Old School Lane Casual Chats Episode 255: Musicals Based on A Christmas Carol

Описание: In the final episode of Casual Chats for 2025, Patricia and special guest Jesse McAnally from Musicals with Cheese discuss about 10 musicals based on the 1843 novella A Christmas Carol written by Charles Dickens. They go over the pros, cons, and best songs that encompasses each key moment from this classic Christmas story.

The musicals we covered for this podcast are as follow:

The 1954 adaptation of A Christmas Carol from the anthology series Shower of Stars.
The Stingiest Man in Town from the anthology series The Alcoa Hour that aired in 1956.
The 1962 animated television special Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol.
The 1970 musical film Scrooge.
The 1978 animated adaptation of The Stingiest Man in Town produced by Rankin/Bass.
The 1992 film The Muppet Christmas Carol.
The 1994 Off-Broadway show A Christmas Carol: The Musical
The 2010 stage show A Christmas Carol: A New Musical
The 2022 animated adaptation of Scrooge titled Scrooge: A New Musical that was released on Netflix.
The 2022 Apple TV+ film Spirited.

Check out Jesse's links down below.
https://www.jessemcanally.com
   / @musicalswithcheese  
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jpbq...
  / jessemcanally  

Check out Patricia's links down below.
http://oldschoollane.net
   / oldschoollane  
https://bsky.app/profile/oldschoollan...
  / old_school_lane  
https://open.spotify.com/show/61sroOU...