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A Christmas Story Live! Airs Tonight

The musical stars Maya Rudolph and Matthew Broderick.

Chris Diamantopoulos, Maya Rudolph, Andy Walken and Tyler Wladis in a promotional image for A Christmas Story Live!
Chris Diamantopoulos, Maya Rudolph, Andy Walken, and Tyler Wladis in a promotional image for A Christmas Story Live!
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Fox's A Christmas Story Live! hits the airwaves tonight, December 17, beginning at 7pm.

The three-hour live television event is inspired by the holiday classic feature A Christmas Story and Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Joseph Robinette's Tony Award-nominated Broadway production A Christmas Story: The Musical. It is directed and executive-produced by Scott Ellis and Alex Rudzinski. Marc Platt and Adam Siegel will executive-produce, with Jonathan Tolins and Robert Cary serving as coexecutive producers and writers.

The company includes Andy Walken as Ralphie, Maya Rudolph as Ralphie's mother, Matthew Broderick as the narrator, Jane Krakowski as Miss Shields, Ana Gasteyer as Mrs. Schwartz, Chris Diamantopoulos as the Old Man, Ken Jeong as both a Christmas tree salesman and a restaurant owner, and David Alan Grier as Santa Claus. The band PrettyMuch will appear as the Hohman, Indiana carolers.

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