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Finding Fezziwig in the 21st Century
What makes a great workplace? A bit of Old Fezziwig. That's a reference to one of the characters from Dickens' novella, "A Christmas Carol" — the corpulent, jolly man who ran the London business where Ebenezer Scrooge apprenticed. Fezziwig threw the...
Tags: Employees, Career and Workplace, Holidays, Religion and Belief, Values
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Northwestern tackles the career (and controversies) of Tyler Perry
There are no sacred cows on the NBC sitcom "30 Rock." The show happily skewers its own network along with any number of pop-culture phenomena, and last week's episode was no different, with a running joke aimed squarely in the direction of Tyler Perry,...
Tags: Entertainment, Comedy (genre), Water Tower, Arts and Culture, Bridesmaids (movie)
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Home for the holidays in Monkton
It is not often that a visitor receives a Dickensian welcome at the front gate of a historic Monkton home decorated for the holidays. Dressed to the nines in fresh greenery, this circa 1840, white-washed brick structure wears red bows and pine cones on...Tags: Entertainment, Music, Culture, Holidays, Trips and Vacations
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Stage review: Dickens mash-up over-twists
Theatergoers who prefer “A Christmas Carol” straight up, with language and redemptive message intact, won't find much holiday cheer in “A Christmas Twist,” SeaGlass Theatre's satiric treatment of the Dickens classic at the...
Tags: Comedy (genre), Tameka Cottle, Holidays, Religious Festivals, Arts and Culture
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'A Christmas Carol' opens at Theatre Downtown
Tim DeBaun will reprise his role as Scrooge in Theatre Downtown's annual presentation of "A Christmas Carol." It's the 12th year Theatre Downtown has presented a traditional staging of Charles Dickens' holiday tale. Frank Hilgenberg directs, with...
Tags: Holidays, Charles Dickens, Theater Downtown, Arts and Culture
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Bay Street Players Second Stage performs 'Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol,' takeoff on Christmas classic
EUSTIS — Who can forget the image of Jacob Marley's face appearing to Scrooge on his door-knocker, his hearth and on the mantel of his bedroom fireplace? Marley begins to prey on Scrooge's mind before he appears as a ghost in chains, trailing...
Tags: Holidays, Religious Festivals
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15 years of Southern Winds Theatre's 'One-Man "A Christmas Carol"'
Southern Winds Theatre's "One-Man 'A Christmas Carol'" of course involves more than one person. Marylin McGinnis has directed the production since its beginning. Bonnie Sprung has provided stage management and sound effects just as long. But it's...
Tags: Entertainment, Music, Tameka Cottle, Holidays, Religious Festivals
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Holiday Guide 2012: Chris Jones' Top 10 shows for the season
Chicago has a plethora of holiday shows each and every year — and I’ll be reviewing enough of them over the next couple of weeks to put Rudolph in rehab. But based on many years of seasonal theater-going, here are 10 of our potential favorites...
Tags: Entertainment, Radio, Congo, Religion and Belief, New York City
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Holiday Guide 2012: Dozens more concerts and 'Carols' for your Chicago December
Love 'em or hate 'em, there's no avoiding the holidays, and that's true on local stages as well as the shopping malls. But even the Scroogiest of souls could find something to celebrate in the gifts of theater, dance, and music offered up this season by...Tags: Entertainment, Radio, Judaism, New Music Mondays Millenium Park, Dean Martin
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Ben McKenzie, Fred Willard among guest stars for 'Carol' comedy
The upcoming Second City production of "A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens!" at the Kirk Douglas Theatre will feature a changing roster of guest stars. Among the names confirmed to make guest appearances in the comedy production are "Southland" star...
Tags: Entertainment, The Colbert Report (tv program), John Hurt, Jason Alexander, Comedy (genre)
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Suburban theater for the week of Nov. 23-29
"Little Women": Ann Noble made her mark as a playwright with 1995's Irish family melodrama "And Neither Have I Wings to Fly." So it's fitting that she turns her hand to a beloved — if also decidedly melodramatic — American family novel in this...Tags: Entertainment, Music, Radio, Louisa May Alcott , Charles Dickens
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A few new notes in this 'Carol'
Audiences may notice a few new things in this year's production of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" at South Coast Repertory, but director John-David Keller promises there are no drastic changes. "We can tweak it. We can't change it," said Keller,...
Tags: Celebrities, Tameka Cottle, Holidays, Religious Festivals, Charles Dickens
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