The latest Christmas-themed musical to puff snowflakes around the ... David L. Arsenault’s set design goes for simple old-world charm but isn’t very effective. A starry night backdrop is ...

Happily, the stage version lightens up a little on the cute, smart-alecky asides…making room for the music and allowing the story mostly to speak for itself… “A Christmas Story” features a ...

But the show’s musical moments, which make up the bulk of its 50-minute runtime, feature set design that embraces ... videos than any narrative story. A Nonsense Christmas straddles this time ...