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Alexander, Martin Haunt 'Carol'
Fri Mar 12, 1:58 AM ET
By Nellie Andreeva
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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Jason Alexander and Jesse L. Martin are set to co-star opposite Kelsey Grammer in "A Christmas Carol," an NBC musical based on the stage production at Madison Square Garden.
Director Arthur Allan Seidelman (Broadway's "Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks") has come on board to shoot the Hallmark Entertainment-produced take on the classic Charles Dickens classic which stars Grammer as Ebenezer Scrooge.
Alexander will play Scrooge's dead business partner Marley, whose ghost visits Scrooge on Christmas Eve. Martin will play the Ghost of Christmas Present.
Filming on the project is scheduled to begin in June in Budapest, Hungary, for a November premiere.
Alexander recently wrapped a starring turn in the Los Angeles production of "The Producers" and toplined CBS' untitled comedy pilot about a sports writer which is in contention for fall.
Martin, who stars as Detective Ed Green on NBC's drama "Law & Order," also is in talks to appear in the Broadway production of "The Color Purple." The actor's credits also include Fox's "Ally McBeal" and the Broadway play "Rent."
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
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