Queens Theatre In the Park Presents 'Tim & Scrooge'

The spirit of the long deceased Scrooge returns to help celebrate Christmas.

Queens Theatre In the Park presents a delightful new sequel to Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol in "Tim & Scrooge", a musical with music by Neil Berg, book and lyrics by Nick Meglin and directed by Nick Corley, set more than a decade after the events of A Christmas Carol conclude. Tim (no longer Tiny) Cratchit approaches his 21st birthday. While away at university he has fallen in love with a beautiful orphan girl named Allison, but upon returning home also discovers he will soon assume management of the Scrooge and Marley Counting House. Tim, however, is more interested in being a teacher than a money manager, and signs away control of the business to two sleazy speculators, beginning a series of events that threatens to tear him away from his family and Allison unless the spirit of the longdeceased Scrooge can help him set things right again.

Performances are Friday, December 1, 8 p.m., Saturday, December 2, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., Sunday, December 3, 3 p.m., Wednesday, December 6, 2:30 p.m., Thursday, December 7, 2:30 p.m. Saturday, December 9 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Sunday, December 10, 3 p.m.

Tim Cratchit and Mrs. Cratchit.

Tickets for "Tim and Scrooge "on Saturdays and Sundays are $34 ($32 for seniors and $20 for students) and on Friday and the weekday matinees are $28 ($25 for seniors and $18 for students). Tickets are available at the Queens Theatre in the Park box office at 718- 760-0064, or online at www.queenstheatre. org. Visit the Web site for directions, additional performance information or to add your name to the Theatre's mailing list and/or join its e-mail club.