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"A Christmas Carol”One-hour solo version adapted, staged, and performed by Allen Fitzpatrick
For the 5th year in a row, renowned stage actor Allen Fitzpatrick presents his solo adaptation of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol."
"His version is riveting, with every new character, and the emotional depth of each moment. The best actors are not all in New York."
“I saw Jefferson Mays’ solo version of ‘A Christmas Carol’ on Broadway, where I paid $200 for a ticket. It could not hold a candle to this version."
“I was completely absorbed for the entire hour, and at the end, very deeply moved.”
Allen follows in the footsteps of its author who, a few years after writing the novella, began public readings of it which he continued to perform until the year of his death.
This story has been represented in over a hundred adaptations for stage, film, opera, and radio. In Allen’s version, audiences have the opportunity to use the full range of their imagination as one actor— on a virtually bare stage— creates 26 different characters. Audiences have been delighted by the personal, individual impact which this approach affords.
Dickens' novella captures the zeitgeist of the mid-Victorian revival of the Christmas holiday, popularizing many aspects of Christmas celebration— including family gatherings, seasonal food and drink, dancing, games, and a festive generosity of spirit. And it shows the path by which selfish, acquisitive men may redeem themselves. Its most important theme, however— all too relevant today— is to shine a glaring light on mistreatment of the poor. Dickens wrote his novella in response to British social attitudes towards poverty. He was compelled to show the repercussions of ignoring the poor— especially children— in poverty.
Allen Fitzpatrick spent 50 years on Broadway and in professional theatre, working alongside such notables as Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Harold Prince, John Guare, and Marvin Hamlisch. He debuted on Broadway in Les Miserables; among his other eight Broadway credits are Driving Miss Daisy (with James Earl Jones), The Scarlet Pimpernel, Damn Yankees (with Jerry Lewis), and 42nd Street. He was the stand-by for John Lithgow in Sweet Smell of Success, directed by Sir Nicholas Hytner. Allen shared an Emmy Award for his contribution to Passion: Live from Lincoln Center, in which he appeared opposite Patti LuPone. He starred opposite Petula Clark in Sunset Boulevard, with Keith Michell in Lloyd-Webber's Aspects of Love, with Marlo Thomas in Six Degrees of Separation. He was featured in several national tours and played a leading role in the premiere of Whistle Down the Wind directed by Hal
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