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Home » White Christmas

Tag: White Christmas

Two couples, each composed of a white man and a white woman, stand a few feet apart from each other onstage. The women are in red ball gowns trimmed in white, and the men wear red suits. A large wreath and cutouts of snow flakes hang behind them. Their arms are outstretched above their heads
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Stuck in a snow globe

by Catey Sullivan December 21, 2022December 21, 2022

Nearly 69 years since its birth as a smash movie, the seasonally ubiquitous White Christmas remains a good, old-fashioned holiday chestnut. It also remains an objectively odious, old holiday chestnut. To say it has not aged well is to put it mildly. To put it frankly, I would like to think this is not a […]

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The Music Box kicks off a season of Michael Curtiz revivals with the silent melodrama A Million Bid

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Let us now praise the great auteur whose career ranged from silent movies to Elvis.

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A Dickens Carol, It’s a Wonderful Life, and nine more new stage shows

by Chicago Reader November 29, 2017August 18, 2021

A clever mashup of fact and fiction and a “radio show” version of the holiday classic are among this week’s best bets.

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New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue.

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