A CHRISTMAS CAROLE KING
Saturday, December 14th, 2019
No matter how many A Christmas Carols you’ve had to sit through in your life, you won’t want to miss Troubadour Theater Company’s jukebox-musical extravaganza A Christmas Carole King because (as any L.A. theater fan will tell you) when the Troubies do a holiday show, it’s by definition the most must-see of must-sees.
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WE THREE SISTERS
Friday, December 13th, 2019
Anton Chekhov’s Olga, Masha, and Irina return to life as squabbling 21-century siblings in Mina Bloom and Leland Frankel’s absorbing song cycle We Three Sisters, a Method & Madness Theatre Co. gem playing now through Sunday at Thymele Arts.
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MATTHEW BOURNE’S SWAN LAKE
Wednesday, December 11th, 2019
Choreographer extraordinaire Matthew Bourne returns to the Ahmanson with his thrillingly original take on Swan Lake, the Tchaikovsky ballet that first put Bourne’s name on the dance map in the 1990s with its stageful of bare-chested male swans and the handsome prince who found himself smitten with their seductive leader.
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SANTASIA – A HOLIDAY COMEDY
Monday, December 9th, 2019
L.A.’s most popular year-end comedy extravaganza since the year 2000, Santasia – A Holiday Comedy is back for even more December magic in 2019, making this year’s collection of wacky Benny Hill-like skits, SNL-ready videos, Broadway-parodying production numbers, nostalgic recollections of Christmases past, and a whole lot of drag (rated R-for-language and H-for-heart) even more of a must-see.
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EVERY CHRISTMAS STORY EVER TOLD (AND THEN SOME!)
Sunday, December 8th, 2019
If the holiday blues have got you down and laughter’s what you need to perk you up, look no further than Sierra Madre Playhouse’s latest, Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!).
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HOLIDAY INN
Saturday, December 7th, 2019
Long Beach is the place be for Golden Era Hollywood-style holiday entertainment this week and next as Musical Theatre West offers L.A. audiences their very first look at the 2016 Broadway crowd-pleaser Holiday Inn.
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PETER PAN AND TINKER BELL – A PIRATES CHRISTMAS
Friday, December 6th, 2019
Laguna Playhouse welcomes Peter Pan And Tinker Bell – A Pirates Christmas for its fifth-annual foray into the magical, mirthful, melodious world of what the Brits call Panto.
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LOVE ACTUALLY LIVE
Thursday, December 5th, 2019
Love Actually Live is back, and even if you were fortunate enough to savor its every magical musical minute last Christmas at The Wallis, a cast that’s two-thirds new for 2019 makes this year’s reincarnation that much more of a holiday must-see.
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