Theater spotlight: Goodman's traditional, Chicago Shakespeare's hip-hop 'Christmas Carol' return

Posted November 14, 2018 5:00 am

Larry Yando returns for his 11th season playing Ebenezer Scrooge in Goodman Theatre's "A Christmas Carol." Courtesy of Liz Lauren

Goodman's 'Carol'

Goodman Theatre ushers in its 41st production of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" with a tree lighting featuring cast members. Larry Yando returns for his 11th year as the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, who discovers the real meaning of the season with help from three spirits. Yorkville resident Paris Strickland reprises her role as Tiny Tim in director Henry Wishcamper's production.

Previews at 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays, Nov. 17 (tree lighting at 7 p.m.) and 24; 2 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18; 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 21; and 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23, at 170 N. Dearborn St., Chicago. The show opens Sunday, Nov. 25. $25-$119. (312) 443-3800 or goodmantheatre.org.

Ayah Sol Masai Hall, left, and Nicole Michelle Haskins appear in Sideshow Theatre Company's premiere of "HeLa" by J. Nicole Brooks. Courtesy of Michael Tutino

Lifetime legacy

Sideshow Theatre Company premieres its commission "HeLa," J. Nicole Brooks' new drama combining the story of a young girl's love of science and the story of Henrietta Lacks. Lacks was a poor, African-American woman whose cells were taken without her consent during her stay at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1951. The cells were subsequently used in gene mapping and in the development of the polio vaccine among other scientific efforts. Artistic director Jonathan L. Green directs.

Previews at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18, and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 21, at Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago. The show opens Nov. 23. $20-$35. (773) 404-7336 or greenhousetheate.org.

A Rastafarian Jacob Marley (JQ), center, and reggae spirits Jackson Doran, left, and Postell Pringle haunt Scrooge in "A Q Brothers Christmas Carol," returning to Chicago Shakespeare Theater for a fifth year. Courtesy of Liz Lauren

Q Bros back at CST

The Q Brothers return to the Chicago Shakespeare Theater's The Yard with "A Q Brothers Christmas Carol," their popular hip-hop version of a holiday classic now in its fifth year. Chicago stage veteran John Hoogenakker (Amazon's "Jack Ryan") will play Ebenezer Scrooge from Nov. 20 through Dec. 9, after which GQ will take over the role.

Previews at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 20-21, and Friday, Nov. 23, at Navy Pier, 800 E. Grand Ave., Chicago. The show opens Saturday, Nov. 24. $30-$52. (312) 595-5600 or chicagoshakes.com.

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