Ghosts of Christmas Past NYC Reviews and Tickets

78%

(29 Reviews)

Positive

79%

Mixed

21%

Negative

Members say

Entertaining, Slow, Great acting, Clever, Absorbing

About the Show

Radiotheatre presents its annual telling of yuletide hauntings set in downtown Manhattan. Stories are performed like an old-fashioned radio show, with orchestral music and sound effects.

Escape the blustery winds of winter and enter into the spectral shadows of St. John's Sanctuary, which has sat quietly for 190 years in the heart of historical Greenwich Village. But now, lit by flickering candlelight and bathed in ghostly mist, the Radiotheatre players bring the building to life, hoping to warm your cockles or perhaps chill the marrow in your bones with scary seasonal stories. Different tales are shared at every performance. See the show's website for the complete schedule.

Member Reviews (29)

100

Entertaining, Great acting, Great writing, Masterful, Riveting

See it if You want unusual first rate radio theater where special sound, lighting, mist all add to your own imagination via masterful actors & stories

Don't see it if You don't like listening to storytelling or not interested in ghost Tales or stupid enough to think that radio theater is old fashioned! Read more

100

Clever, Enchanting, Great acting, Must see, Refreshing

See it if you appreciate melodramatic radio drama and dramatic readings with minimal visuals delivered expertly by a talented and attractive cast

Don't see it if you prefer musicals, comedy, extravagant sets and costumes or on stage dancing or other action and seek profound intellectual content

Absorbing, Entertaining, Clever

See it if you love great stories told by the best storytellers around. Just bring your imagination - they'll do the rest! An NYC treasure.

Don't see it if you need fancy sets, elaborate costumes, etc. They supply the story, great actors, sound effects, etc. You supply your imagination! Read more

Entertaining, Holiday, Quirky

See it if you like holiday ghost stories, set in the 8th oldest church in the city.

Don't see it if you don't like radio plays. ie. readings

Clever, Great acting, Relevant, Quirky, Edgy

See it if You like Scarey ghost stories of the Village. Like being in a church. Enjoy listening to interesting radio programs

Don't see it if You don't like sitting on wooden seats. Don't like to close your eyes and visualize. Not keen on spirits that cause fear and darkness

Absorbing, Clever, Entertaining, Great staging, Great acting

See it if Like spooky stories, want to be in a 190 yr church experiencing a unique event, want a family night out, want a new experience.

Don't see it if You expect Broadway, a musical, dislike spooky stories or are freaked out by 190 yr churches. Read more

Old-fashioned, Charming, Enjoyable, Cliched, Fun

See it if you'd enjoy hokey throwback ghost stories that aren't particularly scary, but fun nonetheless.

Don't see it if you require something less quaint in your entertainment experience.

Excellent storytelling, Magnificent voices, Superbly mounted, Geared to a family audience, Rather tame / not scary

See it if looking to relive the glory days of radio theatre, you require a non threatening theatre experience with no real scares or surprises

Don't see it if the 21st century requires you to seek thrills or participation in your theatre experience & not savor the favors of a show well done

Critic Reviews (2)

For a previous production

"A unique holiday show that resurrects the art of live Christmas storytelling...Their approach utilizes storytelling, enhanced by a musical score, sound effects, and minimal visuals...I would have enjoyed more of the Dickens since those phantoms are meant to truly terrify...Although I was expecting more chills with the spectral visitors, it was a novel way to experience storytelling and old fashioned entertainment."
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For a previous production

"Radiotheatre features fine actors who have clearly studied the style: acting with only their voices, facial expressions, a few hand gestures at most, and supported only by shafts of light that let us see their faces, with meticulously arranged and timed music and sound effects to stretch and heighten the tension. And tension is what drives this particular set of tales...It’s radio acting at its lush best: thrillingly, terrifyingly overblown while at the same time precisely calibrated."
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