A Christmas Carol Nov. 23-Dec. 24 Lyric at the Plaza 1727 NW 16th St. lyrictheatreokc.com 405-524-9310 $25-$61 Some people — Ebenezer Scrooge, for example — would rather pay to build more prisons than to feed and shelter the hungry and homeless. “Are there no prisons?” asks Scrooge in response to a charity collector’s pleas on […]
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Broadway actor Dirk Lumbard stars as Scrooge in Lyric Theatre’s production of A Christmas Carol
Lyric asked Lumbard to play Scrooge in the past, but this is the first year the actor could fit it into his schedule.
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Don’t be a Scrooge
Lyric Theatre presents an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic that, through humor and poignancy, will delight even us professional Scrooges. It’s two hours of purely enjoyable theater. When working with such dreadfully familiar, albeit first-class, material as “A Christmas Carol,” the challenge for an adapter and director is to make the story fresh. Artistic director […]
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Like the Dickens
Director Hal Kohlman has delivered a solid take on a slightly retooled adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” penned by D. Lance Marsh, artistic director of TheatreOCU, who also stars as Ebenezer Scrooge. Devoid of friendship, love or charity, miserly businessman Scrooge is warned by the specter of his former business partner that if […]
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Like the Dickens
Director Hal Kohlman has delivered a solid take on a slightly retooled adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” penned by D. Lance Marsh, artistic director of TheatreOCU, who also stars as Ebenezer Scrooge. Devoid of friendship, love or charity, miserly businessman Scrooge is warned by the specter of his former business partner that if […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Don’t be a Scrooge
Lyric Theatre presents an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic that, through humor and poignancy, will delight even us professional Scrooges. It’s two hours of purely enjoyable theater. When working with such dreadfully familiar, albeit first-class, material as “A Christmas Carol,” the challenge for an adapter and director is to make the story fresh. Artistic director […]