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Season of 'Nutcracker,' 'Messiah' starts early
The holiday season wouldn't be the holiday season without colorful music and dance events. And, just as department stores break out the Christmas decorations earlier and earlier, some performing arts organizations get into the swing before Thanksgiving....
Tags: Culture, Charles Dickens, Education, Religious Festivals, Arts and Culture
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Cast Named For 15th Annual "Christmas Carol" At Hartford Stage
Hartford CourantHas there been a Connecticut production with more productions than Hartford Stage's holiday presentation of "A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story iof Christmas?" I can't think of any. (Can you?) It's 15th annual production returns tothe Church Street theater...Tags: University of Hartford, Lincoln (movie, 2012), Religious Festivals, Hartford Stage, Arts and Culture
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You know the holiday cliches. Shun them
The Baltimore SunThe repetitions of ritual are the point. They establish continuity and reassurance through familiarity. So you can be sure that you will hear "O Come, All Ye Faithful" at the late-night service on Christmas Eve, that you will eat the same holiday dinners,...Tags: Religious Festivals, Christmas, Hanukkah, Judaism, Epiphany
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Dan Castellaneta, a.k.a. Homer Simpson, joins 'Christmas Carol'
Dan Castellaneta, who voices America's favorite schlub hubby Homer Simpson on Fox's "The Simpsons," has joined the cast of Second City's "A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens" at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. The comedic stage production is set to begin...
Tags: Kirk Douglas, Comedy Central (tv network), Comedy (genre), Homer Simpson (fictional character), John Hurt
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'An American Christmas Carol'
The weeks before Halloween usually are the time when holiday releases start rolling out, and here's a noteworthy one with a new Blu-ray edition to add to the traditional list. While he still was playing Fonzie on "Happy Days," Henry Winkler got many...Tags: DVDs, Dorian Harewood, Religious Festivals, Blu-ray Discs, Halloween
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Theater review: 'A Christmas Carol' from Theatre Downtown
It's a haunted holiday season in Central Florida -- why, in the past week alone I've seen a dozen ghosts. That's because I've taken in three performances of "A Christmas Carol" around town.
One had a high-tech bent -- and one starred female...Tags: Charles Dickens, Lobbying, Religious Festivals, Carol Channing, Christmas Music (genre)
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Theater review: 'Wanzie's Glittering Star-Studded A Christmas Carol' from Wanzie Presents
Grown weary of Christmas traditions?
Well, far from traditional, "Wanzie's Glittering Star-Studded A Christmas Carol," may be just the thing to spike your eggnog. The conceit of Michael Wanzie's comic adaptation of Charles Dickens' tale is that an all-...Tags: Charles Dickens, Religious Festivals, Orange Blossom Trail, Parliament, Arts and Culture
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Theater review: 'A Christmas Carol' from Beth Marshall Presents
Sometimes we forget that "A Christmas Carol" is a story of ghosts and ghouls and things that go bump in the night. But Michael Wilson's adaptation of the Charles Dickens tale puts those lesson-imparting spirits front and center.
At the Winter Garden...Tags: Charles Dickens, Fiction, Religious Festivals, Christmas Music (genre), Arts and Culture
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'Star Trek' actor, 50th anniversary of iconic group, country stars coming to State Theatre
Lehigh Valley Music"Star Trek" star William Shatner, the 50th anniversary of Peter, Paul and Mary, country duo Montgomery Gentry, Bill Cosby and former presidential candidate Steve Forbes are among the highlights of the State Theatre's new 50-performance season. The 2012-'... -
That miser Scrooge gives much in this season's 'Christmas Carol'
This is a very good year for the Goodman Theatre's "A Christmas Carol." And I speak as one who has imbibed many different vintages — more than a dozen, just counting the Goodman Theatre version — of this particular seasonal grape.
That's...Tags: Mary Martin, Goodman Theatre, Religious Festivals, Celebrities, Arts and Culture
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2011 Holiday Guide
Like the creeping tinsel at the mall, holiday shows in Chicago seem to start earlier each year. This season, it was “White Christmas” at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire even before the trick-or-treaters had ventured forth from their...Tags: Culture, Religious Festivals, Peter Billingsley, Depression, Arts and Culture
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Felicia P. Fields and E. Faye Butler, to be together again. And Court has its 'Angels.'
Felicia P. Fields and E. Faye Butler, both longtime stars of Chicago theater, are to be the stars of the 2012 Goodman Theatre production of Regina Taylor's "Crowns" next summer, the theater said Tuesday. The pair of much-loved divas will be joined by a...Tags: Goodman Theatre, Arts and Culture, Regina Taylor, Tony Kushner
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