LOSANGELES, CA — Chriskirkpatrickmas: A Boy Band Christmas Musical makes its world premiere this June as part of the 2022 Hollywood Fringe Festival.
Written by Valen Shore and Alison Zatta, Chriskirkpatrickmas is a parody mashup of holiday classics A Christmas Carol and It’s A Wonderful Life, set on Christmas Eve 2009 when Chris Kirkpatrick from *NSYNC has a big decision to make. The musical comedy features nine original songs composed by Shore, with book and lyrics co-written by Shore and Zatta.
“We both grew up during the boy band era and have been working in the entertainment industry for over a decade, with all the ups and downs that entails. Chriskirkpatrickmas isn’t just a story about *NSYNC (though there’s definitely a lot of *NSYNC in it!) — it’s also a story about identity and what might happen on the other side of a dream come true. And it’s a comedic love letter to the real-life Chris Kirkpatrick, without whom there would be no *NSYNC.”
