Congrats to Renton Civic Theatre on the Valentine’s Day opening weekend of their I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change musical production. Performances through 3/2/25. Full review coming soon! #vignette
Elevator Thoughts (aka Tweet): Humbug play at Renton Civic Theatre. Modern take of A Christmas Carol where Scrooge is a cutthroat career-obsessed woman. Terminator was the ghost of #Christmas future! #theatre #CharlesDickens #xmas
Synopsis from the Theatre: As A Christmas Carol with a modern-day twist, Humbug follows the story of Eleanor Scrooge, a ruthlessly ambitious Wall Street executive who has an aversion to Christmas and an insatiable appetite for power. Locked in her office on a snowy Christmas Eve, Eleanor is determined to finish a corporate-takeover proposal until three “advisors” provide her with an eye-opening new appreciation for the holidays and the spirit of Christmas. An upbeat and moving adaptation of Dickens’ holiday classic, Humbug is one for the ages. With a contemporary flair, it is a tale the whole family will enjoy!
Type: Play
World Premiere: No
Recommendation: See it if you like A Christmas Carol and you like supporting community theatre
Equity Actors: 0
Length: 75 minutes
Intermission: Yes
Other Rave(s) Not Mentioned in Elevator Thoughts
Favorite Line: When asked to help a man who collapsed, the ghost of Christmas present said “Back in my day we just bled em!”
Rant(s)
Scenic Design: I have a hard time believing the set depicted a 16th floor high rise office. It looked more like the first story of a building in historic downtown.
Theatre Company : Renton Civic Theatre
Venue: Renton Civic Theatre
Venue Physical Address: 507 S 3rd St, Renton, WA 98057
Price: Cheap
Dates: December 2 to December 17, 2022
Seating: Assigned Seating
Parking: Free street parking – I usually park West of the theatre on Morris Ave.
Elevator Pitch/Thoughts/Tweet: “Avenue Q” musical at Renton Civic Theatre. Puppets in “adult Sesame Street” teaching so many important life lessons. Compared to the professional tour, this production was actually pretty good. Best show out of the 3 I’ve seen at this theatre. Great band. #puppet #puppetry #AvenueQ
Type: Musical
Recommendation: See it especially if you like community theatre.
Rating (Out of 5 Stars): 4 stars
Other Rants
While the Christmas Eve actress was great, a more Asian-looking person should play this part or else it looks like “yellow face.”
Need to work on better sound balancing. That being said, the balance significantly improved from the previous “Hair” and “Jekyll & Hyde” I saw at this theatre.
Other Raves
The audience money collection segment was a cute touch. I don’t remember that from the professional tour. Maybe I was too high up in the balcony then!
Brittany Todd (Lucy the Slut), Alyssa Hope Maas (Kate Monster), and Graham Arthur Blair (Princeton) are outstanding! Peter McCarthy King (Brian) has an amazing rich voice!
Theater Company: Renton Civic Theatre
Venue: Renton Civic Theatre – 507 S 3rd St, Renton, WA 98057
“Hair” rock musical w/ dad at Renton Civic Theatre. It was an eyeful! 😛 Ironic how we’re still fighting for the same things the 60s counterculture hippies fought for. #aquarius