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THE OFF BROADWAY THEATRE, The X-mas Men, the evil Jack Frost plans to take over Santa’s magic snowball, to give coal to good children and presents to bad ones, luckily the X-mas Men are here to save the day, through December 27, 7:30 p.m., 272 S. Main, $10-$16, 801-355-4628, www.theobt.org.

SALT LAKE ACTING COMPANY, A Year with Frog and Toad, book and lyrics by Willie Reale, music by Robert Reale, based on the books by Arnold Lobel, directed by Penny Caywood, SLAC’s 6th annual professional children’s production, two best friends celebrate and rejoice in their differences that make them unique and special, a story of friendship that endures, through December 27, 7:30 p.m., 10 a.m., 12 p.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. performances, Upstairs Theatre, 168 W. 500 North, $25 adults, $15 children, 801-363-7522, or log on to www.saltlakeactingcompany.org.

HALE CENTRE THEATRE-WEST VALLEY CITY, A Christmas Carol, 30th annual production of this musical adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic story, December 24, 11 a.m., $29-$32 general, $16 children ages 5-11, 801-984-9000, www.halecentretheatre.org.

UTAH CHILDREN’S THEATRE, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, dramatized by Joseph Robinette from a story by C.S. Lewis, siblings Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy are sent out of London during World War II, in the darkness of the old country house where they are sent the children stumble through an old wardrobe to the land of Narnia, where it is always winter and never Christmas under the White Witch’s reign, December 24, 26-27, January 3, 9-10, 16-17, 2015, 1 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. performances, 3605 S. State St., $14 general, 801-532-6000, www.uctheatre.org.

GRASSROOTS SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, The Little Mermaid, A Shakespearean Tragedy, adapted by Christopher Clark from Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale, the well known story of a young mermaid willing to give up her life in the sea and her identity to gain a human soul and the love of a human prince, told in the language and poetry of William Shakespeare, December 29-30, January 2-3, 2015, 7:30 p.m., Noorda Theater, Utah Valley University, January 5, 8-10, 2015, 7:30 p.m., Ladies Literary Guild, 850 E. South Temple, $12 adults, $8 children in advance, $15 adults, $10 children at the door, www.grassrootsshakespeare.com.

HALE CENTRE THEATRE-OREM, Barefoot in the Park, by Neil Simon, when newlyweds Corie and Paul Bratter arrive at their first New York apartment the honeymoon comes to a screeching halt as they confront a needy mother-in-law, an eccentric neighbor and the inevitable adjustment to married life, December 29-30, 7:30 p.m. (preview performances), December 31, 10 pm., January 2-February 7, 2015, 7:30 p.m., also 3 p.m. matinees on January 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 and February 7, 2015, 225 W. 400 North, Orem, $11 (preview performances), $34-$38 (December 31), $16-$22 general, $12-$16 children, 801-226-8600, www.haletheater.org.

EGYPTIAN THEATRE PARK CITY, Tommy – The Rock Opera, a live interactive concert featuring an original light show and video backdrop, this is the original album version performed by The Who Show, December 30-31, January 1-3, 2015, 8 p.m., Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main, Park City, $29, $35 front of house, $45 cabaret seating (advance), $34, $40 front of house, $50 cabaret seating (at the door), 435-649-9371, www.egyptiantheatrecompany.org.

HALE CENTRE THEATRE-WEST VALLEY CITY, Is He Dead?, by Mark Twain, it’s 1846 and talented French artist Millet feels honor bound to save his fiancée and her father from financial ruin, but Millet soon realizes that great paintings make much more money after the artist dies, so in desperation he fakes his own death and becomes his “sister,” December 31, 6 p.m. and 10 p.m., January 2-February 7, 2015, 12:30 p.m., 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. performances, $49 general (December 31), $28-$31 general, $16 children ages 5-11, 801-984-9000, www.halecentretheatre.org.