They bring in different interest with every character swap. Both Anissa Felix and Isabel Keating offer exciting energy to the production as they each play multiple characters in perfect distinctness. At times, the staging becomes erratic and cluttered and can become hard to follow if you are unfamiliar with the many plot references, but fans of both stories may find pleasure in knowing that content doesn't stray too far from the originals. The new holiday play works an exciting and refreshing script to the otherwise overdone classic story but the plot doesn't quite come together smoothly on stage. It's only after Tiny Tim, now a doctor and Scrooge's benefactor, begs Holmes to take on the case, does he hesitantly oblige. This Holmes is course and cranky, and uncharacteristically apprehensive to solving mysteries. Holmes has taken over as the town's miser and there are no three ghosts to help turn him back on track. Tiny Tim (a delightful Dan Domingues) is all grown up Fezziwig is still around throwing parties Scrooge (an exceptional Thom Sesma) has been found dead and the famous sleuth is tasked with solving the crime. Set in 1894 London, Sherlock Holmes (an amusing Drew McVety) is trying to find his way after the death of his nemesis, Professor James Moriarty. In Shanahan's story, also under his own direction, the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge morphs into a coy murder mystery. This season, Mark Shanahan samples Dickens' Christmas classic and blends two of the most famous storybook characters, Scrooge and Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, to create A Sherlock Carol, a merry yet uneventful production open now off Broadway at New World Stages. As quickly as the holidays come around, so does another iteration of Charles Dickens's 1843 tale, A Christmas Carol.
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