A CHRISTMAS CAROL: THE RADIO SHOW
VINTAGE THEATRE PRODUCTIONS: 11/30 - 12/23
Leroy Leonard
Leroy Leonard’s performance in “A CHRISTMAS CAROL: THE RADIO SHOW” is outstanding!
This one-man show gives us Bob Bennett, a sound effects man who’s the only one who can make it into the WXMS studio for a radio show on Christmas Eve. All the actors are snowbound, and he’s determined that the show must go on.
Leonard conjures all the characters’ voices in Dickens’ famous A CHRISTMAS CAROL with gusto while performing all the sound effects, which includes manipulating fantastic sound machines that give us the auditory illusions of wind, fog and all the other sounds of the season.
How this actor manages to pull off the story-telling while doing all the sound effects is impressive to say the least.
In fact, the journey Leonard creates for us in his tour de force is a lot like time traveling to two eras at once: Dickens’ 1843 London and a radio studio in the heartland of America in the 1940s!
Katie Mangett’s direction keeps the proceedings moving at a good clip throughout.
Mangett, who has directed the super successful JACOB MARLEY’S CHRISTMAS CAROL for the last few years at Vintage, really knows how to dazzle us with holiday fare. Her choice of this play will add a much - needed spark of love to the holidays in a difficult year. Whether you’re looking for a play for date night or one for an outing for the whole family, this is a great way to celebrate the holidays.
Raise a glass of holiday cheer from Vintage’s well-stocked bar in the lobby to a man who learned to have gratitude for the good in his life as well as a heartful of love for those less fortunate than himself… before it was too late!!!
Vintage Theatre presents
“A Christmas Carol – The Radio Show”
A snow storm has left only one person at the radio station to do the entire performance of “A Christmas Carol”- live!
Nov. 30 – Dec. 23
Fri/Sat, Thurs., Dec. 20 and Sun., Dec. 23 at 7:30 p.m.; Sun. and Sat., Dec. 22 at 2:30 p.m.
$19 - $38
Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora 80010.
90 minutes / no intermission
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