In the lead role, Butler has a folksy charm, playing Ralph as a regular guy piecing together a memory in real time. But his constant presence — and a few stumbles in the performance I attended — can ...

If there is a Christmas-themed story, film, play, musical, or drama that packs heartfelt familial feeling, spot-on nostalgia, raucous humor, recognizable childhood experience and relatable sentiment ...

The latest Christmas-themed musical to puff snowflakes around the stage of the Goodspeed Opera House is “A Christmas Story,” the 2009 play based on the 1983 movie that’s broadcast about a zillion ...