'A Christmas Story: The Musical' Doesn't Need to Sing but You Don't Mind
“A Christmas Story: The Musical” is yet one more attempt to mine Broadway dollars out of a popular holiday tale. There’s really no reason that the largely narrative-free 1983 MGM film, based on a collection of short stories by humorist Jean Shepherd called “In God We Trust; All Others Pay Cash,” needs to be a musical. But apparently today’s audiences are entranced by the comforting…