Charles Dickens

Forgettable 'Bumbug the Musical' Brings on Humbug Fever

“Bumbug the Musical,” which resets Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” in a modern convenience store, with Scrooge as its Indian-immigrant owner, is a stale holiday cookie.

A Noise Within's New Adaptation of 'A Christmas Carol' Leads the Pack

Although A Noise Within’s impressive version of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” breaks no new ground, it unfolds with fluid invention and considerable literate charm.

'A Chanukah Charol' Is Classic Jackie Hoffman

Jackie Hoffman introduces few comic innovations in “A Chanukah Charol,” a parody of the oft-retold Dickens tale, but her cantankerous kvetching is still seasonally classic.

'Reid Farrington's A Christmas Carol' Is a Dizzying Digital Wonder

“Reid Farrington’s A Christmas Carol” is a stylish and funny remix of Dickens’ classic, with Everett Quinton’s Scrooge haunted by the digital ghosts of nearly 40 film versions.

'The Mystery of Edwin Drood' Sings Again at Roundabout

Roundabout has revived Rupert Holmes’ 1985 musical of Charles Dickens’ “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” in director Scott Ellis’ brisk and bright, strikingly handsome production.