Posted: 12/21/15 at 7:08pm
A Christmas the musical starring Walter Charles is my all time favorite adaption of a musical for A Christmas Carol..nothing comes close. Does anyone know where I can view clips of the production as I would love to see some of my favorite moments again.
The NBC/Hallmark version does nothing for me and I can only find one real clip online.
Any help will be much appreciated.
Thank you!
Posted: 12/21/15 at 7:30pm
It's my favorite too and I haven't ever found very many clips on line. I know they performed on the Macy's parade at least twice that I'm aware of but I don't know if the original cast did. Just 1995 with Terrance Mann and Ben Vereen and later with the final cast. Even as far as bootlegs go there only seems to be one low quality capture of the original cast and nothing from later years. I wish they had recorded the final cast with F. Murray Abraham as there are quite a few changes that were made after the original cast album was recorded and none of it was really preserved since the television soundtrack which did include "Jolly Good Time" and "You Mean More to Me" used totally different orchestrations and keys and they cut the haunting Overture from the stage version. Plus Jennifer Love Hewitt completely sabotaged "A Place Called Home."
Posted: 12/21/15 at 7:55pm
CATSNY, thank you for the response. I am in the EXACT same boat. I want to make a new version with the darker elements of the piece that was originally written.
