Monday, November 15, 2004

A Christmas Carol: Musical

On November 28, NBC will air a new musical version of Dickens' classic The Christmas Carol:

This two-hour movie musical based on the long-running Madison Square Garden stage production, stars Emmy Award winner Kelsey Grammer ("Frasier") as Scrooge -- in the timeless classic by Charles Dickens with Emmy Award-winner Robert Halmi ("Gulliver's Travels") as executive producer. Tony Award winner Jason Alexander ("The Producers”; "Seinfeld") stars as Jacob Marley, while Jesse L. Martin ("Law & Order"), Tony Award winner Jane Krakowski ("Nine the Musical," "Ally McBeal"), and three-time Golden Globe nominee Geraldine Chaplin ("Mary, Mother of Jesus," "Mother Teresa") star as the ghosts of Christmas Present, Past and Future, respectively. Jennifer Love Hewitt ("Garfield: The Movie") also stars as Emily, Scrooge's lost love.

The trailer can be viewed here.