{"id":149,"date":"2014-12-02T01:42:04","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T01:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/?p=149"},"modified":"2015-06-22T02:02:37","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T02:02:37","slug":"bww-acts-christmas-carol-alive-with-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/?p=149","title":{"rendered":"BWW: ACT&#8217;s Christmas Carol &#8220;Alive with Magic&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to the cast of ACT&#8217;s 2014 production of\u00a0<em>A Christmas Carol<\/em>! Early performances have been a hit, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/seattle\/article\/BWW-Reviews-ACTs-A-CHRISTMAS-CAROL-Alive-with-Magic-20141201\">BroadwayWorld.com has weighed in with a very positive review (Dec 1, 2014)<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>ACT and Director <a href=\"http:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/John-Langs\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">John Langs<\/span><\/a> completely nailed it again and then some. I saw the production last year of ACT&#8217;s Seattle tradition of &#8220;A Christmas Carol&#8221; and found myself struck by how well they conveyed this classic tale. And as much as I enjoyed it last year there was something even more magical and special in the air for this year&#8217;s production (or they spiked my eggnog) as I completely found myself swept away by this incredible show and, yes, crying my eyes out.<\/p>\n<p>The show has always been a winner in the hands of ACT and is even more so in the hands of Langs and this cast and crew. It&#8217;s truly something special and we should be grateful we have it here with us.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>David Foubert, playing the infamous Marley amongst other characters, also received positive mention:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The cast is superb&#8230; The three ghosts who speak (Christmas future never has too much to say) each managed to bring stunning elements. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/David-Foubert\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">David Foubert<\/span><\/a> as Marley was totally creepy and laser focused.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>David and the cast of\u00a0<em>A Christmas Carol<\/em> can be seen through December 28, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to the cast of ACT&#8217;s 2014 production of\u00a0A Christmas Carol! Early performances have been a hit, and BroadwayWorld.com has weighed in with a very positive review (Dec 1, 2014): ACT and Director John Langs completely nailed it again and then some. I saw the production last year of ACT&#8217;s Seattle tradition of &#8220;A Christmas [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,2],"tags":[7,17,9],"class_list":["post-149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","category-theatre","tag-act","tag-christmascarol","tag-classics"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=149"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154,"href":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions\/154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidfoubert.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}