I even went so far as putting on the hat and beard as I wrapped Christmas presents in the attic, and now that is all gone. I'm hanging up my hat and beard. Bah, Humbug!
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Theater Interview: Richard Doyle from ‘A Christmas Carol’ at South Coast Repertory
"I hope [audiences] go away with a lot of quotations besides 'bah, humbug!' and with little pearls of Dickens' wisdom about mankind."
Read More »Theatre Interview: ‘A Christmas Carol’ and ‘The Chimes’ with Dominic Gerrard at the Charles Dickens Museum
"What's very special about this 'A Christmas Carol' is that it bursts through all of the rooms. Every scene you watch is actually in Charles Dickens' house!"
Read More »Theater Interview: Bonnie J. Monte, Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey
"It's an incredibly appealing play for everybody no matter what your beliefs are and your religion. It embraces all the good parts about humanity."
Read More »Thanksgiving Week Is the Start of My Favorite Time of the Year!
Thanksgiving week is the unofficial start of what is known as “the holidays.”
Read More »Memorial Day – Remembering All Those Who Never Came Home
Whenever Memorial Day comes around again, I am always reminded about how lucky I am that my father came home from the war.
Read More »Coronavirus – Memorial Day
The coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic, or whatever you want to call this horrific plague, has taken Memorial Day away from us.
Read More »Movie Review: A Quietly Affecting ‘Carol of the Bells’
Although it's modestly budgeted and deliberately paced, Joey Travolta's quietly moving film manages to deliver the emotional goods.
Read More »New Year’s Day – Should We Glance Back or Look Forward?
It is the first day of 2020 and, in all honesty, there is not much we can say about this year right now, so there is a tendency to look back at 2019 and think about all that happened.
Read More »If Only in My Dreams – A Christmas with My ‘Whole’ Family
I had a dream the other night that reminded me of my Christmases past.
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