Skylight Dreams of a Big 'White Christmas'; Looking for a Holiday 'In'
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › November 23, 2007
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The Skylight has had its holiday hits, but it has never found its reliable "Christmas Carol" or "Nutcracker." Broadway has never produced such a thing.
So the Skylight has filled the vacuum, over the decades, by confecting its own revues, trying out shows developed in other regional theaters (the leaky "Christmas Schooner" comes to mind) and by programming contrary to holiday cheer (the cynical "Chicago" was a huge hit).See the full content of this document
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Skylight Dreams of a Big 'White Christmas'; Looking for a Holiday 'In'
The Skylight might have found its Christmas perennial in "Irving Berlin's White Christmas," which is coming to town tonight through New Year's Eve.
Where did it come from? The story begins in 1937.Berlin was in Los Angeles working on a film, "Alexander's Ragtime Band." Stuck there for the holidays and nostalgic for family and wintry weather, Berlin worked on an idea he had for a Broadway holiday revue. Philip...See the full content of this document
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