Given that, it’s a difficult task to breathe new life and energy into the work.
Alex Newell and Kate Burton do some heavy lifting as the Ghosts of Christmas Present and Past respectively.
Newell lays it on a bit thick, his thick Caribbean patois verging into caricature at times.
Joan Marcus
But his singing voice is so resplendent it’s hard to mind.
Burton is lilting and lovely, her often pragmatic presence as an actor becoming something effectively enigmatic here.
As directed here by Thomas Caruso, the proceedings make exceptional use of the Ahmanson’s cavernous space.
Joan Marcus
It even extends beyond the curtain call.
How can anyone leave this show and not feel merry and light?
