A Christmas Carol: One Ghost was Enough

A Christmas Carol: One Ghost was Enough

This week we look at Menken and Aherns' A Christmas Carol talking about its roots as a mega musical made to rival the Christmas spectacular to give our many thoughts about it as a musical and as an adaptation, to finally talking about why it never landed in London.

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Links

Background

https://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_c/christmascarol-menken.html

https://www.playbill.com/article/how-alan-menken-and-lynn-ahrens-created-a-christmas-carol

https://playbill.com/article/christmas-1996-playing-at-a-theatre-near-you-com-100862

Reviews

https://variety.com/1994/legit/reviews/a-christmas-carol-1200439861/

https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/02/theater/theater-review-christmas-carol-famous-miser-tiny-tim-tap-dancing-chorus.html

https://www.theatermania.com/news/a-christmas-carol_4172/#:~:text=Now%20in%20its%2010th%20and,but%20rather%20difficult%20to%20love

Synopsis

https://tv.apple.com/gb/movie/a-christmas-carol-the-musical/umc.cmc.4z9hita5dry17aeqgxczyub3e

Tv movie

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0406649/

https://web.archive.org/web/20051225202754/http://www.hallmarkent.com/property.php?propertyId=ChristmasCarolMu

Reviews of the TV movie

https://variety.com/2004/tv/reviews/a-christmas-carol-the-musical-1200529423/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-nov-26-et-christmascarol26-story.html

London runs

https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/robert-lindsay-lmto-menken-christmas-carol-lyceum_44778.html/

https://www.londontheatredirect.com/news/brian-conley-to-headline-a-christmas-carol-at-the-dominion-theatre-this-holiday-season

https://mytheatremates.com/christmas-carol-returns-to-old-vic/


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