A Christmas Carol (Broadway)
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A Christmas Carol (Broadway)
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A Christmas Carol (Broadway) NYC Reviews and Tickets

83%
(267 Ratings)
Positive
88%
Mixed
7%
Negative
5%
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Great acting, Clever, Absorbing, Great staging, Entertaining

Jefferson Mays' solo rendition of Charles Dickens' classic Christmas story.

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286 Reviews | 23 Followers
100
Masterful, Great staging, Great acting, Clever

See it if You want to see a gorgeously acted technical miracle that shakes all the dust off this old story.

Don't see it if You don't want a creatively reimagined staging of a classic.

Eug
191 Reviews | 31 Followers
100
Great direction, Great acting, Riveting, Magical, Enchanting

See it if you want to be absolutely spellbound by masterful theatrical stagecraft & magic, and want to witness unparalleled acting & direction.

Don't see it if you can’t sit through a 90-minute one-man retelling of a classic holiday ghost story.

193 Reviews | 29 Followers
98
Must see, Masterful, Enchanting, Delightful

See it if Jefferson Mays is exquisite at all Dickens' characters here. The phenomenal set, surprising, projections and sound make this a must see.

Don't see it if The only thing I didn't like was the constant up and down of the audience.

300 Reviews | 64 Followers
98
Masterful, Great staging, Great acting, Enchanting, Ambitious

See it if you want to see a tour de force by one of the best actors on Broadway. This production has to be seen, as words cannot describe it.

Don't see it if A one-man show with no intermission is not your cup of tea; there are lots of dark moments and a few parts that made me jump so not for kids

183 Reviews | 36 Followers
96
Must see, Great staging, Great acting, Exquisite, Entertaining

See it if you love the story and enjoy masterful, mesmerizing, absorbing acting. Fabulous production!!!

Don't see it if you don't enjoy one-person shows.

127 Reviews | 15 Followers
96
A-mays-ing.

See it if "A Christmas Carol" is a Yuletide tradition in your house...and the more spectacular it is--even as a solo piece--the better.

Don't see it if one-man shows--even remarkably inventive ones--and Charles Dickens' very special brand of holiday schmaltz turn you off. Read more

247 Reviews | 41 Followers
96
Masterful, Great staging, Great acting, Exquisite, Clever

See it if You want to see a fantastic actor in an amazing production. A one man rendering of the timeless Dickens classic

Don't see it if You don’t like one man shows

119 Reviews | 52 Followers
95
Great acting, Great staging, Riveting, Exquisite, Ambitious

See it if You want to see a spectacular version of A Christmas Carol all performed by one extremely talented actor. Jefferson Mays is BRILLIANT.

Don't see it if No reason. I am usually not a huge fan of one-person shows, but this is spellbinding.So incredibly talented. fantastic staging/direction.

Critic Reviews (21)

The New York Times
November 21st, 2022

"This 'Carol,' is a lonelier affair. The script hews closely to the version that Dickens himself toured, with passages of prose narration that cut the goose-fat sentimentality with keen wit and gimlet detail."
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Time Out New York
November 22nd, 2022

"This splendid production is a Christmas miracle: The most theatrically fulfilling account of 'A Christmas Carol' that I have ever seen."
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New York Theatre Guide
November 22nd, 2022

"Another holiday season, another take on 'A Christmas Carol.' Like other theatrical versions of the classic, this one ends with the same words credited to Tiny Tim...a production this taut and well-told is its own sort of blessing."
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New York Magazine / Vulture
November 22nd, 2022

"This is a grimmer take on Dickens’s story, full of fog and shadows."
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The Wall Street Journal
November 23rd, 2022

"The staging is almost absurdly—and perhaps unnecessarily—lavish, although children and adults now accustomed to television series and movies that pour on the atmospherics with a ladle must, I suppose, be catered to."
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Deadline
November 21st, 2022

"The true miracle of this production is that it, or rather, he (as in Mays) has us believing we’re encountering an entirely new work, with all the familiar beats and words and Dickensian lessons but layered with an honesty that makes the parts we’ve always told were scary genuinely scary."
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New York Daily News
November 22nd, 2022

"A cautionary tale for families with young kids: Christmas Eve nightmares may be caused...Nothing wrong with a good shudder at the holidays. Gets you in practice for the new year."
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Variety
November 21st, 2022

"For all its dizzying charms, the overstuffed show doesn’t quite deliver on what really counts — the three Spirits of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Future."
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