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A Christmas Carol first hit the Broadway stage on December 1, 1994, at the Paramount Theatre at Madison Square Garden, originally choreographed by Susan Stroman. It was then performed in a limited engagement every December from 1994 to 2003.
A Christmas Carol is a musical with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and book by Mike Ockrent and Lynn Ahrens. The musical is based on Charles Dickens' 1843 novella of the same name.
I never realized, until I saw this production, how Ebenezer became the “Scrooge.” His father was taken from him and put into a debtors prison, telling him to “save his pennies” and make a lot of money. His mother dies and he and his sister are sent to separate orphanages and workhouses.
Scrooge hates Christmas and thinks it is a ridiculous waste of time and money. Whenever someone wishes him a merry Christmas, he replies, ''Bah! Humbug!''
1844. The first authorized theatrical version of Charles Dickens's novella A Christmas Carol appeared in 1844—not long after the book's initial publication.