A Christmas Story December 5, 2009

A Christmas Story By Phillip GrecianBased on the motion picture A Christmas Story by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, and Bob ClarkHumorist Jean Shepherd's memoir of growing up in the Midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his unflappable campaign to get Santa (or anyone else) to give him a Red Ryder carbine-action, 200 shot range-model air rifle. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher and even Santa Claus himself, at Goldblatt's Department Store. The consistent response: "You'll shoot your eye out." All the elements from the beloved motion picture are here, including the family's temperamental exploding furnace; Scut Farkas, the school bully; the boys' experiment with a wet tongue on a cold lamppost; the Little Orphan Annie decoder pin; Ralphie's father winning a lamp shaped like a woman's leg in a net stocking; Ralphie's fantasy scenarios and more. This irresistible piece of Americana is a cult classic and is guaranteed to warm the heart and tickle the funny bone.Novermber 21December 19, 2009Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays - 6.30 pmFridays - 7.30 pmSaturdays - 2.30 and 7.30 pmLocation: TPAC's Andrew Johnson Theater, 505 Deaderick Street, Nashville, TNSubscriptions start at $100