Fans of the holiday favorite "A Christmas Story," take note: A live version of the beloved film will air December 17, starring Matthew Broderick and Maya Rudolph!
Live TV productions of favorite musicals have become a bit of a holiday tradition in recent years, starting with NBC's 2013 presentation of "The Sound of Music." Others followed every December after that, but with NBC's decision to take a hiatus in 2017, FOX is swooping in with "A Christmas Story Live!", inspired by the 1983 classic movie and the Broadway production “A Christmas Story: The Musical.” [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=lfOfMFqocnE[/embed]
The three-hour live television event will air Sunday, December 17, (7 p.m. ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX. It will feature several new songs by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, the same composers who wrote the score to the Tony Award-nominated “A Christmas Story: The Musical” on Broadway.
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Several big actors will be a part of the production, including Maya Rudolph ("Saturday Night Live") starring as Ralphie's mom, Matthew Broderick ("The Producers") as the grown-up Ralphie and story's narrator, Ana Gasteyer ("Saturday Night Live"), and Jane Krakowski ("30 Rock"), among others.
For more information, head to FOX's website!
Will you be tuning in for "A Christmas Story LIVE"? What's your favorite Christmas movie? What musical do you wish TV studios would do a live production of? Tell us in the comments!
The plot of the endearing holiday classic is simple:
All Ralphie wants for Christmas is a BB gun, and in the weeks leading up to December 25, Ralphie and his friends get into all kinds of trouble — including run-ins with a bully, getting his tongue stuck to a flagpole, and more," Playbill explains.From his dad's obsession with the "fragile" iconic leg lamp to the neighbors' crazy turkey-devouring dogs, this snapshot into the life of a circa-1950s dysfunctional family is highly entertaining! [caption id="attachment_26899" align="aligncenter" width="300"]
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Several big actors will be a part of the production, including Maya Rudolph ("Saturday Night Live") starring as Ralphie's mom, Matthew Broderick ("The Producers") as the grown-up Ralphie and story's narrator, Ana Gasteyer ("Saturday Night Live"), and Jane Krakowski ("30 Rock"), among others.
For more information, head to FOX's website!
