This article is about the 2021 live production. You may be looking for the 2020 online musical, the 2023 full-length musical or the soundtrack.
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VHS Christmas Carol Live! is an immersive concert experience and interactive show from Team Starkid. It played at the Bourbon Room from December 9th to 11th, 2021 with a livestreamed version playing from December 17th-19th, 2021 on Looped. The show was released on YouTube on November 25, 2022. A full-length musical production of the musical was staged in December of 2023: VHS Christmas Carols.
Summary[]
Join StarKid at the Bourbon Room this holiday season for a synth-elating return to live theatre with VHS Christmas Carol: Live! Jam out to the rocking 80’s score in an immersive concert experience and interactive show hosted by the party man himself, Fezziwig! It’s sure to be the best holiday party of the past, present, AND future!
Development[]
A VHS Christmas Carol was initially livestreamed and performed live online in December 2020. The show was first announced following the livestream premiere of Nightmare Time 2: Episode 4. It was publicly announced via a trailer on StarKid's YouTube channel on November 15, 2021.[1]
Cast[]
(*) Bold names denote the actor's onstage Starkid debut
Band[]
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Keyboard 1 | Clark Baxtresser |
| Keyboard 2 | Nick Gage |
| Guitar | Tomek Miernowski |
Creative Team[]
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Clark Baxtresser | Writer |
| Music and Lyrics | |
| Corey Lubowich | Director |
| Producer | |
| Video Design | |
| Brian Holden | Producer |
| Jaime Lyn Beatty | Associate Producer |
| Dylan Saunders | |
| James Tolbert | Assistant Director |
| Choreographer | |
| Tomek Miernowski | Music Production |
| Post-Production Mixing | |
| June Saito | Costume Design |
| Sarah Petty | Lighting Design |
| Ilana Elroi | Sound Engineer |
| Angela Kiessel | Stage Manager |
| Michael Kozachenko | Programmer |
| Justin Hong | Director of Photography |
| John Fisher | Camera Operator |
| Minami Moriyama | |
| JJ Flores |
Songs[]
| Song | Sung By | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Bah Humbug! | Company | 5:34 |
| 3 Spirits | Jacob Marley, Ghost of Christmas Past, Ghost of Christmas Present, and Ghost of Christmas Future | 3:50 |
| I’m the Ghost | Ghost of Christmas Past, Ebenezer Scrooge, Fezziwig, Scrooge’s Sister, Belle, Young Scrooge and The Narrator | 3:38 |
| That Scrooge | Belle, Young Scrooge, Ebenezer Scrooge, Ghost of Christmas Past and The Narrator | 4:46 |
| Christmas Electricity | Ghost of Christmas Present and Company | 4:03 |
| Priceless | Bob Cratchit, Emily Cratchit, Tiny Tim, Peter Cratchit, Belinda Cratchit, Martha Cratchit and Ebenezer Scrooge | 4:13 |
| The Final Ghost | Ghost of Christmas Future, Ebenezer Scrooge and Company | 5:29 |
| Christmas Day | Ebenezer Scrooge, Turkey Boy and Company | 5:42 |
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Trivia[]
- One night, Meredith almost missed one of her entrances because she tried to open the stage door by pulling it and when she finally managed to open it, she opened it so far that Lauren, who was standing behind her, was visible to the audience.
- James’s glasses did not work the first night so he had to go to the store that already supplied LEDs for the The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals set, Flashing Blinky Lights, to buy two.
- Brian had his mic break during the opening song and Joey had to fix it with a band aid.
- During the stream for the StarKid Returns crowdfunding campaign on October 1, 2022, it was announced that a filmed version of this show would be released on Youtube after some more editing. The filmed version was released on November 25, 2022.
- Multiple cast changes were made from the online production/cast recording to the 42 minute staged production, such as Spouse One and Two (previously Brian Holden and Meredith Stepien) becoming A.J. Holmes and Brian Holden. As well, Ali Gordon's lines are greatly reduced due to her not appearing onstage. The role of The Narrator is also substantially expanded.
- This is the first production to have official understudies, Curt Mega and Kim Whalen, it is currently unknown if they ever covered a role onstage in this production. This was implemented likely due to COVID-19 precautions and to avoid the TGWDLM debacle of not having coverage in case of illness.