Hell in a Handbag Productions returns with one of its most popular holiday musicals: Christmas Dearest. This satirical and humorous take on the classic "A Christmas Carol" runs through December 31 at Ebenezer Lutheran Church Auditorium,1650 W. Foster Ave. in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood.
"Joan Crawford" (David Cerda*) returns in Handbag’s very own version of A Christmas Carol. It’s 1953 and Joan is desperate to reignite her career with the new film, Oh, Mary!, a big splashy musical adaption of the life of the Virgin Mary. Everything has to be perfect, but the stress of surviving in Hollywood has turned Joan into a tyrant! Even Carol Ann (Ed Jones*), Joan’s faithful personal assistant is at her wits’ end. What Joan needs is a miracle, and that’s exactly what she gets when she’s visited by three ghosts who try to show Joan the error of her ways and the true meaning of the holidays.
(For tickets, and more info, click here: christmasdearest.eventbrite.com.)
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