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Full guide →When to go. Head straight out at curtain call. Two-show days are the worst bet at both performances — the cast rests through the matinee and is spent by the evening. A Sunday matinee is the best single bet, because it is a one-show day. In bad weather the barricades sometimes never go up at all.
Who comes out. Anywhere from nobody to most of the cast. Nobody can tell you in advance which three — not us, not the theatre. Treat any list that claims otherwise with suspicion.
What to bring. Tonight’s Playbill and a fine-tip Sharpie, held open to the page you want signed. Ask before you photograph anyone, and keep the pavement clear — it is a working door, not a red carpet.
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The Lowdown
Twelve years after the ghosts got through to him, Ebenezer Scrooge has handed the whole business to Tim Cratchit, who is no longer remotely tiny. Running a firm turns out to be harder than being redeemed, and before long Scrooge is gambling an eternity in purgatory to keep the Cratchits out of the poorhouse.
Tim and Scrooge: A Holiday Musical Radio Play calls itself Act II rather than a sequel, which is exactly the right amount of cheek. Music is by Neil Berg (The Prince and the Pauper), with book and lyrics by Nick Meglin — yes, the longtime editor of Mad Magazine, which tells you what register this thing is playing in. Nick Corley directs.
It is staged as a radio play, so there are microphones, sound effects made in front of you, and the specific pleasure of watching grown adults make a door creak on purpose. Ninety minutes, no intermission, genuinely fine for the whole family.
Goodwill Theatre brings it to 59E59 for twelve days only, December 16 through 27, 2026. First Look tickets are $27 on opening night.
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