Ok, so mapping the theme to our entire weekend might be stretching it, but Heather and I went to a holiday themed show Saturday night.
We wanted to try and go to some sort of holiday production in Omaha, and settled on “A Christmas Carol.”
The Omaha Community Playhouse does “A Christmas Carol” every year, or has been doing it for years I should say. This selection worked well for us as we were trying to find something that avoided holiday parties etc, so being able to pick a date that was early in the month was ideal.
I am not really an expert on live performances, but in my opinion they did a really good job. I honestly wasn’t expecting them to sing, but the singing along with everything else was good enough you never stopped to question why they were doing it. Part of me really wants to know more about how they do the scenery work, there seem to have been some rather clever things going on as they moved set pieces in and out. I don’t suppose too many people express interest in that though.
I should mention that it was also the first time I had seen the story preformed by anything other than muppets. My memories of the muppet one are kind of hazy anyway, but I think I probably had an advantage going in with no idea what to expect. I was just able to watch it. I guess, I knew there were suppose to be 3 ghosts, and “Tiny Tim” plus a few other high points of the story in there somewhere.
In conclusion, if you were thinking about maybe going to see this show in Omaha sometime, I can recommend it! 🙂
-Jordan
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