| Scrooge | |
|---|---|
| The Musical | |
| Music | Leslie Bricusse |
| Lyrics | Leslie Bricusse |
| Book | Leslie Bricusse |
| Basis | Scrooge (1970 film) and Dickens' A Christmas Carol |
Scrooge: The Musical is a 1992 stage musical with book, music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse.[1] Its score and book are closely adapted from the music and screenplay of the 1970 musical film Scrooge starring Albert Finney. Bricusse was nominated for the Academy Award for the song score he wrote for the film, and most of those songs were carried over to the musical.
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Like the film, the musical closely follows the plot of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, in which the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge undergoes a profound experience of redemption over the course of a Christmas Eve night, after being visited by the ghost of his former partner Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas past, present and future.
The original production starred Anthony Newley as Scrooge and opened on November 9 1992 at the Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham.[2] The cast also included Stratford Johns, Tom Watt, Jon Pertwee and Jerome Wallington. The current UK production stars Tommy Steele in the title role.
The American premiere opened on October 26 2004 at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts Oriental Theatre in Chicago. This production starred Richard Chamberlain in the title role.
It has also been performed by the Spring Lake Theater Company in Spring Lake, New Jersey, every Christmas season since 1982.