Two-time Tony Award winner Michael Cerveris (Fun Home, Sweeney Todd) will play Ebenezer Scrooge in Jack Thorne‘s adaptation of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol at New York’s Perelman Performing Arts Center Off Broadway this holiday season.
The engagement marks a return to New York for the Old Vic production, which played a limited engagement on Broadway in 2019, winning five Tony Awards including Best Original Score. The play, directed by Matthew Warchus, premiered at the Old Vic in London in 2017 and will stage its ninth consecutive holiday season this year.
Performances begin on Sunday, November 23, with an opening set for Thursday, December 4, 2025. The limited engagement at the Lower Manhattan venue runs through Sunday, December 28.
Adapted by Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Netflix’s Adolescence), the PAC NYC production will be co-directed by Thomas Caruso.
In addition to Cerveris, the Off Broadway cast will include George Abud (Lempicka) as Fred, Maxim Chlumecky (Appropriate) as Young Ebenezer, Chris Hoch (Jagged Little Pill) as Father / Marley, Julia Knitel (Dead Outlaw) as Belle, Ashlyn Maddox (The Four Seasons) as Little Fan, Madalynn Mathews (Galileo) as Jess, Nancy Opel (Urinetown) as Ghost of Christmas Past, Dan Piering (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) as Ferdy / George, Izzy Elena Rita (Sesame Street) as Tiny Tim, Rashidra Scott (Company) as Mrs. Cratchit, Teddy Trice (Goddess) as Nicholas and Paul Whitty (The Great Gatsby) as Fezziwig.
The 2019 Broadway staging featured Campbell Scott, LaChanze and Andrea Martin.