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Meet the kids who got cast in A Christmas Story
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Five Chicago kids made the cut for the tour of A Christmas Story, the Musical. Here is a bit of info on each of them
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John Francis Babbo
Age: 11
Hometown: River Forest
Role: Bully-toadie Grover Dill
Parents: Thomas and Heidi
School: Fifth-grader at Roosevelt Middle School
Where you may have seen him: As Tiny Tim in "A Christmas Carol" at Goodman Theatre
Favorite numbers: "Ralphie to the Rescue," a yee-haw number where the kids gallop on stick horses, and "When You're a Wimp." As Grover Dill, "I do a bullying routine and throw snowballs. We throw a paper towel wrapped in tape in rehearsals."
