{"id":88073,"date":"2017-05-12T18:47:56","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T22:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=88073"},"modified":"2017-05-12T18:47:56","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T22:47:56","slug":"fox-confirms-plans-live-versions-christmas-story-rent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2017\/05\/12\/fox-confirms-plans-live-versions-christmas-story-rent\/","title":{"rendered":"FOX Confirms Plans For Live Versions Of &#8220;A Christmas Story,&#8221; &#8220;Rent&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The network responsible for the successful &#8220;Grease Live&#8221; has just confirmed two new live musical broadcasts.<\/p>\n<p>FOX first announced that it will air &#8220;A Christmas Story: The Musical&#8221; this December.  Marc Platt will executive-produce the three-hour event.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Tolins and Robert Cary will adapt the book for television, while Benj Pasek and Justin Paul will develop &#8220;several new songs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after confirming &#8220;A Christmas Story,&#8221; FOX revealed that it is planning a live version of &#8220;Rent.&#8221;  The project will also involve Platt, who is executive-producing with the estate of Jonathan Larson.<\/p>\n<p>FOX has not yet established a target broadcast date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FOX just announced two upcoming musical events.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1048],"tags":[8986,255,8987],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>FOX Confirms Plans For Live Versions Of &quot;A Christmas Story,&quot; &quot;Rent&quot;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The network responsible for the successful &quot;Grease Live&quot; has just confirmed two new live musical broadcasts. 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