A Christmas Story: The Musical

A Christmas Story: The Musical is a stage musical version of the 1983 film A Christmas Story. The musical has music and lyrics written by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul and the book by Joseph Robinette. The musical takes place in the 1940s in Indiana and focuses on a child named Ralphie, who wants a Red Ryder BB Gun for Christmas.

A Christmas Story
The Musical
MusicJustin Paul
LyricsBenj Pasek
BookJoseph Robinette
BasisA Christmas Story
by Jean Shepherd
Leigh Brown
Bob Clark
Productions2009 Kansas City, Missouri
2010 Seattle, Washington
2011 National tour
2012 Broadway
2013-2021 National tours
2017 Live television

After numerous regional productions, out of town tryouts and national tours, this version of the musical originally officially opened on Broadway in November 2012 at the Lunt Fontanne Theatre for a limited engagement that ran through December.

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