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Rudolph, the Red-Hosed Reindeer – Hell in a Handbag
David Cerda’s popular, gender-bending Christmas entertainment is now in its 20th year. It’s difficult to believe, but times flies when you’re having fun. Hell in a
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A Q Brothers Christmas Carol – Yard @ Shakespeare Theatre
First published in 1843, Charles Dickens’ beloved holiday novella has become a classic, as immortal as the Ghost of Jacob Marley. Influenced by the author’s own
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Elf, the Musical – Paramount Theatre
The Christmas season provides audiences with so many different holiday movies, several that have
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The Minutes – Steppenwolf Theatre
The storm rages outside. Amidst the loud thunder and flickering lights, the rain continues to fall outside. For the moment, all’s quiet within the cavernous town
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It’s a Wonderful Life -American Blues Theatre
What’s undoubtedly the most popular, best-loved holiday movie of all time? Well, here’s a hint: The name George Bailey has become synonymous with Christmas
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The Importance of Being Earnest – Writers Theatre
Can there be a more exquisite comedy in the English language? Populated by some of literature’s most delightfully self-absorbed characters, Oscar Wilde’s comedy
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Sleeping Beauty – Marriott Theatre for Young Audiences
Forget the Grimm Brothers, Charles Perrault or Walt Disney’s fairy tale versions of this story. Marc Robin takes familiar fairy tales and rewrites them for today’s kids.
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Lizzie – Firebrand Theatre
Opening with the familiar sing-song refrain of the childish rhyme, “Lizzie Border took an axe and gave her mother 40 whacks; and when she saw what she had done, she gave her
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The Glass Menagerie – Jedlicka Performing Arts Center
Tennessee Williams’ self-entitled Memory Play launched his career as a respected playwright. It
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Fade – Teatro Vista and Victory Gardens
Tanya Saracho, cofounder of Teatro Luna and a Victory Gardens ensemble playwright, maintains that her 2013 play isn’t about her own life. This, despite the fact
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