You know the story. Miser gets visited by conveniently holiday-themed ghosts; heartwarming stuff ensues. But if you’re looking and listening, over-familiarity hasn’t dimmed the power of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, presented this month by the Toledo Repertoire Theater. The story of the redemption of heartless Ebenezer Scrooge still connects over a century later because the miser is never portrayed as a cartoon — and in fact the essence of his story is that he learns he was never heartless at all. Dickens could be sentimental, but he was no sentimentalist, and A Christmas Carol is filled with his peerless eye for detail and his big-hearted love of humanity and our rituals. Directed by Deb Calabrese.
$25 adults, $15 children. Friday, November 30-Saturday, December 1, 8pm; Sunday, December 2, 2:30pm. Valentine Theatre, 410 Adams St. 419-243-9277. www.toledorep.org.
You know the story. Miser gets visited by conveniently holiday-themed ghosts; heartwarming stuff ensues. But if you’re looking and listening, over-familiarity hasn’t dimmed the power of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, presented this month by the Toledo Repertoire Theater. The story of the redemption of heartless Ebenezer Scrooge still connects over a century later because the miser is never portrayed as a cartoon — and in fact the essence of his story is that he learns he was never heartless at all. Dickens could be sentimental, but he was no sentimentalist, and A Christmas Carol is filled with his peerless eye for detail and his big-hearted love of humanity and our rituals. Directed by Deb Calabrese.
$25 adults, $15 children. Friday, November 30-Saturday, December 1, 8pm; Sunday, December 2, 2:30pm. Valentine Theatre, 410 Adams St. 419-243-9277. www.toledorep.org.
