The best-ever explanation for what makes reindeer fly and the 25th anniversary of a Chicago classic are among this week’s best bets.
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From Scrooge to the Snow Queen: eight stage shows for the holidays
The Goodman’s A Christmas Carol leads the seasonal onslaught.
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Nick Jr.’s Cancel Christmas is here for everyone who hates Christmas music
The local rapper’s spirited, rebellious Christmas kinda-takedowns might be what you need if you want to escape the barrage of gross yuletide music.
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How to win at box-office bingo
Now that dynamic pricing has come to the arts, you can score cheap seats—or get priced out.
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What might have happened to Scrooge after “A Christmas Carol”
One Chicago man’s Dickensian disease.
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A Christmas Carol
In a holiday season split between almost desperate commercialism and economic uncertainty, I’m grateful for this year’s less slick and more expressive edition of Goodman Theatre’s annual A Christmas Carol. Under Chuck Smith’s direction, the production has a few rough edges but offers a version of the tale more clearly told and deeply felt than […]