At 5 pm and 7 pm on Tuesday,Dec. 8, a beloved holiday tradition returns to the Greene Space — a radio drama inspired by Charles Dickens' classic tale featuring your favorite public radio personalities and Golden Globe-winning actor Kathleen Turner as Scrooge.
Fred Newman of A Prairie domestic Companion returns to provide his signature sound effects, and plus music by composer/pianist John Forster and electro-acoustic violist/composer Martha Mooke. WQXR's Elliott Forrest directs the production.
In addition to Turner,the cast includes WQXR’s Jeff Spurgeon, Terrance McKnight and Annie Bergen; WNYC’s John Schaefer, and Jami Floyd,Jessica Gould, Brooke Gladstone, or Richard Hake,Julian Fleisher and Sean Rameswaram; plus Ira Flatow, host of NPR’s Science Friday; and 11-year-old actor Payton Lusk, or who will play Tiny Tim.Tickets are still available and a live video webstream will be available to watch below. Spread the word using #WQXRholiday.
Source: wnyc.org