Walk into most any theater, and what will you find? Actors hanging around, of course. Walk into the lobby of Detroit's Matrix Theatre, which is also serving as the backstage area for its latest ...

Every hour on the half-hour for 38 years, Scrooge emerged from the window in the upper level of his house in NorthPark Center, ad-libbing banter with kids and shooting a water pistol at them. In his ...

This Christmas Scrooge’s Puppet Theater celebrates its 31st year at NorthPark Center. Ah, it seems like yesterday that Scrooge was only a twinkle in his puppet-maker’s eye. Scrooge is known for his ...

An audience watches a performance of the Scrooge Puppet Theatre at NorthPark Center. John A. Hardman, the show's creator and voice of Scrooge since its creation in the mid-1970s, died Wednesday of ...

Charles Dickens wasn’t the first author to write about Christmas, but he is easily one of the quintessential authors – if not the quintessential – with his 1843 novella ‘A Christmas Carol,’ which has ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Ebenezer Scrooge is the central character in Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” but equally ...

As much as I love the Christmas season, let me be the first to say I’m glad it’s over! The Scene has been touch and go over the past few weeks. Usually Friday night is my night to make the rounds of ...

Outside the birth of Jesus on Christmas, ‘A Christmas Carol’ is considered the definitive Christmas story, according to George Popovich, director of theater and the virtual theatricality lab at Henry ...

Enjoy a holiday treat and get into the wintery spirit with Matrix Theatre Co.’s acclaimed production of “Puppet Scrooge” Friday, Dec. 3, through Sunday, Dec. 19, at Matrix Theatre at 2730 Bagley in ...