Tony "The Godfather of Comedy" Sparks took the mic again in San Francisco. At the SF Laundromat on Sutter Street, he emceed "The Wash," an open mic. It was billed as a revival of Brainwash, the iconic ...

Jonathan Canites sounded distracted when I called at our previously arranged time on an unseasonably hot March afternoon. After a minute of exchanging niceties, I sensed something was off and asked if ...

Every December, we dust off "A Christmas Carol" and remind ourselves that Ebenezer Scrooge was redeemed not by becoming poor, but by remembering the people who made his wealth possible. That detail ...

Over the years since Charles Dickens first published A Christmas Carol in 1843, there have been hundreds of adaptations, from silent to sound and animated films to stage productions. Hundreds of ...

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There are many film versions of the holiday classic, "A Christmas Carol." The novel, "A Christmas Carol" was written by Charles Dickens, and was released in 1843. The novel depicts how the ...

Gary Neal Johnson plays Scrooge, the main character in Kansas City Repertory Theatre’s rendition of the iconic Charles Dickens story, “A Christmas Carol,” on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. Johnson is retiring ...

John Little reprises his role as Ebenezer Scrooge in the Hanover Theatre's production of "A Christmas Carol." The Hanover Theatre has been mounting "A Christmas Carol" annually for nearly two decades.

Each year come the holidays, stage productions pop up across the country, and the Nocturne Theatre in Glendale is no exception. MADAM SCROOGE: A CHRISTMAS CAROL MUSICAL flips the script a bit, ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — If you love Christmas movies, you may have noticed; there are a lot of versions of A Christmas Carol. Scrooge has been played by Jim Carrey. He's met the Muppets. He's done ...