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A live broadcast of the Broadway musical "A Christmas Story".A live broadcast of the Broadway musical "A Christmas Story".A live broadcast of the Broadway musical "A Christmas Story".
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 4 nominations total
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I don't why this has gotten so negatively received, I absolutely loved it. I loved the musical numbers, the actors, the set design.
Anyone writing anything positive about this is writing on behalf of the production team or the pr people. Even the scenes are set wrong. Go back to basic remake 101. You don't make a classic better you enhance what it was / update it. Should of kept it close to the original as possible. Worst show I've ever seen do not recommend it even if your deaf and blind.
First then good. The actors for the father and teacher did quite a good job and obviously have had extensive stage experience. The costumes were accurate and some of the characters looked very much like the original movie.
The bad. The rest of the cast would appear to have never seen a musical let alone sing in one. I have been to a lot of musicals and often there is a guest star who does a passable job in a role while the rest of the cast is superb. This was quite the opposite. There were new scenes and almost unrecognizable old ones, but the worst was the butchering of the funniest scene in the movie just to make the restaurant scene politically correct.
This will not become a classic like the original movie. Will have to watch the movie to erase the thoughts of this one.
The bad. The rest of the cast would appear to have never seen a musical let alone sing in one. I have been to a lot of musicals and often there is a guest star who does a passable job in a role while the rest of the cast is superb. This was quite the opposite. There were new scenes and almost unrecognizable old ones, but the worst was the butchering of the funniest scene in the movie just to make the restaurant scene politically correct.
This will not become a classic like the original movie. Will have to watch the movie to erase the thoughts of this one.
But this was by far the worst. Many remakes of classical movies have been made and did very well. This on the other hand had scenes that never took place or were far off from the actually movie. Can't call yourself the Christmas story live if you don't plan on being somewhat clos to resembling the actual classic movie. The acting was mediocre at best and the so called singing could of used some professional help. Very disappointed and do not recommend anyone watching this. The production crew should be fired and never allowed to produce anything ever again.
I truly love the Christmas story movie. This was the worst version / broadway show of it ever. They truly ruined it in a single night and I was looking forward to a new version of it. This is not a musical it's a classic. Should of stuck to the basics and made it right. Completely horrible don't wast your time watching.
Did you know
- Trivia'A Christmas Story Live!' was filmed on the Gilmore Girls set. You can recognize the iconic town square and where Kims' Antiques was.
- GoofsYou can see Flick's tongue come off the flagpole a couple of times.
- Quotes
[after the Chinese Restaurant waiters' surprisingly beautiful performance of "Deck the Halls"]
Old Man Parker: I wasn't expecting that.
Chinese Restaurant Owner: What were you expecting?
Old Man Parker: ...I don't know.
- Crazy creditsThe credits started with all the actors coming out starting with the students and ending with the major characters as Bebe Rexha's "Count on Christmas" played again. Then while the actual end credits run as an instrumental version of "It All Comes Down to Christmas" plays, the cast and crew celebrated the end of the production, plus some behind the scenes footage is shown.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Nostalgia Critic: A Christmas Story Live (2018)
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