A Christmas Carol at Saxon Pub

Producer Hunter Arnold unofficially kicked off the holiday season early today, announcing that a special filmed version of Charles Dickens' beloved holiday classic A Christmas Carol starring one of the finest stage actors of our time, Tony Award winner MAYs/">Jefferson MAYs, will be released worldwide on Saturday, NOVEMBER 28. This streaming video event will benefit partner theaters all around the United States that have been devastated by the pandemic. Directed by two-time Tony Award nominee Michael Arden, adapted by MAYs, Susan Lyons, and Arden, and conceived by Arden and Tony Award nominee Dane Laffrey, the filmed version is based on the wildly acclaimed 2018 production which made its world premiere at Los Angeles' Geffen Playhouse.

MAYs/">Jefferson MAYs said, "A Christmas Carol was my first experience of living theater. My mother and father would read it out loud every year. My father would tell the story with clarity and humanity, while my mother, eyes ablaze, would transform into the characters, from the tortured Jacob Marley, to little Fan and the entire Cratchit family. Both, in their ways, created magic. And now here we are, aspiring to bring this magic to people across the country during this challenging time."

Authors

• Alan Menken
• Charles Dickens
• David Armstrong
• Dennis Powers
• Dick Gallagher
• Laird Williamson
• Lee Holby
• Lynn Ahrens
• Mark Waldrop
• Michael Legrand
• Mike Ockrent
• Orson Bean
• Sheldon Harnick