A Christmas Story News

As the chill of winter sets in on the Midwest, it is quickly becoming that time of year where students and faculty both begin to shun the outdoors in favor of staying in their homes.

Your favorite audiophiles' Christmas stockings could burst at the seams this year, as there is a bumper crop of stories, poems, essays, and novels to help them celebrate the holiday season.

Christmas is fast-approaching, and there is no better way to get in the Christmas spirit than to watch movies about Christmas! Snuggle up with a mug of hot cocoa, a candy cane and a plate of Christmas movies and take a break from the holiday... more... The Outdoor Page They'll believe you now! Share your photos at theoutdoorpage.com AP Videos A ...

A Christmas Carol Disney is capitalizing on yet another retelling of Charles Dickens' fable of charity, humanity and redemption.

Each of us likely can recall a special Christmas present from our childhood that consumed our pre-holiday thoughts like no other.

The 1980s were an awesome decade to the be a kid. Growing up, I got to see so many cool movies when they were originally released, and of course I would watch them over and over again at home.

Thwak! A steel nail drives through plywood in a scene shop jammed with wood, metal, paint and the din of workers rushing to construct a childs phantasmagoric memory:Christmastime, 1939.Three weeks.

I would rather lick a frozen flag pole in January than buy my son a gun. By Jennifer Borch, Free Press Columnist * Tuesday, December 8, 2009 It's staring at me from the bulletin board across the kitchen -- pestering me even when my son is not near.

Kansas City Repertory Theatre has extended the run of "A Christmas Story, the Musical!' and declared it the highest-grossing show in the Rep's history.

Adapted by Philip Grecian from Jean Shepherd's memoirs and Bob Clark's film. At Stageloft Repertory Theater, 450A Main St., Sturbridge.

Like many people, I love the 1983 film A Christmas Story , based on the semi-autobiographical short stories and personal essays of Jean Shepherd, and I watch it every year.

When you stop and think about it, there's a lot that's scary about Christmas - the mall crowds, the pressure of finding the perfect gift, the children sitting on strange men's laps.

CenterStage Productions is now presenting "A Christmas Story" through Dec. 13 at the Virginia Samford Theatre.

New World Arts missteps with its current production of "A Christmas Story." Adapted by Philip Grecian from the 1983 film based on the short stories of Hammond native Jean Shepherd, "A Christmas Story" focuses on 9-year-old Ralphie's attempts to get a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas, despite being warned numerous times that "you'll shoot your eye ...

When Charles Dickens gave the world "A Christmas Carol" in 1843, he set the standard for such yarns extremely high.

"You'll shoot your eye out, kid," is the thematic famous line from "A Christmas Story, the Musical!" Buy image now Twenty-one actors, along with directors and assistants, sit in a circle of folding chairs around a table for the first read-through on October 27, 2009.

Waiting in the wings each Christmas season is a familiar trio of entertainment offerings: Dickens' venerable "A Christmas Carol"; Jean Shepherd's "A Christmas Story," with Ralphie yearning for an air rifle; and "Miracle on 34th Street," the 1947 film about Macy's real-life Santa.

PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Kearny High performs classic 'Christmas Story' K earny High School presents an alternative casting of a holiday favorite: Jean Shepherd's "A Christmas Story." The senior play stars Bryannah Fearon as adult Ruth Parker, looking back on her childhood in Homan, Indiana.

Move over Tannenbaum, the leg lamp is back with a vengeance. Douglas firs just don't cut it in "A Christmas Story," where the Old Man's "major award," in all its tacky glory, is by far the most coveted yuletide decoration around.

Skyrocketing Ticket Sales Result in Extension of World Premiere: Officially Repa s Highest-Grossing Show Kansas City, MO - infoZine - Due to public demand for tickets, Eric Rosen, artistic director of Kansas City Repertory Theatre, has extended the run of the theatrea s phenomenal hit A Christmas Story, The Musical!, which Rosen also directed.