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Ira David Wood III is just “David” in real life. But you might also know him by another name: Scrooge. Wood has been stomping and huffing and finding redemption for 40 Novembers and Decembers now as director and lead actor of A Christmas Carol, the longest-running show in the city.
Dec 11, 2023 · After 50 years of Christmas memories, local legend Ira David Wood III has taken his final bow as Scrooge on the stage of Raleigh Memorial Auditorium. He wasn't alone: Generations of A...
Aug 17, 2023 · For a half-century now, Ira David Wood III’s annual star turn as Ebenezer Scrooge in Theatre In The Park’s production of A Christmas Carol has been wildly popular, often drawing capacity crowds.
- David Menconi
Dec 7, 2022 · Ira David Wood III was 27 when he started playing Scrooge in Theatre in the Park's "A Christmas Carol," a musical and comedic take on the classic Dickens' novella that has become a fixture in the Triangle.
Dec 8, 2023 · The inimitable Ira David Wood III says there’s only one moment he dreads before every performance as Ebenezer Scrooge in his musical comedy adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”; it’s pulling on those tights. “Oh, my God,” David says, rolling his eyes about the Victorian style of dress. “And putting on that nose.
Dec 11, 2023 · In 1974, Ira David Wood III first pulled on a top hat, affixed a false nose and stepped into the sensibly cheap shoes of Ebenezer Scrooge, starting a 50-year theatrical run that would liven up...
Dec 11, 2023 · Ira David Wood III has played Scrooge in Theatre in the Park's "A Christmas Carol" since he was 27. This is the theater's 50th year performing the play and Wood's very last year. In...
