A Christmas Carol Production

Tonite we attending the opening of A Christmas Carol at the Pabst Theatre in Milwaukee. I treated my daughter, Kasey, daughter-in-law Janel, and grandsons Jake, Josh and Jeff. We met my sister, Erica there.. her son, my nephew, Conner was in the production, for the third year, he played Tiny Tim, and he did WONDERFULLY!!

It was a fun night.. and even though the grandsons were a little young (and portions of the play went over their heads), I think they still had a good time, despite Josh falling asleep in the last 10 minutes of it. *L*

As we arrived prior to the start, the grandsons LOVED the lights and the giant Christmas tree in the lobby, it must have been 3 stories tall!! And the smaller trees were also a hit!

To see their amazement at it all, and hear their comments, some pretty funny, was a lot of fun too! It was fun to see Conner doing so well in his parts, and the grandsons were excited to see him onstage too. WELL DONE CONNER!! We're ALL proud of you!

Here are some photos from the evening... and some comments from the grandsons during the event, and following it as well, about the parts they liked the best.




Looking for a bathroom prior to the start led us past a small art gallery the boys stopped to look at.




In our seats, waiting for the start.


The grandkids had gone to see the latest version of A Christmas Carol (a Disney movie) just a week or two before this at the movie theatre, so they were familiar a bit with the story. Some fun comments from them as we watched the play:

At the start of the production, as we could see the candles being lit behind the see thru curtain, Jeff (age 3) said, "Whoaa, I've never seen THIS part before!"

When Bob Cratchit was handing Ebenezer Scrooge his tophat and cane as they quit work for the day, Jeff said loud enough for all around to hear..."Is he going to do a magic trick now??" (seems Jeff is used to those costume props only for magic shows..*L*)

When snow started falling during one scene Josh asked if it was real snow, then declared that he knew it wasn't real snow, but it was "sugar powder snow".

When Tiny Tim's coffin was rolled in, Josh turned to me with a sad face and asked, "Is Conner really dead?" (Conner played Tiny Tim.)

Josh also said his favorite parts of the play were the special effects...he loved the fog and the snow, and he loved when the actors decorated the stage so quickly with wreaths, and garland and ribbons and candles, etc. He also liked the bars, walls and backdrops associated with the Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come, and the evil spirit guys.

Jeff and Jake both liked the scene where the gravediggers let the "dead" Scrooge's body slide off into the big hole in front of the stage (the large common gravesite). Jeff commented real loud.. "WHOOOAAAAA" as the body slid off the cart into the hole. *L*






Following the production, we went to the lobby to congratulate Conner on a job well done. Here are the grandsons with Conner.







As we headed out, the boys discovered the fabric covered wall that could be finger colored on or written on... *L* I wonder whose job it is to go and "comb down" the walls everyday??





It was a long night... and a LATE night... the grandsons crashed in the car on the trip home... hope it was something they'll remember for a long time!

God Bless Us EVERYONE!!