And so once again audiences are invited to bear witness to the spiritual transformation of Ebenezer Scrooge from penny-pinching cynic to warm-hearted benefactor to the poor. And again theatergoers fill virtually every available seat to see Kansas City Repertory Theatre’s annual take on “A Christmas Carol,” the 1843 novella by Charles Dickens, who used his […]
The holiday season rouses feelings of nostalgia and for many, the Rankin/Bass stop-motion animated films such as The Year Without A Santa Claus and Frosty the Snowman. However, one that may fly above the rest is Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Initially the red-nosed hero was created as a coloring book in 1939 for Montgomery Ward. […]