A Christmas Carol is broken up into five different sections, or “staves”: Stave I introduces us to Scrooge and Marley’s ghost; Staves II, III and IV take Scrooge through time with the Ghosts ...

As is tradition, Scrooge: A Christmas Carol is this year’s faithful adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens novella. It’s the story you know, it’s animated, it’s got songs, and it’s on ...

Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol to raise awareness of some of the ... positive effect that Scrooge will now have on people. A ‘stave’ is a name for the five lines on which musical notes ...

The house lights dim and a cast of Victorian holiday carolers appears complete with an onstage costumed orchestra. Our Storyteller (Nedra Dixon) also dressed in stunning early Victorian garb ...

SEE IT: A Christmas Carol plays at Portland Playhouse, 602 NE Prescott St., 503-488-5822, portlandplayhouse.org. 7 pm Wednesday-Sunday, 2 pm Saturday-Sunday, through Dec. 30. $59.95, $5 Arts for ...

Mr. Rosenblatt is an author of memoirs, novels and meditations, the most recent of which is “A Steinway on the Beach: Wounds and Other Blessings.” Since its publication in December 1843, “A ...