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Deck the halls with fireballs

No silent night here: The progressive rock band Trans-Siberian Orchestra performs extreme holiday music, with lasers and pyrotechnics illustrating its energized take on Christmas favorites. Ben Tracy reports. Source

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On stage with “The Nutcracker”

Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker Suite” is one of our most beloved holiday traditions. Every year on stages large and small across America, from elementary schools to Broadway, “The Nutcracker” plays to rapt audiences. Contributor Luke Burbank has always been a fan, but this year he takes a star turn in Seattle’s Pacific Northwest Ballet production as – what else? – a mouse! Source

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The story of “A Christmas Carol”

Without question, Charles Dickens’ fable of Ebenezer Scrooge is one of the great holiday classics. Since it was first published in 1843, the brief novella has never been out of print, and has been told and retold in countless plays, musicals and films. Mo Rocca takes us to the very streets of London that inspired Dickens, to bring us the story behind the creation of “A Christmas Carol.” Source

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Behind the scenes at “Shuffle Along”

It was one of the first hit Broadway shows starring, written and directed by African-Americans. Now, the 1921 musical “Shuffle Along” is being revived and re-imagined for today’s audiences. Correspondent Maurice DuBois talks with stars Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald and Billy Porter, director George C. Wolfe, and tap dancer-choreographer Savion Glover about bringing the show back to life. Source

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