Lapointe’s hair and wig designs are perfect. John Gromada’s sound and original music are perfect.Īs for the cast members: perfect. Linda Cho’s seemingly endless array of quickly changed costumes is perfect. The elegant Anna Louizos set, with its false proscenium and myriad set-pieces carried on and carted away by the cast, is perfect. That’s to say, the perfect murder, which is revealed not to be perfect at all, is the sole A Sherlock Carol element that isn’t perfection itself. The object is a gem that the Countess insists she’d sent Scrooge but which has gone missing (See: Conan Doyle’s “ Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle”).Īlso, it should be mentioned that the ghost of Scrooge (Thom Sesma) appears to Holmes, who, while maintaining there are no such things as ghosts, eventually comes to his post-Moriarty senses and, you guessed it, solves the mystery with acidic good cheer. It can be mentioned that Holmes goes on a literal and figurative wild goose chase, having something to do with a missing blue carbuncle diamond stuffed into a Christmas goose. No need to go on about the ins and out of Shanahan’s witty and delightfully convoluted plot. There’s Doctor Timothy Cratchit (Dan Domingues), who’s none other than Tiny Tim, now grown and a successful physician thanks to Scrooge’s benevolent support. Now a titled lady, she does admit she was born in Trenton, New Jersey. Among those contacted is The Countess (Isabel Keating), who turns out to be Holmes’ longtime romantic attachment, Irene Adler. Still, Holmes takes on the case, getting in contact with old acquaintances and potential murderers. That pronounced negativity is a sign of the new Scrooge in him. The subject of Sherlock’s talent is discussed, to which he responds that talent is often an affliction. Repeatedly muttering “Bah” (without the “humbug”), Holmes at first refuses Emma Wiggins (Anissa Felix), when she comes to him with the news that kindly old Scrooge has been murdered and that her father, Scrooge’s attendant, has been charged with stealing the Blue Carbuncle. That’s a Scrooge-like figure from the days before Scrooge was visited by ghosts of the past, present and future and turned himself into a beloved member of society. In the process, he even cuts himself off from Doctor Watson (Mark Price) and, worse, shows signs of becoming a Scrooge-like figure. Believing he no longer has a motivation to detect, he’s trying to put that all behind him. Okay then, Sherlock Holmes (Drew McVety) is back in London after vanquishing longtime nemesis Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls. Those who haven’t should be intrigued, nonetheless. The Seventh Percent Solution, Nicholas Meyer’s novel and film version), will get the references. Does the very idea sound dubious, exploitational, the latest Yuletide commercial rip-off? That’s what I suspected when I took my seat, only and blessedly to be disabused of that cynical notion within seconds of its taking the stage.īefore I dive jovially into it, I need to say that Conan Doyle and Dickens readers, as well as those who’ve seen screen adaptations of the popular works (e. He’s blended Dickens’ beloved A Christmas Carol with Conan Doyle’s greatest character. ![]() He calls it A Sherlock Carol, and it’s the result of a show-stopping inspiration he’s had. Photo: Evan Zimmerman/MurphyMadeĪttention, Sherlock Holmes fans! Attention, Scrooge/Tiny Tim fans! Attention, potential Arthur Conan Doyle-Charles Dickens fans! You all need to know that playwright-director Mark Shanahan has the perfect holiday gift for you. Drew McVety, Isabel Keating in A Sherlock Carol.
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