When writing a review, especially about a play that I enjoyed, I do my best to avoid starting on the negative. But I have to get a problem I have with Tacoma Little Theatre's A Christmas Carol off my chest. I sat through the whole thing, two acts of it, and there was not a single Muppet. Not one.

Seriously, though: I haven't read any Dickens myself, and growing up the Muppet film became the definitive version of A Christmas Carol for me. A large part of its success owes to its injection of humor into what is an ultimately uplifting, but largely dark and gloomy tale.

To read Joe Izenman's full review, click here.

A Christmas Carol

Through Dec. 24, 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday
2 p.m. Sundays, $14.50-$24.50
Tacoma Little Theatre, 210 N. I St., Tacoma
253.272.2281