A CHRISTMAS CAROL: A GHOST STORY OF CHRISTMAS
Adapted by Michael Wilson with Original Direction by Matt August
Original Staging Recreated by Mark Ramont
Reviewed by Rosalind Lacy
There’s a reason for the standing ovation at the end. Experiencing Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol at the Ford’s Theatre is thrilling.It’s more than the spectacular technical effects: Rumbling thunder with forked lightning, fog creeping under doors, tolling bells, ticking clocks, and dramatic lighting, all perfectly timed. It’s the fact that this English-American classic is performed by a uniformly excellent cast in a theater of great personal and historic significance.Before the play started, I liked the way Broadway actor, Richard Poe, new to the cast this year as Ebenezer Scrooge, acknowledged the past with an upward glance and nod of his head toward President Lincoln’s flag-draped box. [Read more...]




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