North Bay Stage and Screen: Review: “A Christmas Story: the Musical” in Santa Rosa
North Bay Stage and Screen
December 5, 2025
by Cari Lynn Pace
The holiday spirit charms and shines in 6th Street Playhouse’s A Christmas Story: The Musical.
Fans of the classic 1983 Christmas movie will delight in this live stage production with an added musical score by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. The musical pieces enhance the nostalgia and heartfelt humor of the story set in the 1940’s without losing the original’s momentum or warmth.
The clever set, co-designed by Peter Crompton and Aissa Simbulan, seamlessly moves actors from kitchen to bedroom to classroom to the department store Santa’s slide. Sixteen songs move the action along, under musical direction of Les Pfutzenreuter and quick choreography by Malia Abayon.