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DANCIN’ DICKENS

By Lee Cabot Walker
The Brooklyn Paper

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Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts presents New York Stage Originals’ "Scrooge: The Musical" - a snappy retooling of the story of Ebenezer’s spiritual transformation - on Sunday, Nov. 27.

According to "Scrooge" director and choreographer Lisa Hopkins, a cast of 25 singers and dancers donning "lavish" Victorian-era costumes bring Charles Dickens’ "A Christmas Carol" to life with a score by Philip Stern and "spellbinding" visual effects by lighting director Scott Borowka.

"The music, which never stops, ranges from very classic - almost operatic - to very jazzy," said Hopkins. "There’s something for everybody."

Hopkins’ choreography is also varied, she said.

"Dance is used to help further the characters in the story," said Hopkins. The end of the first act, for example, has a jazz number about Scrooge’s greed, where old Scrooge and young Scrooge sing about money while four silhouetted dancers, in top hats and tails, move about. They serve as Scrooge’s shadows, portraying how the character feels.

"This production is humorous and touching," said Hopkins. "And pays homage to the original story. If Dickens were alive, I think he’d be proud."

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts presents "Scrooge: The Musical" at Brooklyn College’s Walt Whitman Theater (Avenue H at Nostrand Avenue in Midwood) on Nov. 27 at 2 pm. For more information, call (718) 951-4500.

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