Sir Patrick Stewart brings his one-man A Christmas Carol back to New York to benefit charity
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Sir Patrick Stewart is bringing his one-man version of the play A Christmas Carol back to New York City this Christmas season. Playbill reports that the show will run for two nights only, and ticket sales are to benefit charity.
Stewart developed the play, in which he plays more than 30 characters, in the late 80s, during the early run of Star Trek: The Next Generation. It ran on Broadway in 1991 and several times after, and has been the recipient of both a Drama Desk award in 1992, and a Laurence Olivier award in 1994. It was last performed on Broadway in 2001.
Stewart said that it’s been a dream of his to bring A Christmas Carol back to New York. He said, “Bringing this story’s message of greed, contempt, tenderness, compassion, and revelation to life seems more urgent today than over 30 years ago when I first attempted the adaptation [...] That these performances will benefit two important organizations in the process makes this all the more thrilling.”
Tickets for A Christmas Carol are $500 each, and all sales will go to benefit two New York charities: City Harvest, a food rescue organization, and Ars Nova, whose aim is to discover, develop and launch new theater, music and comedy artists.
The show will run for two performances only, on December 11th and 13th, at Theater 511 in Hell’s Kitchen. If you’re in the mood to attend though, you’d better be quick, as of the time of writing, tickets were already nearly sold out.
