Tag Archive: Charles Dickens

CSC’s second ‘Carol’ is both light and dark

By Rich Fahey BOSTON – Peace on earth, and goodwill towards men. It was in short supply in Charles Dickens’s London in 1843, and perhaps it is still lacking in the here and… Continue reading

Notes of ‘Carol’ may have changed, but magic hasn’t

By Rich Fahey BEVERLY – When the North Shore Music Theatre completed its first-ever season as a year-round theater producing its own shows, the theater’s adaptation of the Charles Dickens novella “A Christmas… Continue reading

Look out, Grinch: Here comes CSC’s ‘Christmas Carol’

By Rich Fahey BOSTON – The competition is keen. Just up the street at the Wang Center, the Grinch and his dog Max are terrorizing The Whos. On Washington Street at the Citizens… Continue reading

35 years later. it’s time to sing ‘Carol’s’ praises

By Rich Fahey BEVERLY – For everyone involved with North Shore Music Theatre’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” it is a time to celebrate. The show has known nothing but success since… Continue reading

Many hands have kept NSMT’s ‘Christmas Carol’ singing

By Rich Fahey BEVERLY – Jon Kimbell recalls there was a lot riding on that first performance of “A Christmas Carol” at the North Shore Music Theatre on Dec. 7, 1989. “The entire… Continue reading

In NSMT’s ‘Carol,’ Coffee’s Scrooge sets the tone

By Rich Fahey BEVERLY – The Texan sets the tone, just as he has for almost three decades. And everyone seems to follow. And the result is a theatrical explosion of Christmas spirit that… Continue reading

An ever-growing family helps this ‘Carol’ sing

By Rich Fahey BEVERLY —  Hundreds of actors may have come and gone since the North Shore Music Theatre started performing its own adaptation of Charles Dickens’  “A Christmas Carol” in 1989, but… Continue reading

This ‘Carol’ will warm you, restore your faith

BEVERLY – It is back to warm the cockles of your heart and restore your faith in the goodness of your fellow man. The North Shore Music Theatre’s 29th edition of its adaptation… Continue reading