A CHRISTMAS STORY
Thursday, December 20th, 2018
Ralphie Parker’s back for a second December at the Sierra Madre Playhouse, still wishing and hoping to find a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle BB gun under the tree, still providing audiences of all with A Christmas Story sure to both touch the heart and tickle the funny bone.
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THE ADDAMS FAMILY
Monday, October 29th, 2018
Candlelight Pavilion Dinner Theatre welcomes the ghosts-and-goblins season with the creepy, kooky, mysterious, and spooky clan known as The Addams Family, providing Southland audiences with the snap-snappiest Halloween entertainment in town.
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THE GIN GAME
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018
Real-life marrieds Alan Blumenfeld and Katherine James give bravura performances as a pair of nursing home residents for whom a simple game of cards could spell either an end to solitude or a continuation of a lifetime of loneliness in Sierra Madre Playhouse’s pitch-perfect revival of D.L. Coburn’s 1978 Pulitzer Prize winner The Gin Game.
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THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
Thursday, September 27th, 2018
Cassandra Marie Murphy and Caleb Shaw are sheer perfection as the star-crossed lovers of The Bridges Of Madison County, bringing composer-lyricist Jason Robert Brown’s and book writer Marsha Norman’s exquisite take on Robert James Waller’s novel to soaringly romantic life in an all too brief, just concluded three-performance-only Inland Valley Repertory Theatre run at Candlelight Pavilion.
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BONNIE & CLYDE
Monday, September 24th, 2018
Candlelight Pavilion Dinner Theater makes a Broadway buff’s dreams come true with L.A.’s first major professional production of the Tony-nominated Bonnie & Clyde since its 2011 debut, not only one of Candlelight’s very best ever but one that more than merits being called “Broadway caliber all the way.”
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DISNEY THE LITTLE MERMAID
Monday, July 30th, 2018
An all-around splendid cast, inspired direction, delightful choreography, and an absolutely gorgeous production design combine to make Disney The Little Mermaid one of Candlelight Pavilion’s best productions ever.
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PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES
Sunday, June 24th, 2018
The roadside joint’s a jumpin’ just a whoop-and-a-holler east of Pasadena as the Sierra Madre Playhouse treats audiences to the infectiously entertaining Pump Boys And Dinettes.
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LEGALLY BLONDE
Sunday, June 17th, 2018
Rising musical theater star Callandra Olivia is a pretty-in-pink Harvard Law School stunner as Elle Woods in Candlelight Pavilion’s irresistible big-stage production of the 2007 Hollywood-to-Broadway hit Legally Blonde.
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