A Child's Christmas in Wales (2022)
A Child's Christmas in Wales (2022)
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A Child's Christmas in Wales (2022) NYC Reviews and Tickets

78%
(37 Ratings)
Positive
84%
Mixed
13%
Negative
3%
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Great singing, Delightful, Entertaining, Enchanting, Refreshing

Charlotte Moore's musical adaptation of Dylan Thomas' classic holiday tale.

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120 Reviews | 14 Followers
88
A wonderful rendition of dylan thomas, Entertaining

See it if You want to get into the holiday spirit with a well acted and sung tale of the way it wasremembered by the author. Wonderful language

Don't see it if Youre not interested in this lovely reminiscing

68 Reviews | 15 Followers
85
Intelligent, Refreshing, Great writing, Great singing, Enchanting

See it if you love Dylan Thomas' poem, magical Christmas storytelling, great singing of familia and unfamiliar Christmas songs. A joyful evening!

Don't see it if you want a heavy, dramatic show with conflict. Definitely don't see if you don't like nostalgic Christmas shows.

712 Reviews | 401 Followers
85
Refreshing, Great singing, Entertaining, Enchanting, Delightful

See it if An evening of beautiful traditional Christmas songs and carols by a group of talented singers.

Don't see it if If you prefer a drama, then skip this one.

412 Reviews | 55 Followers
84
Delightful, Slow, Great singing

See it if You want to be put into the Christmas spirit by lovely singing and a charming tale of Christmas long ago and far away.

Don't see it if You want a staged musical or you have no patience for slow-moving and slight. But I found it charming.

272 Reviews | 57 Followers
80
Surprising new songs, Great staging, Great singing, Great acting, Entertaining

See it if you want to learn more about music for the season that is both familiar and unfamiliar (even if you are Welch or Gaelic in heritage)

Don't see it if Could have been just slightly shorter (long time to intermission)

372 Reviews | 84 Followers
80
Charming, Great singing, Entertaining, Delightful

See it if Nostalgia with a capital N-- yearning for a taste of another time, with family at the core, and nothing digital. Mesmerizing Noel will suit.

Don't see it if A concert interspersed with Dylan Thomas' poem. Lovely voices, songs and transportation to another time and place.

1344 Reviews | 364 Followers
80
Entertaining, Enchanting, Delightful, Masterful

See it if An old fashion Xmas show. If you like traditional Christmas shows.

Don't see it if If you want a drama.

74 Reviews | 26 Followers
74
Great singing, Dated, Delightful

See it if you like old-fashioned Christmas shows, you want to see something short and sweet that gets you in a holiday mood.

Don't see it if you're interested in something plot-based with an actual story, if you are already over Christmas and Christmas musice3 Read more

Critic Reviews (1)

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December 12th, 2022

It’s highly polished, beautifully staged (by Ms. Moore), tastefully designed, excellently sung, and musically lovely, but, for someone like me, who missed its earlier iterations, it comes off more as a Christmas chorale of over two dozen traditional and modern tunes (six with music and lyrics by the gifted Ms. Moore), tied together by a loosely integrated, less than faithful rendering of Thomas’s classic about Christmases past.
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