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WELCOME BACK.
THE HOLIDAY CLASSIC A CHRISTMAS
CAROL IS ABOUT TO TAKE STAGE.
JOINING US IS JOYCE.
YOU ARE THE DIRECTOR, CORRECT?
NO, I AM MRS. ACCURATE CHET
AND THE CHRISTMAS PAST.
WE HAVE JOHN, ENDING YOUR
15-YEAR RUN OF EBENEZER SCROOGE,
CORRECT?
CORRECT.
TELL US ABOUT THE PRODUCTION.
WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR 30
YEARS AND THE REASON IS IT'S SO
TRUE.
CHARLES *** EBENEZER SCROOG DI.
THIS IS YOUR 15TH YEAR
PLAYING SCROOGE.
YOU'RE NOT A LOCAL ACTOR.
WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO BUFFALO TO
PLAY THIS ROLE?
I MET KNEEL WHO IS THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND DIRECTOR
OF THE SCHOOL BACK IN 1978, AND
HE INVITED ME TO COME TO BUFFALO
AND IN 1998 I WAS ABLE TO PLAY
THE PART, AND I KEEP GETTING
INVITED BACK.
IS THAT A TESTAMENT FOR YOU
OR YOUR LOVE OF BUFFALO?
MY LOVE OF BUFFALO.
WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE TO COME
ACROSS THE OCEAN AND PLAY
CHARLES DICKENS?
IT'S NOT JUST AMERICAN, BUT
WHAT'S IT LIKE PLAYING LIKE THAT
SHOW OVER HERE?
THERE'S MORE PRODUCTIONS OF
CHRISTMAS CAROL IN THE US THAN
THE UK.
IT SEEMS MORE POPULAR OVER HERE.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY, I PROBABLY
WOULDN'T HAVE HAD.
IT'S A GREAT CHALLENGE.
IT'S LOVE LOW TO WORK WITH AN
AMERICAN CAST.
I NOW HAVE FRIENDS OF BUFFALO
IVE.
I'M NOT ON VACATION, IT'S WHRI
LIVE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
YOU MENTIONED YOU TRIED TO
STAY AS TRUE TO DICKENS AS YOU
COULD.
WHAT GOES INTO THAT?
WE STAY TRUE TO WHAT THE
INTENT S WE DON'T MESS AROUND.
UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES NOT
NECESSARILY THE AUDIENCE
REMEMBERS ALL OF THAT, BUT IN
YOUR GUT YOU FEEL IT BECAUSE
EVERYBODY KNOWS THE STORY OF A
CHRISTMAS CAROL.
I FELT LIKE I WAS DESTINED TO DO
THIS BECAUSE WHEN I WAS SIX I
SAW IT FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND
EVERY YEAR I WOULD SEE IT AGAIN
AND TBAIN AND AGAIN, EVERY TIME
ON TV, AND I ALWAYS LOVED THE
STORY.
IT'S A GREAT TIME TO REASSESS
WHAT YOU'RE DOING AS A PERSON.
IT'S ABOUT SELF-REFLECTION AND
ABOUT BEING BETTER PEOPLE.
YOU'RE DRESSED UP LIKE
SCROOGE. WHAT WOULD SCROOGE SAY
ABOUT BUFFALO IN THE WIRNT TIME?
BAH-HUMBUG.
WHAT ARE THE LOGISTICS?
WE OPEN DECEMBER 6 THROUGH
16TH, TICKETS AVAILABLE AT ALLIE
IT IS WALLEYWAY.COM.
WE HAVE FAMILIES RETURN FOR 24,
26 YEARS.
AND THE PERFECT SEGUE.
EMILY, OUR DOT COM PRODUCER, SHE