Grinch reopening on Broadway by Natalia Holvova

The Supreme Court Justice of the state of New York judge Helen Friedman allowed reopening and performing of the Broadway show Grinch until January 6th. The walkout of the Local 1, the stagehands union shut down more than two dozens plays and musicals on Broadway as a form of strike because the theater workers have been working without the contract since the end of July. The play Grinch is about furry chartreuse troll that steals the Christmas. A bitter cave-dwelling creature lives on snowy Mount Crumpit, north of Whowille, home of the merry and warmhearted Whos. His only companion is Max, his faithful but dim dog. From his place can Grinch hear the voices of the Christmas festival in Whowille and get envy of the happiness. After that he makes a plan to descend on the town and by means of burglary get them off the Christmas presents and decorations and consequently avoid the Christmas in the town. Eventually he can see that the Christmas comes no matter what and people are able to celebrate even without the present because there is something special about the atmosphere and charm of the Christmas. In the end he understand what does it mean to celebrate the holiday of love and he become better, returns the presents to the Whos and join the community of the town.  This classic story about special meaning of the Christmas can maybe sound like cliché but for me it seems even more important than few years ago. In the past the message of the Christmas was clear, nowadays is the situation different. Christmas become a shopping holiday when everyone is running around and tries to get bigger and more valuable present for their relative or friend. Even though Santa Claus is probably not coming through the smokestack into our houses while we sleep, presents are not the point.  We celebrate Christmas only once a year. There is a lot of evil in the world. People are getting crazy, they are killing each other, they don't help each other, they suffer from starving, they are selfish and don't care of anyone else beside themselves. If we don't have time to think of each other during the year, could we pay attention and do it during the Christmas, holiday of love?  

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071123/ap_en_bu/broadway_labor_grinch;_ylt=Ap9SFfrm9.hv_O7M9zaiunOs0NUE

by Natalia Holvova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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