{"id":128,"date":"2015-07-30T21:58:41","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T21:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.achristmasstoryontour.com\/?page_id=128"},"modified":"2017-10-06T18:35:01","modified_gmt":"2017-10-06T18:35:01","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.achristmasstoryontour.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cI WAS DAZZLED. <\/strong><strong>YOU\u2019D HAVE TO HAVE A GRINCH-SIZE <\/strong><strong>HEART\u00a0<\/strong><strong>NOT TO FEEL A SMILE SPREADING ACROSS YOUR FACE.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.achristmasstoryontour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/the-new-york-times-logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-512 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.achristmasstoryontour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/the-new-york-times-logo-300x54.jpg\" alt=\"the-new-york-times-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.achristmasstoryontour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/the-new-york-times-logo-300x54.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.achristmasstoryontour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/the-new-york-times-logo-768x139.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.achristmasstoryontour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/the-new-york-times-logo-1024x186.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.achristmasstoryontour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/the-new-york-times-logo-100x18.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.achristmasstoryontour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/the-new-york-times-logo-864x157.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-227 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.achristmasstoryontour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/5.jpg\" alt=\"5\" width=\"422\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.achristmasstoryontour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/5.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.achristmasstoryontour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/5-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.achristmasstoryontour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/5-100x76.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.achristmasstoryontour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/5-864x653.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From the songwriting team behind the smash-hit Tony Award-winning musical\u00a0<em>Dear Evan Hansen\u00a0<\/em>and the Academy Award-winning film\u00a0<em>La La Land,<\/em>\u00a0<strong>A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL,<\/strong><em>\u00a0<\/em>brings the classic 1983 movie to hilarious life on stage!<\/p>\n<p>Following a successful Broadway run\u00a0garnering\u00a0three 2013 Tony Award\u00a0nominations including BEST MUSICAL, BEST\u00a0BOOK OF A MUSICAL (Joseph Robinette) and BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (Benj Pasek and Justin Paul), along with six Drama Desk nominations, and two Outer Critics Circle nominations,\u00a0<strong>A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL\u00a0<\/strong>returns as a National Tour\u00a0for yet another\u00a0year!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Based on the perennial holiday movie favorite,\u00a0<strong>\u00a0A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL<\/strong>\u00a0chronicles\u00a0young and bespectacled Ralphie Parker as he schemes his way toward the holiday gift of his dreams, an official Red Ryder\u00ae\u00a0Carbine-Action 200-Shot Range Model Air Rifle\u00a0(\u201cYou\u2019ll shoot your eye out kid!\u201d).\u00a0 An infamous leg lamp, outrageous pink bunny pajamas, a maniacal department store Santa, and a triple-dog-dare to lick a freezing flagpole are just a few of the distractions that stand between Ralphie and his Christmas wish.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-228 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.achristmasstoryontour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/6.jpg\" alt=\"6\" width=\"449\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.achristmasstoryontour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/6.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.achristmasstoryontour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/6-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.achristmasstoryontour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/6-100x76.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.achristmasstoryontour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/6-864x653.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; background: white;\">Hailed by\u00a0<i>The Associated Press\u00a0<\/i>as \u201ca joyous Christmas miracle,\u201d\u00a0<i>The New York Times<\/i>\u00a0writes \u201cI was dazzled. You\u2019d have to have a Grinch-sized heart not to feel a smile spreading across your face.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;\">A\u00a0CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;\">\u00a0is a triple-dog-dare of a good time and it is sure to warm your heart this holiday season!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-465 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.achristmasstoryontour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/dogs-e1473531236190-300x266.jpg\" alt=\"dogs\" width=\"224\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.achristmasstoryontour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/dogs-e1473531236190-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.achristmasstoryontour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/dogs-e1473531236190-768x680.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.achristmasstoryontour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/dogs-e1473531236190-1024x906.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.achristmasstoryontour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/dogs-e1473531236190-100x89.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.achristmasstoryontour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/dogs-e1473531236190-864x765.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> \u201cI WAS DAZZLED. YOU\u2019D HAVE TO HAVE A GRINCH-SIZE HEART\u00a0NOT TO FEEL A SMILE SPREADING ACROSS YOUR FACE.\u201d From the songwriting team behind the smash-hit Tony Award-winning musical\u00a0Dear Evan Hansen\u00a0and the Academy Award-winning film\u00a0La La Land,\u00a0A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL,\u00a0brings the classic 1983 movie to hilarious life on stage! 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