A few days ago I said,
'tis the season for holiday shows. At the time I had seen five shows with Christmas or winter themes (
Christmas in the Airwaves and
A Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas at Lyric Arts, Penumbra Theatre's
Black Nativity,
Snow Queen at Park Square Theatre, and Walking Shadow's
A Midwinter Night's Revel). But now it truly 'tis the season - I'm seeing five holiday (ish) shows in four days this weekend! Park Square was nice enough to let me attend a preview of
Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol (playing downstairs from
the magical and musical Snow Queen) so I could fit everything in. And even though I'm not seeing the Guthrie Theater's large and luscious production of
A Christmas Carol this year (it's pretty much the same show as last year,
read my thoughts about it here), I've seen it 10 of the last 12 years and I love Dickens' story of redemption and second chances. This one-man-show tells that same story but with much less pomp and circumstance. It's less of a spectacle and more of a simple story, but with the same humor and heart.
