A Christmas Story Live! (2017)

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A Christmas Story Live! aired December 17, 2017, and was inspired by the holiday classic feature “A Christmas Story” and the Tony Award-nominated Broadway production “A Christmas Story: The Musical.” Marc Platt (“Grease: Live,” “La La Land,” “Wicked”) and Adam Siegel (“Grease: Live”) executive-produced, while Jonathan Tolins and Robert Cary (“Grease: Live,” “Anything but Love,” “Ira & Abby”) servied as co-executive producers and writers. Scott Ellis (the 2016 Broadway revival of “She Loves Me,” “Weeds”) was an executive producer and served as the director overseeing the stage direction. Alex Rudzinski (“Grease: Live,” “Dancing with the Stars”) was an executive producer and served as the live television director. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (“Dear Evan Hansen,” “La La Land”), who composed the original score to “A Christmas Story: The Musical,” composed several new songs for the live television event.