The work of Victorian-era novelist Charles Dickens went viral over the holidays, when a tweet used his 1843 novella "A Christmas Carol" to make a point about the minimum wage. Posted Dec. 19 and ...

One of the rewards of great literature is that each new reading reveals aspects that were somehow previously hidden. This idea struck me recently as I was re-acquainting myself with Dickens’ A ...

Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge is a humorous look at the oft-told Dickens Christmas classic about Ebeneezer Scrooge and his discovering the true meaning of Christmas. In this play, the ...

Old Navy and Disney have teamed up to release a new holiday apparel collection featuring the characters from The Muppet's ...

And so Mr. Scrooge kept Christmas in his heart and became a friend and benefactor to all and also got his hair and eyebrows trimmed. He made Bob Cratchit a partner, and an orthopedic surgeon fixed ...

Charles Dickens was an excellent writer, but it was actually his wise editors who saved “A Christmas Carol,” by tightening up its original ending. Here is Dickens’s first draft, with the excised text ...

1 Full Cast Set For MAYBE HAPPY ENDING North American Tour 2 Cast Set For New Version of THE BODYGUARD on North American Tour In this comedy with music Tony Award winning playwright Christopher Durang ...

Time to offer up a few kind words to the techies and technologies that made our lives a little better this year As the holidays approach, it’s time for a tradition here at the Gripe Line: The Bob ...

Brooklyn's Gallery Players is giving this piece of holiday frippery from playwright Christopher Durang its New York premiere seven years after the show debuted at Pittsburgh's City Theatre as a ...

Premiered in 2002 at Pittsburgh's City Theater, "Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge" has become a popular alternative Yuletide offering for small-to-midsize theaters nationwide. Premiered in ...