Chicago Tribune - Highly Recommended
"...Steve Scott's big-hearted direction and the indelible performance of Larry Yando as Scrooge have, in my view, provided fresh riches to unwrap in this year's production. Though Tom Creamer's adaptation remains untouched as far as I could tell, there were many moments where I felt that I was really hearing the story for the first time. One can only imagine how delightful the show is for those who really are hearing it for the first time."
Chicago Sun Times - Highly Recommended
"Glorious." Yes, taken directly from the mouth of the reconstructed Ebenezer Scrooge himself, the word might just be the ideal adjective to describe the Goodman Theatre's 35th anniversary production of "A Christmas Carol." The current edition, with fleet direction by Steve Scott, who has assembled a luminous cast, offers proof that this evergreen tradition has somehow managed to grow brighter and more affecting with every season.
Chicago On the Aisle - Highly Recommended
"...Directed by Steve Scott with unfailing sensitivity of heart as well as eye, Goodman's 35th annual "Christmas Carol" boasts the spirit, the look - Todd Rosenthal's sets and Heidi Sue McMath's costumes seem sprung from Dickens' pages - and not least the magic this beloved story conjures in the mind."
ChicagoCritic - Highly Recommended
"...I have seen this annual gem many times with an assortment of Scrooges including William J. Norris, Frank Galati, Tom Mula, Rick Snyder, William brown, Jonathan Weir, John Judd and Larry Yando. Each have played the nasty, money-loving old man with both pathos and humor as the nasty, lonely man finds redemption. I must say that Larry Yando is the ultimate Scrooge."
Chicago Stage and Screen - Somewhat Recommended
"...No question, Tom Creamer's adaption keeps Dickens' heart in the right place. But there's less to be learned where there's never a question of Scrooge's inevitable reclamation and when the codger never threatens to be anything but a caricature out of British panto."
Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended
"...While Yando is the focal point of this story, there are many cast members that I feel should be noted;Ron Rains , returning as Bob Cratchit, Scrooge's assistant ( and the father of Tiny Tim), spritley Elizabeth Ledo as the Ghost of Christmas Past, the vivacious Penelope Walker as the Ghost of Christmas Present,Joe Foust as Ghost of Jacob Marley, Greg Hite as the fiddle player,Ora Jones as Mrs.Fezziwig and others and Michael Aaron Lindner as Mr. Fezziwig and others. The cast is dynamite with many actors taking on more than one role and the costumes by Heidi Sue McMath and original music by Andrew Hansen add to the making of this theatrical experience, just that! A Theatrical experience that will remain in each audience members memory for many holiday seasons to come. Make this part of your family tradition ( if it is not already)."
