A Christmas Story: The Musical

E800212

stage musical

A Christmas Story: The Musical is a stage adaptation of the classic 1983 holiday film, featuring a nostalgic, family-friendly score and book that bring Ralphie Parker’s quest for a Red Ryder BB gun to Broadway-style life.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
A Christmas Story	5
A Christmas Story: The Musical canonical	2
A Christmas Story Live!	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9471183 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: A Christmas Story: The Musical
Context triple: [Benj Pasek, notableWork, A Christmas Story: The Musical]

A. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical is a stage adaptation of Dr. Seuss's classic holiday story featuring songs, colorful sets, and the iconic character of the Grinch.
B. The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story is a 1971 television film that served as the pilot for the beloved family series The Waltons, depicting a rural Virginia family's Christmas during the Great Depression.
C. The Night They Saved Christmas
The Night They Saved Christmas is a 1984 family fantasy television film about a family that helps Santa Claus save his North Pole operation from being destroyed by oil drilling.
D. Home for Christmas
Home for Christmas is *NSYNC’s popular holiday studio album featuring a mix of original Christmas songs and festive pop ballads.
E. A Holly Jolly Christmas
"A Holly Jolly Christmas" is a popular mid-20th-century Christmas song, widely associated with Burl Ives’s recordings and now considered a holiday standard.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: A Christmas Story: The Musical
Target entity description: A Christmas Story: The Musical is a stage adaptation of the classic 1983 holiday film, featuring a nostalgic, family-friendly score and book that bring Ralphie Parker’s quest for a Red Ryder BB gun to Broadway-style life.

A. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical is a stage adaptation of Dr. Seuss's classic holiday story featuring songs, colorful sets, and the iconic character of the Grinch.
B. The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story is a 1971 television film that served as the pilot for the beloved family series The Waltons, depicting a rural Virginia family's Christmas during the Great Depression.
C. The Night They Saved Christmas
The Night They Saved Christmas is a 1984 family fantasy television film about a family that helps Santa Claus save his North Pole operation from being destroyed by oil drilling.
D. Home for Christmas
Home for Christmas is *NSYNC’s popular holiday studio album featuring a mix of original Christmas songs and festive pop ballads.
E. A Holly Jolly Christmas
"A Holly Jolly Christmas" is a popular mid-20th-century Christmas song, widely associated with Burl Ives’s recordings and now considered a holiday standard.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	stage musical ⓘ
adaptationOf	Christmas film ⓘ
basedOn	A Christmas Story (1983 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash NERFINISHED ⓘ
bookBy	Joseph Robinette NERFINISHED ⓘ
broadwayCity	New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
broadwayDebutYear	2012 ⓘ
broadwayVenue	Lunt-Fontanne Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralPlotElement	Ralphie Parker’s quest for a Red Ryder BB gun ⓘ
composer	Benj Pasek NERFINISHED ⓘ Justin Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
featuresCharacter	Mother Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralphie Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ Randy Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ Santa Claus NERFINISHED ⓘ Scut Farkus NERFINISHED ⓘ The Old Man NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGenre	family musical ⓘ holiday musical ⓘ musical comedy ⓘ
hasTheme	family bonds ⓘ wish fulfillment ⓘ
includesMotive	family life ⓘ holiday traditions ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricist	Benj Pasek NERFINISHED ⓘ Justin Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableProp	Red Ryder Carbine-Action 200-Shot Range Model Air Rifle NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableSong	A Kid at Christmas NERFINISHED ⓘ It All Comes Down to Christmas NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralphie to the Rescue NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Ryder Carbine-Action BB Gun NERFINISHED ⓘ Sticky Situation NERFINISHED ⓘ When You’re a Wimp NERFINISHED ⓘ You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out NERFINISHED ⓘ
premiereLocation	Kansas City, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ
premiereVenue	Kansas City Repertory Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
premiereYear	2009 ⓘ
productionType	Broadway musical ⓘ
settingLocation	Hohman, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingTime	1940s ⓘ
subjectMatter	American middle-class family ⓘ Christmas NERFINISHED ⓘ childhood ⓘ
targetAudience	families ⓘ general audiences ⓘ
tone	family-friendly ⓘ humorous ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Benj Pasek → notableWork → A Christmas Story: The Musical ⓘ

Justin Paul → notableWork → A Christmas Story: The Musical ⓘ

Rachel Bay Jones → performedIn → A Christmas Story: The Musical ⓘ

this entity surface form: A Christmas Story Live!

Scott Schwartz → notableWork → A Christmas Story: The Musical ⓘ