Ford's Theatre Begins 'Christmas Carol' Nov. 15
By: BWW News Desk
Ford's Theatre will kick off the holiday season with its annual production of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas on November 15th.
Michael Wilson's stage adaptation of Dickens's classic novel will feature Richard Poe as Ebenezer Scrooge. Poe recently appeared in the Roundabout revival of The Pajama Game. His other Broadway credits include M. Butterfly, 1776, Moon Over Buffalo, and Our Country's Good."Ford's unique production of A Christmas Carol includes an appearance by Charles Dickens, who visited Washington during the public reading tour of the novel. But the spotlight shines most brightly on the three ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future, who bear a striking resemblance to the victims of Scrooge's daily wrath," state production notes.Although it is commonly referred to as A Christmas Carol, Dickens actually called his work A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas.In addition to Poe, other cast members include Clinton Brandhagen, Michael Bunce, Michael John Casey, Teresa Castracane, Elliot Dash, Jaclyn DiLauro, Carlos Gonzalez, Michael Goodwin, Bill Hensel, Katie Kleiger, Amy McWilliams, Claudia Miller, Kip Pierson, Suzanne Richard, Todd Scofield, and Erin Sloan.
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