Ep. 173 - Chris Carsten "A Christmas Story: The Musical"

A Christmas Story, The Musical, based on the 1983 movie, is playing at the Ahmanson Theatre in a newly expanded production mounted for Los Angeles. It runs until December 31. The musical, which is about young Ralphie Parker’s childhood in 1940s Indiana as he tries to get an official Red Ryder toy BB gun for Christmas, opened on Broadway in 2012. It has a score by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, the Tony- and Oscar-winning songwriting team of Dear Evan Hansen and La La Land, and a book by Joseph Robinette. Chris Carsten, who has previously toured in musicals such as Legally Blonde and My Fair Lady, plays Jean Shepard in A Christmas Story.