Singing aside, Light Opera Works' 'Oliver' lacks spark
It's tough to go wrong with "Oliver" at the holidays. You've got tousled-haired urchins, pathos, Fagin, melodrama and power ballads — orchestrated with a whiff of the sounds of Dusty Spirngfield's Swingin' London — and a concluding sing-along that features the toe-tapping ditty "Consider Yourself," a Lionel Bart tune so catchy, you'll be singing it while your Christmas goose gets cooked. "Food, Glorious F…