Assorted theatrical performances take place in the Bama Theatre in downtown Tuscaloosa. One of the Tuscaloosa area's top events is Northport's annual Dickens Downtown, which features a Dickens-era Christmas, complete with costumes and traditional caroling. Birmingham also has theatrical offerings, headlined by the Birmingham Children's Theatre, the top children's theatre in the country. The Alabama Theatre in downtown Birmingham has a long history. Montgomery is home to the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, the fifth-largest such festival in the world.
People come from all over the world to see the professionally-produced performances.
The Blount endowment , which enabled the festival, is the largest individual gift to a theatre in American history. For links , check Stapleton's World of Pro Wrestling .