‘A Christmas Story: The Play’ Onstage at The Public (Fri., 12/12/25)

A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE PLAY (comedy) by Philip Grecian, adapted from the film and story by Jean Shepherd and others. Pittsburgh Public Theater. Through December 21.

Chances are, if you’re not familiar with the classic film about little Ralphie Parker whose holiday memories of freezing his tongue to a lamppost, witnessing his father’s obsession for roast turkey, or hoping against all hope (lest he shoot his eye out) to find that Red Ryder BB gun under the Christmas tree, you’ll want to attend any of dozens of other holiday events. But wait; Pittsburgh Public Theater’s production of A Christmas Story is returning to the O’Reilly Theater for the fourth time this December. So you know it’s got to be a Pittsburgh favorite. With a splendid cast and a setting reminiscent of small-town America when the biggest boxed stores were called Higbee’s, A Christmas Story is a sweet and sentimental journey of American values years ago. Pittsburgh Public Theater tickets go faster than a slide in Santa-land. 8 p.m. 621 Penn Ave., Cultural District. (C.P.O.)

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