Washington Post - Not Recommended
"...Can a musical have its plum pudding and eat it, too? To judge by "A Broadway Christmas Carol," the unsatisfying Yuletide romp now at MetroStage, the answer is no. Kathy Feininger's holiday goof labors to simultaneously lampoon and celebrate Charles Dickens's classic ghost story, as well as a slew of interpolated show tunes. Tugged in two directions by contradictory impulses - mockery and sentiment - the piece comes across as an annoying mishmash: a Scrooge-spoofing gag here, a heartstring-tugging Dickens quote there, with slivers of famous melodies, yoked to parody lyrics, strewn around like trinkets from a Christmas cracker. Even the beguiling performances of three top-notch actors - Matthew A. Anderson, Peter Boyer and Donna Migliaccio - can't turn this fruitcake recipe into satisfying fare."
MetroWeekly - Highly Recommended
"...''Deck the halls with lots of showtunes,'' Donna Migliaccio sings in the opening number of A Broadway Christmas Carol. And that, she does. By the end of the show, the halls are overstuffed with showtune snippets -- 40 or so in all. They're presented in a hurried, altered, name-that-tune kind-of-way, a gaudy effect that distracts from the story -- but then if you must deliberate on the finer points of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, you really need to get out more often."
Fairfax Times - Highly Recommended
"...There's very little "bah humbug" as this high-wattage, all-star cast tackles a timeless tale and gives it new life in the perfect medium for a musical message of ultimate uplift. Three talented area performers bring their Broadway-big voices and broad comedic talent to the completely audience-friendly intimacy of MetroStage and pull it off with infectious hilarity and brio."
Alexandria Times - Highly Recommended
"...In “A Broadway Christmas Carol”, lyricist Kathy Feininger’s version of “A Christmas Carol,” spirits, ghosts, an orphan and a class ‘A’ tightwad go classical burlesque to the max. The production, which played to sold-out audiences at Round House Theatre in Silver Spring for seven consecutive years, has at last returned to our area after a six-year absence."
Alexandria News - Recommended
"...Charles Dickens, Broadway, vaudeville and slapstick collide merrily in “A Broadway Christmas Carol”, an early gift from Alexandria’s Metro Stage."
DCTheatreScene - Recommended
The show’s strong suit is its zany quartet of a cast who milk the laughs out of the material in a manner reminiscent of the parodies which were a staple of 1950s and ‘60s comedy and variety television shows. Peter Boyer follows in the footsteps of Alastair Sim, Cyril Richard, Orson Wells, the brothers Barrymore, Albert Finney, Oscar the Grouch, Yosemite Sam, Fred Flinstone, Donald Duck, and Bill Murray, among others, as Mr. Scrooge.
