'A Christmas Story': The songwriters' story
Behind the scenes, the show's heroes are Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, the up-and-coming songwriting team most responsible for the property's successful transition from beloved Christmas movie to Broadway musical. [...] why shouldn't it make a musical - provided the writers could come up with songs that expressed the right points at the right moments, with the proper tone for the tale's nostalgia-drenched perspective.…