Joel Waggoner & Julia Mattison’s ADVENT CAROLNDAR Will Play Town Hall This Holiday Season

No Guarantees Productions announced today that Advent Carolndar, the wildly festive holiday spectacular created by Joel Waggoner (School of Rock) and Tony Award- and Grammy Award-nominated Julia Mattison (Death Becomes Her) will make its triumphant return to the New York stage at The Town Hall on Monday, December 14 at 8:00 PM. Directed by Tim Drucker (The Unauthorized Hallmark(ish) Parody Musical), this year’s celebration will feature special appearances by Broadway favorites Tony- and Emmy Award-winning Neil Patrick Harris, Tony Award-nominated Megan Hilty, Grammy Award-nominated Allen René Louis, with additional special guests to be announced.

Single tickets beginning at $55 are on sale for the general public now at www.ticketmaster.com/event/0300654DBA7D1B70. 

Born from Waggoner and Mattison’s digital holiday tradition, Advent Carolndar began  when the Broadway veterans challenged themselves to write and release a brand new holiday song every day for the 25 days leading up to Christmas. Now, the pair  are bringing their growing collection of festive bangers to the stage for one gloriously  unhinged night of holiday music and mayhem. Featuring songs from every season of  Advent Carolndar, it is the perfect antidote to a silent night. 

“We are thrilled to return to New York with our biggest, jolliest, most dingle-bongliest  Advent Carolndar yet,” said Waggoner and Mattison. “We’ve been writing holiday  songs for a number of years, which means we have approximately 9,000 Christmas  songs and absolutely no idea what to do with them except PUT THEM IN A SHOW!  We’re bringing the hits, the deep cuts, the clams, the Christmas witch, and several  things that we legally cannot call Christmas miracles. It’s going to be merry, bright,  and deeply stupid. Come celebrate the season with us!” 

The creative team for Advent Carolndar will include Nate Bertone (Production  Design), Colleen Doherty (Lighting Design), Connor Wang (Sound Design), and  Joyah Spangler (Associate Director). Production management by Juniper Street  Productions, and General Management by ShowTown Theatricals. 

For more information, please visit www.thetownhall.org/event/joel-and-julias-advent carolndar. 

BIOGRAPHIES 

Joel Waggoner is a Broadway actor, composer, songwriter, music director,  arranger, and multi-instrumentalist with an MFA in Musical Theatre Writing from NYU  Tisch. Broadway: School of Rock, Be More Chill. Film/television: “Only Murders in the  Building,” Don’t Say Good Luck (Netflix). Off-Broadway: A Man of No Importance (Classic Stage Company), Southern Comfort (Public Theater), Titaníque, The Joel  Waggoner Experience (Joe’s Pub), Advent Carolndar Live! (Public Theater/Joe’s  Pub). With Julia Mattison, Waggoner created Advent Carolndar, featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition, “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” with Ben Platt, The New York Times,  and The New Yorker. He is the composer of Presto Change-o, written with Eric Price,  and has written music for commercials for “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and several albums. www.joelwaggoner.com Instagram: @joelwaggoner 

Julia Mattison is a Tony- and Grammy Award-nominated songwriter, actor,  librettist, and musical comedian. She is the co-composer/lyricist of the Tony winning  hit musical comedy Death Becomes Her and is currently writing the book for Disney’s  stage adaptation of Tangled (in development with DTG). Other theatrical projects  include Is Anyone Alive Out There? (Audible Theater), Noel and Julia’s Wayward  Brainchildren (Joe’s Pub), “Brooklyn Sound” (Streamy Award winner), and Ruby  Manger Live! (54 Below). She and Joel Waggoner are the unhinged minds behind the  viral holiday sensation Advent Carolndar (@adventcarolndar on Instagram) featured  on NPR, in The New Yorker, on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and more, while their live show  has played sold out runs at the Public’s Shiva Theater, Joe’s Pub, and Chelsea Music  Hall. Broadway: Godspell. www.juliamattison.com

Tim Drucker (Director) is thrilled to be celebrating year five of Advent Carolndar at  Town Hall. He previously directed their sold out shows at Chelsea Musical Hall, Joe’s  Pub and last year’s run at the Public’s Shiva Theater. His other annual holiday  musical with Joel along with co-lyricist and co-bookwriter Bonnie Milligan, The  Unauthorized Hallmark(ish) Parody Musical premiered in Toronto last season where it  returns this year as well as launching a 2026 US tour, which he also directs. Recent  credits include the global tour of Trixie and Katya Live! and the English dialogue for  Opera Saratoga’s La Vie Parisienne. For more info TimDrucker.com.