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75 Woodbury Blvd, Rochester, NY 14607

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(585) 232-4382

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gevatheatre.org

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Went to see a Christmas carol! This is a very intimate theater, pretty small but gives a unique/different experience. There’s a parking lot right across the street, I think after a certain time you don’t have to pay but on show days they might make you pay. We got there pretty early to eat so we didn’t have to pay anything. Inside there’s a nice restaurant. I got a hot chocolate and the Buffalo chicken dip. Prices are not too bad. Hot chocolate was made with water so wasn’t creamy, I wasn’t a fan. The Buffalo chicken dip doesn’t look good at all but it tasted amazing. The portion size was also huge but they didn’t give enough chips compared to the amount of dip I had. I saw others getting the chicken pot pie soup and that looked delicious, I would try that next time. My parents got wine and a pizza. The pizza dough/cheese were good but I wasn’t a fan of the sauce. We sat in the second row, normally at a large theater I like to sit in the lodge/balcony to get a good view of the stage but because of the intimate setting sitting 2nd row was actually really nice. The show was very good, but not too long. I think the first half was only like 40 mins. But the quality and actors were great!

Alara Travels

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Geva please go back to the old version. Of “A Christmas Carol.” The new one is not good at all. So much of the story’s emotional resonance is lost in the new version. There were so many problems. 1) For the story to work, Scrooge at the beginning has to be a horrible person. Meanwhile, the people around him have to come off well. In the Dickens original everyone is just trying to cope politely with Scrooge and keep their Christmas spirit as he rants and raves and displays no sympathy with human suffering. In this version various people, including the nephew, Bob Crachit and even Tiny Tim behave like moralizing bullies to the extent that one actually ends up sympathizing with Scrooge. Not the artistic effect you want in “A Christmas Carol”! 2) Another very important element of “A Christmas Carol,” artistically, is the alignment between Scrooge’s moral and emotional degeneration. As you move through the plot, particularly during his encounter with the Ghost of Christmas Past, you are supposed to understand that Scrooge was once a person with a heart but that loneliness and loss and excessive ambition have destroyed him. In this version they seem to be so concerned with shortening the run time of the play that they move very quickly through this all important section and we don’t get a good sense of a Scrooge’s own sadness and loneliness as a young person. 3) It’s also crucial that the Cratchits come off as a dignified and hardworking family who are suffering from poverty and that Scrooge’s low wages are a key element in their suffering. The Cratchits are actually tough to get right in any adaptation because the element of pathos has to be strong with them but not so strong as to be overwhelming. You have to show them holding up in their poverty with pride and determination but they can’t be too jaunty or rebellious or they start coming off not as victims of Scrooge but as equals opposing him. In this version they badly mishandle the Cratchits, having them come off as rather annoying (at various junctures one of them will call out ‘Cratchit cuddle!’ and they all gather for a group hug). Again, we end up sympathizing with Scrooge’s meanness. Not a good effect! 4) Finally, the core of Scrooge’s redemption lies in his final vision of his own mortality with the Ghost of Christmas Future. This is the moment of horror for Scrooge, when he realizes that the poor dead sod whose possessions are being picked over by scrap merchants and about whom no one cares is the future Scrooge. I could not believe that they skipped this part entirely in the new version. All they display is the death of Tiny Tim which, yes, is important but not the whole picture for Scrooge’s psychological transformation. In the Dickens original Scrooge is in ecstasy waking up Christmas morning because he realizes that the vision is over and that he is not yet dead. He still has time to change. In this version, without the vision of his own death, it’s not understandable why Scrooge is so over the moon when he wakes up. 5) The old production was higher budget with great sets, special effects and a large cast. This new version is like the inflation products in the grocery store wherein they reduce the size of the item while charging you the same price. The cast, sets and special effects are minimal in the new Geva Christmas Carol but the ticket prices are the same. I hope they go back to the old version next year. I think the audience shared my dislike of the new production as the applause at the end was pretty anemic.

N. Sidhu

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Geva Theature will not disappoint. The theature was built in 1868 and hosts professional shows. It's clean and the seats are comfortable and every seat is a good one. Come early if you'd like to eat before the show. The dining lounge also offers cocktails beer and wine. You may bring drinks into the theature but not food. Two parking lots are conveniently located next to the theature. It's a Xmas tradition of ours to enjoy A Christmas Carol at Geva Theature. We recently went to see dial M for Murder. Acting was superb and the set was spot on.

Cindy Madar

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