REMINDER: A CHRISTMAS CAROL - THE MUSICAL on TV tonight!! — Page 4

I thought it was rather good. I had never seen the MSG version so I didn't know what i was in for. Kelsey Grammer has a decent singing voice which reminded me of Rex Harrison in a way. Jane was fantastic as usual. Jesse Martin was great ( although the staging for his song wasn't so great). It was wonderful to see Ruthie Henshall, what a talent. Jason Alexander did remind me of Max Bialystock, but he was still very good. My favorite song out of the whole thing was Link by Link. Jennifer Love Hewitt has a decent singing voice and was alright in the role, nothing special. I liked how they used the ghosts in the beginning as street people, that was clever. Fezziwig's christmas ball scene seemed really cramped. It looked like they tried to cram as many people into one room for a dance number as possible, it was still a fun number though. Overall I give it a 8 out of 10.

Actually, it was almost 99% faithful to the MSG Production. I have a bootleg (Ahh! The dreaded word!) of the 2003 MSG show with Jim Dale, and it's almost word for word. They did update the show every year, as the OCR of the show is REALLY different from the version that played last December. For example they cut the song "Jolly, Rich and Fat" and replaced it with "Jolly Good Time". So, no it was no faithful to the OCR, but it was EXACTLY the same as the updated MSG Production.

And, I agree with most of you... it wasn't great, but it wasnt horrible either. Mister Matt is right.... they should have taped the live stage version and broadcast that. The story and songs worked on stage, but not so much on film.

My friend said Jason Alexander looked rediculous. Which, he did lol.

I was ready for Krakowski to do a reprise of her number from "Nine"

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I consider myself a regular theatre going person and I was skeptical of seeing a musical on TV. I only have thing to say about A Christmas Carol. Briliant! I have sat through amazing performances in the past. From George Hearn in La Cage to Bernadette Peters in Gypsy and I believe the performances in this movie surpass them. Jason Alexander did not play Jacob Marley...He became Jacob Marley. Jennifer Love Hewitt gave a breath-taking performance as Emily. I hope she makes her broadway debut very soon. I believe this movie will sweep the emmys and had it been on broadway it would have swept the tonys just like THe Producers did. See A Christmas Carol the Musical