#GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST CAST 2021 TV#

The actors chatted briefly about their role in the play, their appearance and/or physicality and how they might approach that in their portrayal.

#GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST CAST 2021 TV#

“They need harnesses on to do that.” My mind went right to my childhood, when I marveled at the TV presentation of Sandy Duncan flying in the Broadway revival of Peter Pan. “A couple other actors wear harnesses under their costumes, too,” she added, explaining that Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Past actually fly during the show. She wears it to hold up the weight of the Christmas tree hanging off her shoulders. “I’m supposed to look like a Christmas tree,” she laughed, then went on to explain the real reason behind the hoop skirt. One of them was the one playing the Ghost of Christmas Present - the one who’d be wearing the hoop skirt. I was encouraged to touch the fabric, the stitching, the piping, the braids, the brocades, the hoops, everything.Īnita and Kelly showed up in time to enjoy some of the costumes, and from there they escorted me into the theater to meet some of the main actors in the play for the pre-show. My favorite? A top and hoop skirt worn by the Ghost of Christmas Present. A costumer from the show was on hand to give me the back story on each piece. I appreciated having the costumes displayed on dressmaker dummies - that way I can feel the fabrics with structure and imagine how they might look - and fit. “No stairs!” Bonus: Box seats are great for social distancing, and Luna could sprawl during the show without bothering anyone else.Īndy directed Luna and me to our starting point in the lobby, where they had three of the understudies’ costumes available for me to touch (the ones the actors would be wearing were not available for obvious reasons). “Your box is on the main floor,” he explained. When Goodman’s’ house manager/accessibility coordinator Andy Wilson greeted me in the lobby, he explained they save those box seats for people who might find accessing regular theater seats difficult. “Box seats!” The ticket-taker sounded impressed. Anita and Kelly were accompanying their blind old great-aunt Beth, so they got the same discount I did.īlack Lab Luna guided me from home to the theater last Saturday, I showed my proof-of-double-vaccination card with pride, and handed over my ticket. Tickets for A Christmas Carol are usually quite expensive, but in its efforts to be “a theater for all” and a “place where diverse audiences experience extraordinary productions,” Goodman offers reduced-price tickets to people who attend the touch tours. And, okay, it was pretty flattering to think they’d go out of their way to spend an afternoon at the theater with their old blind great aunt Beth.

Anita and Kelly are a fun couple, smart and witty, we share a lot of laughs when we’re together. Anita’s girlfriend Kelly would be coming as well, they had chosen the December 11 performance because that’s the one offering a pre-show audio tour for blind people. Bah humbug! I had never ever gone to A Christmas Carol at Goodman, and thought it best I keep it that way.īut then came the back-and-forth texts. How pedestrian! Truth be told, I kind of sort of rolled my eyes at Anita’s suggestion. Here in Chicago some families go to the Goodman to see A Christmas Carol each and every Xmas. Back in November my 26-year-old niece Anita texted me:īeth, quick question for you do ya have any interest in possibly going to A Christmas Carol at Goodman Theater on Saturday the 11th of December at 2

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