Mr. Scrooge (Musical)
Charles Dickens
Christmas Is Comin' Uptown
by Charles Dickens, Phillip Rose, Peter Udell, Garry Sherman, Philip Rose
Broadway
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Synopsis
All those Dickensian characters dancing, jiving and swinging to a Harlem beat?
Right on!
Scrooge is a Harlem slumlord about to foreclose an apartment house, a recreation center and a church when his late partner and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future take him on their rounds.
He comes upon his own grave after watching Tiny Tim's burial procession and he's reformed.
Shedding his nightshirt, he orders Chinese food and Jewish deli (the only food available this Christmas morn) for the Cratchits.
This ebullient retelling of the classic tale features an all-Black cast and concludes with a rousing gospel number in a Baptist church.
Press Reviews
"A gem... [a] fun, heartwarming, family-friendly holiday show."
— MD Theatre Guide
Publication
Publisher Samuel French
Year 1982
Binding Paperback
Pages 49
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573681752
ISBN-10 0573681759
DCC 782.81/2
Christmas Is Comin' Uptown is a American christmas play written by Charles Dickens and published by Samuel French in New York (1982).
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