In Joseph Robinette's amusing book, faithful to the incidents in the film, and especially in Benj Pasek and Justin Paul's sprightly score, the show tells its simple story with agreeable directness, nostalgia and the right light touch. Apart from Ralphie's schemes to acquire his present, most action and humor derive from his eccentric father ("The Old Man"), who despite his overinflated estimation of his intellectual…
SOURCE: Houston Chronicle at 10:42AM on December 11, 2015