"Christmas Dearest" in Chicago 11/27/21 - 12/31/21

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This show has been an annual holiday event in Chicago for years. From "Hell in a Handbag" productions, starring (and with book and lyrics by) David Cerda.

www.broadwayworld.com/chicago/article/RELEASEPHOTOS-Hell-In-A-Handbags-Holiday-Favorite-CHRISTMAS-DEAREST-Returns-Nov-27-Dec-31-2021-At-Ebenezer-Lutheran-Church-20010101

Joan Crawford (David Cerda) returns in Handbag's very own version of A Christmas Carol. It's 1953 and Joan is desperate to reignite her career with the new film, Oh, Mary!, a big splashy musical adaption of the life of the Virgin Mary. Everything has to be perfect, but the stress of surviving in Hollywood has turned Joan into a tyrant! Even Carol Ann (Ed Jones), Joan's faithful personal assistant, is at her wits' end. What Joan needs is a miracle, and that's exactly what she gets when she's visited by three ghosts who try to show Joan the error of her ways and the true meaning of the holidays.

[davidmorrocco]

This would be an event that I would be interested to see and meet up with “Friends of Joan.”

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Dec 7, 2021 1:07:27 GMT -6 davidmorrocco said:

This would be an event that I would be interested to see and meet up with “Friends of Joan.”

Back in the "olden days," there were actually a few meet-ups among us Joan fans! But it's been a while. Here are some photos from when I got to meet other Joan fans (including David Cerda of "Hell in a Handbag") in San Francisco in 2006: www.joancrawfordbest.com/blyth06.htm

The occasion was Ann Blyth appearing in person for a "Mildred Pierce" showing at the Castro.

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A Dec. 9 review of the show from Chicago's NewCityStage.com.

If you’ve been needing a little Christmas, and you’ve gotten to the point where you need it this very minute, you’re in luck, because Hell In A Handbag just happens to have an entire creche of it somehow shoved into David Cerda’s clutch purse and they’re not afraid to whip it out....