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Holiday Activity Guide Live theatre blooms during holidays PLAN NOWto attend Milwaukee's can't miss holiday theater offerings. For the 36th year, the Milwaukee Repertory Theater (The Rep) sends its company next door into the elegant Pabst Theater for Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. Originally constructed in 1890, only 20 years after the death of Dickens, the theater on its own reminds patrons of hol- idays past. As it always does, The Rep adapts A Christmas Carolwithout diluting the mes- sage of goodwill. It opens Dec. 2, runs through Dec. 24, and should not be missed. From Dec. 6-Jan. 15, the Rep uses its Quadracci Powerhouse stage for Next to Normal, the groundbreaking and award- winning musical that explores how one suburban family copes with crisis. With powerful lyrics and an electrifying pop- rock score of more than 30 songs, this intense, ultimately hopeful musical aims for the heart. Through Dec. 18, In the Historic Third Ward's Broadway Theatre Center, the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre presents Heroes, following a trio of cantankerous World War I veterans who dream up a plan to escape from a remote French hospital. Also through Dec. 18 in the Cabot Theater of the Broadway Theatre Center, Skylight Opera Company presents the always-popular The Music Man, featuring Milwaukeee favorite Norman Moses as Prof. Harold Hill. 30 Hilarity reigns through Dec. 31 in Vogel Hall at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, with Milwaukee's favorite favorite son, John McGivern, in A Kodachrome Christmas. Enter the colorful world of cable access TV hostess Earlene Hoople, the self-proclaimed "Queen of Rural Media," as she tapes her last Christmas Special in front of a live audience. Ticket information on these and other produc- tions available during the holiday season can be found in KEY Milwaukee's Arts & Entertainment listings in the magazine and online at www.KeyMilwaukee.com