This article by Robert Loerzel originally appeared in Playbill magazine in December 2011. It’s December. Everywhere you turn, the lights twinkle. Christmas carols jingle. And Ebenezer Scrooge, George Bailey or maybe a department-store elf called Crumpet are center stage once again. For Chicago’s theaters, the holidays have always been an important time of year. However,… Continue reading Christmas theater, past and present