1850s Merchant's House Goes 1950s for Vintage Christmas 12/1-1/9/12
by Gabrielle Sierra - Nov 7, 2011
This holiday season, the Merchant's House Museum (NYC's 'best-preserved' mid-19th century home) time travels 100 years to celebrate Christmas in the 1950s -- when the traditional American Christmas hit its mass-produced, post-War-prosperous peak.
The Christmas Schooner Sails Again!
by Steve Leary - Dec 3, 2008
THE CHRISTMAS SCHOONER, the much-beloved musical returns by popular demand to the Bailiwick Mainstage with new orchestrations and designs. This humorous, poignant musical was inspired by the historical story of the German and Swiss immigrants who sailed on ships like the Rouse Simmons, 'The Christmas Tree Ship', which crossed Lake Michigan to Chicago to deliver fir Christmas trees for many years before it sank it an icy storm on November 22, 1912.
'The Christmas Schooner' Returns Nov. 19th.
by Steve Leary - Sep 16, 2008
The Christmas Schooner, the much-beloved musical returns by popular demand to the Bailiwick Mainstage with new orchestrations and designs. This humorous, poignant musical was inspired by the historical story of the German and Swiss immigrants who sailed on ships like the Rouse Simmons, 'The Christmas Tree Ship', which crossed Lake Michigan to Chicago to deliver fir Christmas trees for many years before it sank it an icy storm on November 22, 1912.
