On the tenth day of my Twelve Days of Blogging, I finally come through with a gift. About time. Sit back, read on, and I’ll unwrap it for you. The gift, I mean.
A wonderful annual holiday tradition in Chicago is the Goodman Theatre’s production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Please note the fancy spelling of theater. It must be classy if they spell theater as theatre! And it is. The Goodman is a beautiful theatre/theater with tremendous sight lines and sound. The production quality is extraordinary. Performance details change somewhat from year to year, so we have friends who make seeing it a beloved annual holiday tradition.
And then, there are those like us Flanigans.
We make the Goodman’s production every few years and enjoy it as much as alcohol and prescription painkillers permit us to. However, we also enjoy experiencing other versions of A Christmas Carol that are performed throughout the greater Chicagoland area. We have seen probably close to a dozen different versions. My favorite version of all took place in a crappy little playhouse featuring folding chair seating and no heat for that evening’s performance. But it was great fun, featured hilarious songs, and was somewhat audience participatory.
But enough about what I’ve enjoyed and you have not. Where’s your damn gift, right?
Here you go. COVID canceled the full production of A Christmas Carol this year, but the Goodman Theatre released this audio version for our enjoyment.
Grab some headphones or earbuds and a hot toddy to enjoy your gift by a fire tonight or tomorrow. Just make sure you have a fireplace. What’s that? Sorry, no gift receipt.
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