Every year, Ebenezer Scrooge sees the light and gets into the holiday spirit. But in 2023, he does it in three distinct Queens venues.
Perseverance Production’s National Touring Company offers the classic Charles Dickens play A Christmas Carol at Queensborough Performing Arts Center on Thursday, Dec. 21, at 7 pm.
This play overflows with music, laughter, scary ghosts, and haunting special effects. Ticket prices run from $43 to $68, and QPAC is located at 222-05 56th Ave. on Queensborough Community College’s Bayside campus.
Titan Theatre Company returns to the borough scene with Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol at Queens Theatre.
In this tale, Jacob Marley is condemned to a hellish eternity. To escape, he must redeem his business partner Ebenezer Scrooge. So begins a journey of laughter, terror, redemption, and renewal during which Scrooge’s heart is opened, but not before Marley discovers his.
Tickets cost $27. The 7:30 pm shows are on Dec. 15, 16, 20, 21, and 22, while the 3 pm productions are on Dec. 17 and 23. Queens Theatre’s address is 14 United Nations Ave. S. inside Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
The Secret Theatre will present A Christmas Carol in its 60-seat playhouse at 38-02 61st St. in Woodside.
Secret Theatre Artistic Director Richard Mazda created this adaptation, which focuses on the ghost story and features several Christmas carols with live music accompaniment on violin and piano.
General admission is $30 with discounts for seniors ($20) and youngsters ($18). The 7:30 pm shows are on Dec. 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, and 29 with 3 pm matinees on Dec. 23, 30, and 31, and a 1 pm spectacle on Dec. 24.
British literary legend Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol in 1843, and it’s been a hit ever since. In fact, the novella popularized the terms “Merry Christmas,” “Bah Humbug,” and “Scrooge.”
The story takes place on Christmas Eve in a cold London, where businessman Ebeneezer Scrooge terrorizes his employees, refuses to give to charity, and rejects his nephew’s invitation to celebrate with his family. After falling asleep, the grumpy curmudgeon is visited by the ghost of his old business partner, Jacob Marley, and then the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. Via his dreams, he relives his cranky-pants childhood and sees himself more in love with money than his fiancée. Then, he goes to his clerk’s house, where he sees a sick child who’s full of spirit. Finally, he envisions his own death.
On Christmas Day, a repentant Scrooge wakes up full of excitement and good spirits. He buys a huge turkey for his clerk’s family before spending a happy day with his nephew’s family.
