I think most of us agree on the wonderfulness of Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol, the 1962 adaptation of Charles Dickens' timeless tale. It may also have been the best of the many adaptations of Mr. Dickens' timeless tale and one of the reasons was the great score by Broadway pros Bob Merrill and Jule Styne. I guess it was inevitable that someone would think of putting this version on the stage — which the Actor's Fund did as a special event back in 2014.
And guess what! They're doing it again for one night, that night being next Monday, December 16 at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College. That's in New York, New York. Since I won't be in New York, New York then, I won't be there but if you are and want to go, tickets can be purchased here. Proceeds from the evening will finance some of the programs and services of The Actors Fund, which does many good deeds to aid folks performing in the arts and entertainment.
Gavin Lee, who was so good as Bert in the Broadway version of Mary Poppins, is playing Scrooge. Or maybe he's playing Quincy Magoo playing Scrooge, however it works. Anyway, I'd love to go see this but that ain't gonna happen. You probably won't be there either so we'll just have to settle for a quick video with snippets of the version mounted for the Actor's Fund in 2014. Makes you wanna see the whole show, doesn't it? Thanks to Bob Elisberg for telling me about this video…