Ryan Leeds

Whether Cost n’ Mayor’s social media following translates to box office success remains uncertain, but here’s what’s definitive: in a cultural moment defined by isolation, cynicism, and endless scroll, 11 to Midnight offers something genuinely subversive: communal joy.

Countless actors have assumed the epochal role of Ebenezer Scrooge in various film, television, and stage versions of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. While many have done so with excellence, few have come close to handling this challenge with more grounded realism than two-time Tony Award winner Michael Cerveris.