Pick: A Christmas Carol

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If you’re feeling a little Grinchy, the American Shakespeare Center’s production of A Christmas Carol is sure to turn that frown upside down. The immersive show follows miserly Ebenezer Scrooge as he gets a visit from the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future. Audience members should arrive early so they have time to take in the awe-inspiring playhouse, the world’s only recreation of Shakespeare’s Blackfriars Theatre, before finding their seats for a jaunty cast-led singalong of holiday tunes.

Through 12/30. $27-54, various times. Blackfriars Playhouse, 10 S. Market St., Staunton. americanshakespearecenter.com

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