Articles Tagged With: holiday tradition

A Christmas Carol at The Colonial Players of Annapolis: A Holiday Tradition

In the 10,000 or so productions of A Christmas Carol that I’ve seen over my ~15 years a reviewer, I have never seen one (and I’ve even seen the Richard Wade-Richard Gessner adaptation at Colonial Players a time or two before…) that had such a strikingly profound moment— a momentary minutia that hit with such heartfelt intent that I both gasped and wept in utter shock. But let’s back it up in true Dickensian style.

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Greg Burgess as Ebenezer Scrooge in the 2022 production of A Christmas Carol at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

Bah! Humbug! Christmas Chatter with Greg Burgess on 11 years of playing Ebenezer Scrooge with Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

Bah! Humbug! The Christmas season is upon us. Again. Already. (Baltimore’s local 101.9 even had flipped the switch to their Christmas music on Thursday 11/20/25 as I was driving home to ring up Greg Burgess and interview him!) The holidays are upon us whether you’re ready or not. And in a world of so much darkness and chaos, aren’t the holidays meant to be what spreads a little love, a little light, a little joy?

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