My review of the New Radio City Christmas Show 2007 NYC

My review of the New Radio City Christmas Show
Posted On: 11/7/07 at 05:24 PM


It is the 75th anniversary of Radio City Music Hall and to celebrate, the Christmas show has been dusted off, revamped and updated. In the past, the show was quite disjointed hopping from one Christmas tradition to another without much thought. One moment there are ice skaters and then the Nutcracker and elves and suddenly the audience is whacked on the head with a baby Jesus. This year though they figured out a way to make it all go together. Of course the classics are still there. The Rockettes still look great and their precision is most evident during the Parade of the Toy Soldiers. It's a real crowd pleaser and will always be in the show. One new scene that was particularly good was New York at Christmas. Although the scene has been part of past productions, the addition of a double decker bus with all of the Rockettes riding on it is really great. The stage has a humongous LCD screen that serves as backdrop for almost all of the scenes. As the bus "drives" around the stage the screen shows, with remarkable accuracy, the city streets from Radio City to Central Park. It looks real and it's hard to believe that it is only computer generated. Amazing.

Another new element in this year's show is the addition of two young boys questioning the existence of Santa Claus. By putting them in the show, it allows a real segue from scene to scene. The double decker bus ends it's tour at a city corner where Santa is ringing his donation bell when the boys ask him how he is in so many places at once. Cue: Here Comes Santa Claus. Although the number has been in past productions, now we have a reason for it. Then Santa takes them to the North Pole again giving a reason for the transition.

The Living nativity is still in the show although greatly (and thankfully) shortened. In past shows it always seemed like an afterthought to have any explanation of the real meaning of Christmas. Wisely, the two young boys are now shown in their living room reading the Christmas Story as the Nativity scene comes to life in the background. Gone is the overpowering voice over booming about the importance of Jesus Christ. Now we have the simple voice of a young child gently reading the story to his little brother.

The Radio City Christmas Show has always been a bit over the top trying to stuff in every Christmas cliche as possible. This year, it seems that they have acknowledged the level of X-treme X-mas and accepted it. The show even has a few very moving moments and the cast is great. Charles Edward Hall makes a a great Santa Claus as usual. The ensemble actually sings this year instead of lip syncing and the whole cast gets a well-deserved curtain call for the first time. If you have not seen the Christmas show in a few years, this is the year to do it. And if it's your first time to see it, you won't be disappointed. It gets you in the mood and ready for the whole holiday season. Merry Christmas!

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Radio City show has holiday spirit


The 90-minute revue, directed and choreographed by Linda Haberman, was not radically different from previous shows. But favorites such as "The Nutcracker," "Santa's Workshop" and the Mighty Wurlitzer prelude were performed with obvious joy, and a new number, "Twelve Days of Christmas," got the full Rockette oomph, with the troupe kicking hard to the bump of techno-rock.

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"Sometimes, the best gift isn't a toy at all. Then, again, sometimes it is," advises Santa, played for the 20th year by Charles Edward Hall, a most jolly fellow who knows how to rally his reindeer, sing for his supper, and, no doubt, bellow for his breakfast. Jessica Sheridan as Mrs. Claus steps up during the workshop scene, belting out "Man With a Bag" for her man and assuring us that cell phones indeed work on the North Pole.

The Rockettes, meanwhile, raised their angular legs to a variety of tempos and costumes, decked out as reindeer as their shoulders twitched like Elvis Presley; or timing a long, drowsy fall as the "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers," one collapsing into another as if each were overcome by sleeping powder.

Every party must end, and, as always, the "Spectacular" wound down with the Living Nativity, a hushed and hushing conclusion for which lights dimmed, a chorus sighed "Silent Night" and an earnest voice uttered a familiar story with a few names -- Caesar Augustus, King Herod -- that for many kids may require some explanation.

Audiences in recent years have seemed a bit dazed by the Nativity and its reminder that "He was nailed on a cross between two thieves." But with a soaring call of "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing" as the finale, the opening night crowd responded with a warm ovation, moved, if not by the letter of the song, then by the spirit.