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The first, most unsettling effect in this newA Christmas Carolis total darkness.
It feels, for a second, like the power has failed.
(Its the mode ofCarol-ing alsoperformed by Patrick Stewart.)
The spectacle of theatrical magic is less interesting than the spectacle Mays can conjure on his own.
Were not here to watch TV.
It has, like a lot of art touched by those circumstances, a loneliness to it.
No more Zoom for him.
A Christmas Carolis at the Nederlander Theatre through January 1.
