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Randy Moore’s Scrooge was pinch-mouthed and mean, but he was also an aging child, with a child’s unconcern for decency and politeness, as well as a vulnerability. Although Moore has played the role for several years, this was his most joyous and deeply felt performance. When the reformed Scrooge humbly asked the charitable couple he had turned away in the first scene, “Will you come and see me?,” all the loneliness of his empty, money-grubbing days yawned beneath the words. When he took a deep breath and said, “To be alive…,” the next words could just as well have described his performance: “It’s glorious.”