'Carol' Filled With Hope, Innocence
The Chatham Community Players' production of "A Christmas Carol" fills the stage with endearing characters, wonderful performances.
The impact in any production of "A Christmas Carol" does not necessarily hinge on expert staging, excellent costuming, wonderful harmonic singing or shockingly good effects. Fortunately, for the Chatham Community Players, who premiered the show for the 15th time since 1988 on Friday, their unique musical production of the Charles Dickens classic does all of these things and does them well. However, the true impact lies in the depiction of innocence and the endearing qualities a show like this can produce, which is captured perfectly in the players' depiction of Ebenezer Scrooge, the miserly old curmudgeon who changes his outlook on life and the meaning of Christmas after meeting with three spirits who show him the errors of his ways and …
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11:12 am on Friday, December 10, 2010
It was a FABULOUS performance through and through! more ›