Did you ever wonder what happened to little Cindy Lou Who after the Grinch famously tried to steal Christmas?

Civic Theatre of Allentown answers the question with the adult comedy “Who’s Holiday!,” Dec. 10 - 19, Theatre514, 514 N. 19th St., Allentown.

In playwright Matthew Lombardo’s one-woman show, Cindy Lou is all grown up and struggling with the after-effects of being thrust into the spotlight at too young an age.

In the satirical spin on Dr. Seuss’ “How The Grinch Stole Christmas,” Cindy Lou is in her mid-40s and living in her late uncle’s run-down trailer on the side of Mount Crumpit on the outskirts of Whoville.

Since she is no longer welcome in Whoville because of her sensational past, Cindy Lou decides to throw a Christmas Eve party for her now estranged friends in the hopes of rekindling a glimmer of her triumphant Christmas past.

Over the course of the evening, while Cindy preps for her party, she recalls the Christmas Eve when she first met the Grinch. She explains how and why she ended up in the trailer, all the while having more than a few drinks.

Will Morris directs Cheryl Moritz, returning in the role as the hapless Cindy Lou in the comedy that is for mature audiences only.

Civic first staged the show in 2019 for a sold-out run. It returned in 2020, but its run was cut short by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

“Who’s Holiday!” debuted off-Broadway in 2017. The show was to have opened in 2016, but the production was canceled less than a month before previews were to begin, when Lombardo and the show’s producers received cease and desist letters from Dr. Seuss Enterprises, citing copyright infringement.

Following a year-long legal battle, a U.S. district court ruled in favor of Lombardo in 2017, affirming the play is indeed a parody and, therefore, is protected free speech.

Performances are 8 p.m. Dec. 10, 11, 16 and 18; 3 p.m. Dec. 12 and 19, and 8 and 11 p.m. Dec. 17.

Theater-goers are required to show proof of vaccination and must wear face masks.

Tickets: www.civictheatre.com; 610-433-8903

“Color Purple” LV premiere at Civic:

Civic Theatre of Allentown has announced that its next production is the Lehigh Valley premiere of the musical “The Color Purple,” directed by Fredi Walker-Browne, who created the role of Joanne Jefferson in the original Broadway cast of “Rent.”

Walker-Browne played the high-class lawyer and lover of Maureen Johnson (Idina Menzel) in Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical. She also played Rafiki is the national touring production of “The Lion King.”

In 2012, she had a recurring guest spot as Shay in Showtime’s Emmy Award-winning series “The Big C.”

More recently, she played Beverly in Rebecca Miller’s 2016 film “Maggie’s Plan,” and appears as Ghost in HBO’s “Search Party.”

Walker-Browne is founder and president of Big Spoon Productions, which produces and directs screenplays and teleplays.

“The Color Purple,” the Tony Award-winning musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel (and the popular 1985 Steven Spielberg film) spotlights Celie, a downtrodden young woman whose personal awakening over the course of 40 years forms the arc of an epic story.

With a score featuring jazz, ragtime, gospel, African music and blues, “The Color Purple” has a book by Marsha Norman and music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray.

The show is to open during Black History Month and run Feb. 25 - March 13.

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