What Happens at Christmas

Alexander%E2%80%99s divine Victorian Christmas confection provides an abundance of wit and warmth. Camille, the widowed Lady Lydingham, hires a troupe of down-on-their-luck actors to masquerade as her family and staff in order to entice the handsome, if shifty, Prince Nicolai Pruzinsky to propose. What could go wrong? Everything, starting with the unexpected reappearance of Grayson Elliott, Camille%E2%80%99s long-ago love, who%E2%80%99s bemused to arrive at her house and be asked whether he%E2%80%99s there to audition. Alexander takes full comedic advantage of every possible plot twist as the farce threatens time and again to come crashing down. Actors flub their lines and disasters cascade, and it%E2%80%99s up to Camille, Grayson, and Camille%E2%80%99s delightful twin, Beryl, to shore up the increasingly shaky burlesque and keep the prince%E2%80%99s proposal on track. This star belongs at the top of the tree. Agent: Meg Ruley, Jane Rotrosen Agency. (Nov.)%E2%80%A8