Just Announced! Handcart Ensemble and Verse Theater Manhattan present A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES Stories and Poems by Dylan Thomas performed by Guy Masterson Come greet the holiday season with the enthrallingly crafted memories and musings of Dylan Thomas as performed by Welsh actor Guy Masterson. Like his uncle Richard Burton before him, Masterson has a shamanistic gift for voicing the earthy lyricism and colorful characterizations that fill Thomas’s works. This special holiday benefit promises a soul-stirring encounter with one of the modern era's most dazzlingly original poetic talents. The performance will include an excerpt from Masterson’s forthcoming one-man version of Thomas’s “play for voices,” Under Milk Wood. Reservations are available starting October 8th at www.smarttix.com or by calling 212-868-4444. The anticipated running time is 90 minutes. Monday, December 8th, 2008, 7:30 PM (Doors open at 7:00) Ideal Glass Gallery 22 E 2nd Street, New York City (between Bowery and 2nd Avenue) Suggested Donations: $30, $75, $125 or $250