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.: Thank You Very Much(scrooge) :. Sir Ian Paul Date Submitted:  2013-12-12 [Archive Date: 2014-03-12] Genre:  Holiday/Seasonal Original Artist:  Anton Rodgers Additional Info:  Disc Mfg:    Disc #:   Description:  Scrooge: The Musical is a 1992 stage musical with book, music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse. . 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. ________________________________________________________________ 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 9 November 1992 at the Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham. . The cast also included Stratford Johns, Tom Watt, Jon Pertwee and Jerome Wallington. The 2005 West End production at the London Palladium starred Tommy Steele in the title role. The musical was revived at London Palladium on 24 October 2012 with Steele reprising the role. It ran till 5 January 2013. . The American premiere opened on 26 October 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. Mark E. Fleming originated the production at Spring Lake and has staged the production at the Premier Theatre Co since its founding in 1987. Another production of the show has been performed since 1982 by The Players Of Utica, located in Utica, New York. Director Peter Loftus has been the only director for the show during the entire run, which celebrated it's 30th year in 2012. The production has become an annual community event during the holidays, in terms of both audiences and casts. The 2012 cast was one of the largest of its 30-year run, with over 250 members. The show regularly does a community performance for local schools and senior programs. Turnout for this annual performance has exceeded 1,500 students from area schools. ______________________________________________________________ Scrooge is a 1970 musical film adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic 1843 story, A Christmas Carol. It was filmed in London, directed by Ronald Neame, and starred Albert Finney in the title role. The film's musical score was composed by Leslie Bricusse, and arranged and conducted by Ian Fraser. With eleven musical arrangements interspersed throughout (all retaining a traditional British air about them), the award-winning motion picture is a faithful musical retelling of the original, with one exception noted below. The film received limited praise, but Albert Finney won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical/Comedy in 1971. The film received four Academy Award nominations. It is the only live-action version of the story to be nominated for Oscars. __________________________________________________________ Ebenezer Scrooge (Albert Finney) is a cold-hearted and greedy old miser whose only concern is money and profit and hates everything to do with Christmas. After Scrooge scares off a group of boys who were singing a carol outside his door his nephew Fred (Michael Medwin) arrives to invite him to Christmas dinner with his wife and friends. Scrooge though refuses. After Fred leaves Scrooge gives his clerk Bob Cratchit (David Collings) the next day off as it is Christmas but expects him back all the earlier the next morning. Bob meets his two children including Tiny Tim (Richard Beaumont) in the streets and they buy the food for their Christmas dinner. Scrooge meanwhile is surveyed by two other men (Derek Francis and Roy Kinnear) for a donation for the poor, but Scrooge refuses, by supporting the prisons and workhouses and even says "if they rather die then they better do it and decrease the surplus population". On his way home Scrooge meets some of his clients including Tom Jenkins (Anton Rogers) and reminds them the debts they owe him. In a running gag Scrooge is stalked and being made fun of by the same urchins seen at the start of the film, calling him "Father Christmas". Back home in Chambers Scrooge notices that the door-knocker has turned into the face of his seven year dead partner Jacob Marley (Alec Guinness) followed by a hearse passing him up the stairs. While eating some soup Scrooge hears bells ring before the ghost of Marley arrives in person covered in chains. Scrooge thinks it is just a hoax but sees reason after Marley frightens him. Marley tells Scrooge he wears the chain he made when alive on Earth and tells Scrooge he is close to suffering the same fate as him. After Marley shows Scrooge other ghosts suffering the same fate he returns him home and tells him he'll be haunted by three more spirits and the first will call at one. As Marley said the Ghost of Christmas Past (Edith Evans) who is more like a Victorian upper-class woman arrives and takes Scrooge to witness his past. Scrooge sees the time he spent the holidays alone at school, until his sister Fan came to collect him. Scrooge then sees when he had a happier Christmas working for Mr. Fezziwig (Lawrence Naismith) and meeting his daughter Isabel (Suzzane Nevel). Despite the pair in love with each other Isabel years later leaves Scrooge after he became more engrossed to money and profit. The Ghost of Christmas Present (Kenneth More) a jolly giant shows Scrooge the home of Bob Cratchit and his family. Scrooge sees that Tiny Tim is very ill and the spirit warns if the shadows of the future don't change the boy will die. They then pay a visit to Fred, his wife (Mary Peach) and friends at Fred's home where they toast Scrooge and play The Minister's Cat. Finally, the ghost leaves Scrooge but not before telling him life is too short. The last of the ghosts the Ghost of Christmas yet to Come (Paddy Stone) shows Scrooge what will happen the following Christmas. Scrooge and the spirit witness Tom and the other citizens rejoice at Scrooge's future funeral (Scrooge comically thinks he is being treated like a celebrity). Scrooge discovers Tim had died and is shown his own future grave. The sprit reveals himself as a skeleton (possibly Death or the Grim Reaper). This causes Scrooge to fall into his "grave". In the bowels of Hell Scrooge reunites with Marley who has him tortured by having him wrapped in a huge chain by several devils. Scrooge yells for help and finds himself back in his room. Scrooge discovers he has time to put things right and becomes a generous man. He buys a turkey and toys for the Cratchits, invites himself to dinner with Fred and his wife and even frees his clients from their debts much to their delight. Scrooge who dressed like Father Christmas thanks Marley for helping him and gets ready to dine with his family Overall Rank:  Rank Unavailable Total Comments:  0 Listen:    Sorry, this submission has been archived.

Sir Ian Paul performs Thank You Very Much(scrooge) on Karaoke Showcase of Karaoke Scene Magazine Online: Sir Ian Paul performs Thank You Very Much(scrooge) on Karaoke Showcase - Scrooge: The Musical is a 1992 stage musical with book, music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse. . 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. ________________________________________________________________ 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 9 November 1992 at the Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham. . The cast also included Stratford Johns, Tom Watt, Jon Pertwee and Jerome Wallington. The 2005 West End production at the London Palladium starred Tommy Steele in the title role. The musical was revived at London Palladium on 24 October 2012 with Steele reprising the role. It ran till 5 January 2013. . The American premiere opened on 26 October 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. Mark E. Fleming originated the production at Spring Lake and has staged the production at the Premier Theatre Co since its founding in 1987. Another production of the show has been performed since 1982 by The Players Of Utica, located in Utica, New York. Director Peter Loftus has been the only director for the show during the entire run, which celebrated it's 30th year in 2012. The production has become an annual community event during the holidays, in terms of both audiences and casts. The 2012 cast was one of the largest of its 30-year run, with over 250 members. The show regularly does a community performance for local schools and senior programs. Turnout for this annual performance has exceeded 1,500 students from area schools. ______________________________________________________________ Scrooge is a 1970 musical film adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic 1843 story, A Christmas Carol. It was filmed in London, directed by Ronald Neame, and starred Albert Finney in the title role. The film's musical score was composed by Leslie Bricusse, and arranged and conducted by Ian Fraser. With eleven musical arrangements interspersed throughout (all retaining a traditional British air about them), the award-winning motion picture is a faithful musical retelling of the original, with one exception noted below. The film received limited praise, but Albert Finney won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical/Comedy in 1971. The film received four Academy Award nominations. It is the only live-action version of the story to be nominated for Oscars. __________________________________________________________ Ebenezer Scrooge (Albert Finney) is a cold-hearted and greedy old miser whose only concern is money and profit and hates everything to do with Christmas. After Scrooge scares off a group of boys who were singing a carol outside his door his nephew Fred (Michael Medwin) arrives to invite him to Christmas dinner with his wife and friends. Scrooge though refuses. After Fred leaves Scrooge gives his clerk Bob Cratchit (David Collings) the next day off as it is Christmas but expects him back all the earlier the next morning. Bob meets his two children including Tiny Tim (Richard Beaumont) in the streets and they buy the food for their Christmas dinner. Scrooge meanwhile is surveyed by two other men (Derek Francis and Roy Kinnear) for a donation for the poor, but Scrooge refuses, by supporting the prisons and workhouses and even says "if they rather die then they better do it and decrease the surplus population". On his way home Scrooge meets some of his clients including Tom Jenkins (Anton Rogers) and reminds them the debts they owe him. In a running gag Scrooge is stalked and being made fun of by the same urchins seen at the start of the film, calling him "Father Christmas". Back home in Chambers Scrooge notices that the door-knocker has turned into the face of his seven year dead partner Jacob Marley (Alec Guinness) followed by a hearse passing him up the stairs. While eating some soup Scrooge hears bells ring before the ghost of Marley arrives in person covered in chains. Scrooge thinks it is just a hoax but sees reason after Marley frightens him. Marley tells Scrooge he wears the chain he made when alive on Earth and tells Scrooge he is close to suffering the same fate as him. After Marley shows Scrooge other ghosts suffering the same fate he returns him home and tells him he'll be haunted by three more spirits and the first will call at one. As Marley said the Ghost of Christmas Past (Edith Evans) who is more like a Victorian upper-class woman arrives and takes Scrooge to witness his past. Scrooge sees the time he spent the holidays alone at school, until his sister Fan came to collect him. Scrooge then sees when he had a happier Christmas working for Mr. Fezziwig (Lawrence Naismith) and meeting his daughter Isabel (Suzzane Nevel). Despite the pair in love with each other Isabel years later leaves Scrooge after he became more engrossed to money and profit. The Ghost of Christmas Present (Kenneth More) a jolly giant shows Scrooge the home of Bob Cratchit and his family. Scrooge sees that Tiny Tim is very ill and the spirit warns if the shadows of the future don't change the boy will die. They then pay a visit to Fred, his wife (Mary Peach) and friends at Fred's home where they toast Scrooge and play The Minister's Cat. Finally, the ghost leaves Scrooge but not before telling him life is too short. The last of the ghosts the Ghost of Christmas yet to Come (Paddy Stone) shows Scrooge what will happen the following Christmas. Scrooge and the spirit witness Tom and the other citizens rejoice at Scrooge's future funeral (Scrooge comically thinks he is being treated like a celebrity). Scrooge discovers Tim had died and is shown his own future grave. The sprit reveals himself as a skeleton (possibly Death or the Grim Reaper). This causes Scrooge to fall into his "grave". In the bowels of Hell Scrooge reunites with Marley who has him tortured by having him wrapped in a huge chain by several devils. Scrooge yells for help and finds himself back in his room. Scrooge discovers he has time to put things right and becomes a generous man. He buys a turkey and toys for the Cratchits, invites himself to dinner with Fred and his wife and even frees his clients from their debts much to their delight. Scrooge who dressed like Father Christmas thanks Marley for helping him and gets ready to dine with his family
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