York City’s THE BANG GROUP, directed by David Parker and Jeffrey Kazin, will share excerpts from their critically-acclaimed Nutcracker remix, Nut/Cracked, reworked for the times with a smaller and socially spaced cast.

As always, each production turns the idea of a typical holiday show on its head. With Funny Uncle Cabaret, DiMuro and his team of collaborators and guest artists celebrate chosen families over the ones we are born to as the new norm. Nut/Cracked shuffles along the edge of silly and sublime with feet donned in tapping toe shoes, reconstructing - with wit and charm - how we hear Tchaikovsky’s traditional score.

Tickets available on a sliding scale, $5-$20.