New song written by Tony Award and Academy Award winners Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
3-hour musical event airs live Sunday, Dec. 17, on FOX
Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) and Warner Horizon announced Wednesday that singer/songwriter Bebe Rexha will open "A Christmas Story Live!" with a performance of the new song "Count on Christmas." The song was written specifically for the live musical event by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, Tony Award winners for the musical "Dear Evan Hansen," and lyricists of "La La Land's" Academy Award-winning song, "City of Stars." Pasek and Paul also composed "A Christmas Story: The Musical."
"A Christmas Story Live!" airs Sunday, Dec. 17 (7-10 ET live/PT tape-delayed), on FOX.
Rexha joins previously announced cast members Maya Rudolph, Matthew Broderick, Jane Krakowski, Chris Diamantopoulos, Ana Gasteyer, David Alan Grier, Ken Jeong, newcomer Andy Walken and PRETTYMUCH, who will perform as the Hohman Indiana carolers.
