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In addition to the many pieces they are learning, refining, and/or perfecting, the Misses are refreshing their repertoire of Christmas carols, a joyous noise that reminded me: Over the Thanksgiving holiday, we saw the Goodman's staging of A Christmas Carol (review here). We heartily recommend it, if for no other reason than the gifted Larry Yando as Scrooge. In the fall, we saw Yando as Hamlet's ghost in the Writer's Theatre production of Hamlet. He made what can be a ridiculous role absolutely chilling, horrifying even, and certainly memorable, so we were really looking forward to his interpretation of Scrooge -- and we weren't at all disappointed.

Another neat surprise was Elizabeth Ledo as the Ghost of Christmas Past. In February, we saw Ledo as Puck in the Chicago Shakespeare Theater's A Midsummer Night's Dream. She was delightful in both productions.