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Rand Productions Casts Broadway-Style Holiday Musical at MGM's Beau Rivage in Biloxi This December

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Rand Productions Casts Broadway-Style Holiday Musical at MGM's Beau Rivage in Biloxi This December
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Casting is now open for Christmas in the Air, a Broadway-style holiday song-and-dance revue set to run at MGM's Beau Rivage Resort and Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. The production begins rehearsals November 16, 2026, opens December 12, and plays through New Year's Day 2027. For performers and live entertainment crew with a background in musical theater, holiday productions, or casino-resort entertainment, this is a real and active opportunity worth pursuing right now.

The creative team is a tight family unit, in both the literal and professional sense. Jeb Rand serves as producer, director, writer, and casting director, making him the central creative engine of the entire production. Rand Productions has built a reputation in the live entertainment and casino-resort show space, developing high-production-value theatrical revues tailored to the demands of resort audiences seeking polished, accessible entertainment. Working with Jeb is producer Jennifer Rand, and casting coordinator Jolie Rand Cannon, whose involvement signals that the casting process is structured and organized. Performers submitting for this show should expect a professional, clearly run audition process. Musical direction is handled by Rob Bigley, a key figure for any singers assessing the musical demands of the show. The choreography team is a collaborative pair: Dewayne Barrett and Kelly Beck share the movement responsibilities, which suggests the production has both the scope and the physical demands to warrant splitting choreographic duties. Performers with strong dance technique alongside vocal chops will be well-positioned here.

The show itself is described as a first-class Broadway-style song-and-dance revue wrapped in a feel-good holiday storyline narrated by Santa's elves. The format blends classic holiday standards with contemporary favorites and original compositions, a mix that places real demands on performers who need to be stylistically versatile across multiple eras of music. This is not a small holiday revue. The Broadway-style descriptor, combined with the MGM Beau Rivage venue and the original music component, signals a production with genuine production value: full costumes, scenic design, and likely a live or expanded band configuration under Rob Bigley's direction.

The venue is MGM's Beau Rivage Resort and Casino, one of the Gulf Coast's premier destination properties and one of the largest casino resorts in the southeastern United States. The Beau Rivage has a long history of presenting high-caliber live entertainment in its theater, which seats roughly 1,550 guests and is fully equipped for professional theatrical productions. Casino resort productions of this scale tend to run on tighter, more compressed technical schedules than traditional theatrical runs, with rapid load-ins and tech rehearsals built around the resort's entertainment calendar. Crew experienced in the casino-resort entertainment environment will recognize the rhythm immediately. Biloxi itself has a modest but functional local crew infrastructure, though productions of this scale and specialization typically draw performers and department leads from across the Gulf South and beyond, with some traveling from New Orleans, Nashville, and the broader Southeast entertainment corridor.

The production timeline places rehearsals starting November 16, giving the creative team roughly three and a half weeks of prep before the December 12 opening. That is a compressed but not unusual window for a revue-style show with an experienced creative team already in place. For performers, that means contracts and commitments will need to be finalized well ahead of the November start date, which is why the casting process is open now. Costume, scenic, lighting, and sound departments will also be staffing and designing in the months leading up to the November rehearsal start, so crew in those disciplines should be moving on this listing soon rather than later.

For the full casting breakdown, production office contacts, and the most current crew list, head to ProductionList.com and pull up the complete listing for Christmas in the Air at MGM's Beau Rivage. The production is actively in the casting phase, which means the window for performers and early-stage crew hires is open right now. Bookmark the listing and check back regularly as additional crew positions are confirmed and the production moves deeper into pre-production through the summer and fall.

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