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A more vivid, spirited `Christmas Carol'; Review: The story of Charles Dickens' miserable miser is livelier in the latest Guthrie production.(NEWS)(Theater review)

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From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
Date: 20071125
Author:Preston, Rohan

Byline: Rohan Preston; Staff Writer

A man with half a heart, a diminished soul and little warmth (cold is cheap, after all), Ebenezer Scrooge is sometimes portrayed as a scowling cartoon - a historical figure clearly removed from our own era of stated compassion and understanding.

But in the Guthrie Theater's 33rd annual production of "A Christmas Carol," which opened the day after Thanksgiving, Scrooge sounds like someone running hard for office. He complains that he is overtaxed. He has positions on work (people don't do enough of it, then have the audacity to ask to be ...

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