It's hard to imagine Christmas going by without hearing least one "Bah! Humbug." it didn't always used to be that way says the Goodman's Roche Schulfer.
November 24, 2006 (Press Release) --
"It was always a struggle to get people to come out to theater during the holiday season," he says. "When we first produced 'A Christmas Carol' in 1978, only a few other regional theaters were doing it and everyone told us we were crazy."
First published in 1843, A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas is perhaps Charles Dickens most famous work. Cheapskate Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by his dead business partner and three other ghosts, leading him to an epiphany about the joys of giving and celebrating the season.
The Goodman's production initially featured a script by Barbara Field that included Charles Dickens as its narrator.
In 1984, the theater began using an adaptation by Greg Mosher and Larry Slone that used dialogue written by Dickens for the story and not much else. For the past 17 years, the Goodman has been using an adaptation by playwright Tom Creamer.
"The four ghosts are the big beats of the piece and I wrote the whole adaptation around each of them," Creamer says.
And since the story is essentially a ghost story, Creamer didn't want to shy away from scarier elements.
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Pamela Anderson. Naked. Pictures.
Too much information: Pamela Anderson tells Blender magazine about her ideal evening: "When I go to Hollywood, I start at the Chateau Marmont and then I usually end up naked in David LaChapelle's studio taking crazy pictures. That's usually a night for me. Four or five in the morning, lying across a car in David's studio."
Brit looks for change of scenery
Britney Spears is unloading the Malibu house she shared with Kevin Federline, several reports say, and she's asking $13.5 million for it. And the tabloid Star says she's willing to pay more than twice as much -- up to $29.5 million -- for a new place in Miami. She'll be able to afford the upgrade, the report goes on, because she's on the verge of signing a $15 million, 20-week deal to sing at the Palms in Las Vegas.
Meanwhile Kevin What's-his-name, Britney's ex, denies, through his lawyer, all those rumors about him trying to sell a sex tape, saying no such thing exists.
'Twas a wonderful idea
Strange but true: Frank Capra's son says the legendary director planned a sequel to his 1946 Christmas movie "It's a Wonderful Life." The idea, Frank Capra Jr. told the N.Y. Post, was to use original stars Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed to show the characters 20 years after the original story.
"My father and Jimmy were talking about it," Junior said. "George Bailey would now be retired, and the story would involve a big conflict between him and his older son."
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First published in 1843, A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas is perhaps Charles Dickens most famous work. Cheapskate Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by his dead business partner and three other ghosts, leading him to an epiphany about the joys of giving and celebrating the season.
The Goodman's production initially featured a script by Barbara Field that included Charles Dickens as its narrator.
In 1984, the theater began using an adaptation by Greg Mosher and Larry Slone that used dialogue written by Dickens for the story and not much else. For the past 17 years, the Goodman has been using an adaptation by playwright Tom Creamer.
"The four ghosts are the big beats of the piece and I wrote the whole adaptation around each of them," Creamer says.
And since the story is essentially a ghost story, Creamer didn't want to shy away from scarier elements.
Source: http://www.yahoo.com
Pamela Anderson. Naked. Pictures.
Too much information: Pamela Anderson tells Blender magazine about her ideal evening: "When I go to Hollywood, I start at the Chateau Marmont and then I usually end up naked in David LaChapelle's studio taking crazy pictures. That's usually a night for me. Four or five in the morning, lying across a car in David's studio."
Brit looks for change of scenery
Britney Spears is unloading the Malibu house she shared with Kevin Federline, several reports say, and she's asking $13.5 million for it. And the tabloid Star says she's willing to pay more than twice as much -- up to $29.5 million -- for a new place in Miami. She'll be able to afford the upgrade, the report goes on, because she's on the verge of signing a $15 million, 20-week deal to sing at the Palms in Las Vegas.
Meanwhile Kevin What's-his-name, Britney's ex, denies, through his lawyer, all those rumors about him trying to sell a sex tape, saying no such thing exists.
'Twas a wonderful idea
Strange but true: Frank Capra's son says the legendary director planned a sequel to his 1946 Christmas movie "It's a Wonderful Life." The idea, Frank Capra Jr. told the N.Y. Post, was to use original stars Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed to show the characters 20 years after the original story.
"My father and Jimmy were talking about it," Junior said. "George Bailey would now be retired, and the story would involve a big conflict between him and his older son."
Source: http://www.yahoo.com
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