It’s been a year since McCarter Theatre debuted its reimagined production of David Thompson’s adaption of Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol. It cleaned the slate and gave us a new set, new actors, and a new experience. This year, director Adam Immerwahr tweaked it to further enhance the staging. Ebenezer Scrooge (Greg Wood) believes Christmas is a day for employees to […]
Casting Information Sessions for McCarter’s “A Christmas Carol”
McCarter Theatre Center will hold casting information sessions for Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. They will be renewing their annual tradition in December of 2016 with a reimagined version of the play. This new production will include a Community Ensemble consisting of 50 local actors to appear alongside a company of professional performers. McCarter is looking for an enthusiastic group that […]
A Christmas Carol at McCarter Theatre Center – 2015
The Dicken’s story A Christmas Carol has been a long time holiday tradition in Princeton. Since 1980, it has brought Christmas cheer to audiences who return annually to watch the heartwarming story at McCarter Theatre Center. It features a protagonist who is a villain, ghosts, lost love, greed, time travel, and redemption in the backdrop of the Industrial Revolution in London. The […]
The Fezziwig Parties at McCarter Theater
Mr. Fezziwig is a character in the Charles Dickens novel A Christmas Carol. A younger Ebenezer Scrooge worked as an apprentice for Fezziwig, a very joyous man who loved to dance. When the Ghost of Christmas Past visited Scrooge, at one point they returned to a happier time in Ebenezer’s life during a Fezziwig Christmas party. […]
A Christmas Carol at the McCarter Theater in Princeton, NJ
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is a holiday tradition for some. I have discovered that to see it come alive at the McCarter Theater in Princeton, NJ is a feast for the eyes and a catalyst for the soul, after I recently went to a performance to see how Dickens’ book translated to the […]