Pasek & Paul - A CHRISTMAS STORY to Return to Broadway in December, New Disney Musical, and More in the Works?

Speaking on tonight's Tonys red carpet, composing team Benj Pasek and Justin Paul revealed that they are writing an original musical to be directed by Michael Greif, as well as crafting a new stage musical for Disney. The duo is nominated tonight for Best Score for A Christmas Story - The Musical, which they say has hopes of returning to Broadway -- or at least New York -- every year for the holiday season.

Pasek & Paul's works include: Dogfight (Second Stage Theatre, dir. Joe Mantello, chor. Christopher Gattelli), James and the Giant Peach (Kennedy Center's New Visions/New Voices, Goodspeed Musicals, dir. Graciela Daniele, chor. Pilobolus), Edges (licensed by Music Theatre International, 200+ productions worldwide including South Korea, Australia, China, South Africa, the Philippines, Denmark and more), Sesame Street, Johnny & the Sprites (Disney TV series), Duck for President and If You Give a Pig a Pancake(Theatreworks USA) and a new musical with playwright Steven Levenson. Their songs can be heard on the upcoming season of NBC's hit series Smash. Honors include: 2011 Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theatre from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2011 Sundance Institute Fellowship, 2011 ASCAP Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award, 2011 ASCAP Songwriters Fellowship Award, 2007-2008 Dramatists Guild Fellowship, 2007 Jonathan Larson Award, Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project, Dramatist Magazine's "50 to Watch." BFA, University of Michigan, Musical Theatre.

With A CHRISTMAS STORY, the story from a cherished movie classic that's enchanted millions is now a musical spectacular. In 1940's Indiana, a bespectacled boy named Ralphie has a big imagination and one wish for Christmas-a Red Ryder BB Gun. A kooky leg lamp, outrageous pink bunny pajamas, a cranky department store Santa, and a triple-dog-dare to lick a freezing flagpole are just a few of the obstacles that stand between Ralphie and his Christmas dream. Co-produced by the film's original Ralphie, Peter Billingsley, A Christmas Story, The Musical is holiday entertainment that captures a simpler time in America with delicious wit and a heart of gold.