Certain roles are simply owned by their originators, whose memorable performances cast a shadow over all those who dare attempt to fill their shoes. Like, say, Carol Channing in Hello, Dolly! But at The Wick Theatre, as reverent as Lee Roy Reams is to the Jerry Herman-Michael Stewart musical and to those who walked down that red velvet staircase before him, he will have you … [Read more...]
Zemeckis’ ‘Christmas Carol’ is an instant classic
The cinematic potential of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is bounteous and apparently endless. Perennially relevant, A Christmas Carol has seen at least 20 film adaptations dating back to a 1901 single-reeler. Considering that it’s already been reenvisioned by Mickey and the Muppets, by Ronald Neame as an Albert Finney musical (Scrooge), by Richard Donner as a droll Bill … [Read more...]