![]() ![]() Winston Peacock (lots of hair and chains “Link by Link”) as frightening as he can look as the ghost of Christmas Past (“Lights of Long Ago”), and old Marley, Scrooge’s partner in crime comes back to haunt him. Spencer’s Tim character (“Christmas Together “/“God Bless Us Everyone”) will break your heart and is the smallest trooper in the cast doing man sized work. 14 cast members play no less than 126 different characters, and what’s to marvel about this? They are all terrific and that includes nine-year-old Madison O’Donovan (Scrooge’s young sister Fan) playing at least four other young people and seven-year-old Ruby Spencer is Tiny Tim. ![]() It’s smashingly good! It runs about 90 minutes without intermission. In all my years of covering theatre, I’ve not seen it before. ![]() Yes the story is based on the well -known Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”, but I dare you to tell me that you’ve seen the Alan Menken (music), Fred Ebb (lyrics), Terrance McNally Lynn Ahrens (book) version. Welk Resort Theatre at Escondido is mounting an eye popping singing dancing, beautifully cast and directed (Larry Raben) fun filled “A Christmas Carol” through Dec. Where: 8860 Lawrence Welk Drive, Escondido, CA 92026 (Carol Davis is the reviewer d-jour, proprietress of Carol’s Theater Reviews - it’s fun to go out. ![]()
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