2013 Holiday Shows For Your Merry Entertainment!

HOLIDAY SHOW LISTING (Updated):

Looking for a way to get into the holiday spirit? Check out this list of options to help you have a festive month and bookmark this page for handy reference. From Los Angeles to San Diego, Ventura to Riverside, you're sure to find just the right way to celebrate the season! (To be updated with new shows as announced).

Musicals/Plays/Stage Shows/Events

*30 MM: Home Alone and The Holiday Mashup
December 6 - 22
Hudson Backstage Theatre
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/513439

*54th Annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration
December 24 (3 - 6 pm)
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion @ the Music Center
www.HolidayCelebration.org FREE

*A Broadway Christmas
December 7
NoHo Arts Center
http://globaltruthcenter.org/calendar-of-events?task=view_event&event_id=220

*A Christmas Carol
December 7 - 22
A Noise Within
www.anoisewithin.org

*A Christmas Carol
November 30 - December 22
Zombie Joe's Underground Theatre Group
http://zombiejoes.tix.com/Schedule.aspx?OrgNum=4552

*A Christmas Carol
November 29 - December 24
Glendale Centre Theatre
www.glendalecentretheatre.com

*A Christmas Carol
December 7 - 15
Lewis Family Playhouse
www.lewisfamilyplayhouse.com

*A Christmas Carol
December 20 - 22
Long Beach Shakespeare Company
www.lewisfamilyplayhouse.com

*A Christmas Carol
Sierra Madre Playhouse
Nov. 29- Dec. 23
www.sierramadreplayhouse.org

*A Christmas Carol
November 30 - December 27
South Coast Repertory
www.scr.org/calendar/view?id=6337

*A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens
December 8 - 29
Kirk Douglas Theatre
www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/A-Christmas-Carol-Twist-Your-Dickens/

*A Christmas Carol with Charles Dickens
December 5 - 22
Independent Shakespeare Co.
www.iscla.org

*A Christmas Memory
December 3 - 29
Laguna Playhouse
www.lagunaplayhouse.com

*A Rubicon Family Christmas
November 29 - December 8
Rubicon Theatre, Ventura
www.rubicontheatre.org

*A Sinatra Christmas
November 29 - December 29
Encore Dinner Theatre
http://encoredinnertheatre.com/shows/a-sinatra-christmas/

*A Snowman's Chance In Hell and Other Heartwarming Humbugs
December 6 - 29
The Mirror Theatre Company
www.mirrortheaterco.com

*A Tuna Christmas
December 6 - 15
Actors Co-op
http://actorsco-op.org/

*Aladdin and His Winter Wish
December 11 - 29
Pasadena Playhouse
www.pasadenaplayhouse.org

*Babes in Toyland for Toddlers
November 30 - January 4
Creating Arts Company, Miles Playhouse
www.creatingarts.org

*Because It's Christmas
November 30 - December 28
Candlelight Pavilion
www.candlelightpavilion.com

*Bob's Holiday Office Party
Pico Playhouse
Dec.4- Dec. 22
www.brownpapertickets.com/event/467753

*Christmas 2
November 23 - December 22
SkyPilot Theatre Company
http://skypilottheatre.com/

*Christmas Is...
December 7 - 21
Haugh Performing Arts Center
http://tickets.haughpac.com/single/EventDetail.aspx?p=624

*Downtown Culver City Holiday Tree Lighting Celebration
December 5
Downtown Culver City in Town Plaza
www.downtownculvercity.com

*Downtown Culver City's Third Wednesday
Neighborhood-Wide "Holiday" Happy Hour
December 18 (5 - 9 pm)
www.downtownculvercity.com FREE

*Dr. Pinch's Holiday Spectacular
December 15
Independent Shakespeare Co.
www.iscla.org

*Dysfunctional Family Christmas
November 30 - December 21
BrickHouse Theatre
www.christmasfarce.com

*Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and Then Some)
November 8 - December 14
Little Fish Theatre
www.littlefishtheatre.org

*Fezziwig's Festive Holiday Tea
December 8
A Noise Within
www.ANoiseWithin.org

*Fiesta Navidad
December 15
Caminos Flamencos at The Fountain Theatre
www.fountaintheatre.com

*Fiesta Navideñas: A Mexican Holiday Spectacular
December 21
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
www.lamiradatheatre.com/posada.htm

*Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings
December 7 - 22
Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center
www.simi-arts.org

*Holiday Spectacular
November 9, 2013 - January 5, 2014
Bob Baker Marionette Theater
http://bobbakermarionettes.com/

*Irving Berlin's White Christmas
December 6 - 15, 2013
Norris Center for the Performing Arts
http://norriscenter.com/

*It's a Wonderful Life
November 29 - December 22
Canyon Theatre Guild
http://canyontheatre.org/

*It's a Wonderful Life, A Live Radio Play
December 6 - 15
LAPC Theatre
http://info.piercecollege.edu/theater/

*It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
November 8 - December 14
Kentwood Players
www.kentwoodplayers.org

It's a Wonderful Life - a live radio play
November 29 - December 29
STAGEStheatre
www.stagesoc.org/

*KAWL Presents It's a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play for the Stage
December 5 - 21
Theatre Unleashed at The Belfry Stage
www.theatreunleashed.com

*La Virgen De Guadulupe, Dios Inantzin
December 4 - 5
LATC at Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
www.thelatc.org

*Ladybird
December 7 - 15
24th STreet Theatre's Teatro del Pueblo
www.24thstreet.org

*Little Miss Scrooge
December 18 - 23
Rubicon Theatre, Ventura
www.rubicontheatre.org

*Madeline's Christmas
December 6 - 15
Theatre 360
www.theatre360.org

*Merry F***ing Christmas, Y'All
December 6 - January 5
The Eclectic Company Theatre
www.eclecticcompanytheatre.org

*Miracle on South Division Street
November 6 - December 26
Colony Theatre
www.colonytheatre.org

*Mom's Gift
December 6 - January 19
The Group Rep
www.thegrouprep.com

*Mr. Potcher's Holiday
November 30 - December 14
Kentwood Players
www.kentwoodplayers.org

*Rented Christmas the Musical
December 6 - 21
Covina Center for the Performing Arts
www.covinacenter.com

*Santa and the Snowflake
A Family Friendly Holiday Show
December 6 - 22
Casa 0101
www.casa0101.org

*SANTASIA - A Holiday Comedy
December 6 - 24
Whitefire Theatre
www.santasia.com

*Supernatural Dark Christmas
December 7 - 29
Encore Theatre
http://encoretheatre.com/

*The Eight: Reindeer Monologues
December 5 - 21
Complex Theatre
www.alliancerepertory.org

*The Eight: Reindeer Monologues
December 3 - 22
Chance Theater
www.chancetheater.com

*The Elves and the Shoemaker
November 30 - December 24
West Valley Playhouse
www.wvplayhouse.com

*The Game's Afoot, or Holmes for the Holidays
December 5 - 14
Shakespeare in the Vines
www.shakespeareinthevines.org

*The Gift of the Magi
November 29 - December 15
Long Beach Shakespeare Company
http://lbshakespeare.org/

*The Girl in the Enchanted Forest
December 6 - 22
Company of Angels
www.companyofangels.org

*The Holiday Gem!
November 29 - December 21
The Gem Theatre
www.onemoreproductions.com

*The Latina Christmas Special
December 12 - 21
Theatre Asylum - Elephant Space
www.theatreasylum-la.com

*The Queen Family's Very Special Holiday Special
December 6 - January 4
The Actors' Gang
www.theactorsgang.com

*Walkin' in a One-Hit Winter Wonderland
December 4, 2013 - January 19, 2014
The Troubies @ The Falcon Theatre
www.falcontheatre.com

*Wonderful Life
December 12 - 24
Theatre Asylum/Combined Artform
www.theatreasylum-la.com

*Yes, Virginia There Is a Santa Claus: A Mini-Musical
December 1 - January 5
Creating Arts Company, Miles Playhouse
www.creatingarts.org

Cabaret/Concerts

*A Chanticleer Christmas
Walt Disney Concert Hall
December 20
www.laphil.com/tickets/chanticleer-christmas/2013-12-20

*A Charlie Brown Christmas with David Benoit
December 12
Fred Kavli Theatre, Thousand Oaks
http://toaks.org/cap/tickets/events/event.asp?eventID=2005

*A Holiday Toast to Tinseltown
December 6 - 8
Los Angeles Theatre Center
http://lafollies.com/holiday

*A Judy Collins Christmas
Walt Disney Concert Hall
December 17
www.laphil.com/tickets/judy-collins-christmas/2013-12-17

*A Kritzerland Christmas III
December 1
Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal
www.msapr.net/Sterling-s-at-The-Federal.html

*Baroque Conversations
December 5
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Zipper Hall
www.laco.org

*Christmas Caburlesque: Holidays at the Knock Shop!
December 6 - 22
Archway Theatre
http://archwayla.com/Caburlesque.html

*Festival of Carols
December 7 & 14
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Walt Disney Concert Hall
www.lamc.org

*Great Joy - A Christmas Celebration
December 22
Grove Theatre
http://grovetheatre.com/

*Handel: Messiah
December 15 & 22
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Walt Disney Concert Hall
www.lamc.org

*Handel's Messiah Sing-Along
Handel Society Chorus and Orchestra
November 24
http://www.messiahsing.org/

*Holiday Candlelight with the Pasadena Symphony
December 14
All Saints Church
www.pasadenasymphony-pops.org

*Holiday Our Way
Starring Adam Wylie and Carly Bracco
December 16
Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal
www.msapr.net/Sterling-s-at-The-Federal.html

*Holiday Sing-Along with Julie Andrews
December 21
The Music Center
www.pasadenasymphony-pops.org

*Holiday Spectacular - Festival of Carols
December 14 & 15
Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles
www.gmcla.org

*Hollywood Holidays
December 11
Ryan Black's 88's at Don't Tell Mama L.A.
www.facebook.com/RyanBlacks88s

*Hot Chocolate Nutcracker
December 14 & 15
UCLA's Royce Hall
www.thehotchocolatenutcracker.com

*In the Holiday Mood with Dean Mora and his Orchestra
December 18
Colony Theatre
www.colonytheatre.org

*Joyful, Joyful, Holiday Concert & Sing-Along
December 7 & 8
Angel City Chorale
Wilshire United Methodist Church
www.angelcitychorale.org

* Los Angeles Children's Chorus Winter Concert
December 7 and 8
Pasadena Presbyterian Church
www.lachildrenschorus.org

*Messiah Sing-Along (33rd Annual)
December 11
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Walt Disney Concert Hall
www.lamc.org

*Rejoice! A Ceremony of Carols
December 8
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Walt Disney Concert Hall
www.lamc.org

*Ryan Black's 88's Hollywood Holidays!
Nov. 27, Dec 4, 11 & 18
Don't Tell Mama
www.facebook.com/ryanblacks88s
www.donttellmamaLA.com FREE

*San Fernando Valley Male Chorus Holiday Concert
December 11
Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center
www.simi-arts.org

*Snow White Christmas
December 6 & 7
Men Alive, The Orange County Gay Men's Chorus
www.menalivechorus.org

*SPARKLE! An All-Star Holiday Concert
December 13
Acme Theatre
http://bit.ly/SparkleLA2013

*The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
December 14
Burbank Chorale
First United Methodist Church
www.burbankchorale.org

*The Nutcracker with Gustavo Dudamel
December 12 - 15
Walt Disney Concert Hall
www.laphil.com/tickets/christmas-gustavo/2013-12-12

*The Santaland Diaries
December 6 - 7
Rubicon Theatre
www.rubicontheatre.org

*The Songs of Christmas
December 7
Haugh Performing Arts Center
http://tickets.haughpac.com/single/EventDetail.aspx?p=702

*Thou Swell Noel
Starring Cortes Alexander and the Swell Girls
December 23
Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal
www.msapr.net/Sterling-s-at-The-Federal.html

San Diego Area

*A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play
November 29 - December 24
Cygnet Theatre
http://cygnettheatre.com

*A Christmas Carol
Solano Repertory Theatre
December 7 - 22
www.solanorep.com

*A Welk Christmas Production
November 21 - December 28
Welk Resorts
http://welkresorts.com/san-diego-theatre/schedule-of-shows/

*Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
November 16 - December 28
The Old Globe
www.theoldglobe.org

*Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings
November 23 - December 31
New Village Arts Theatre
www.newvillagearts.org

*Irving Berlin's White Christmas
December 12 - 22
San Diego Musical Theatre
www.sdmt.org

*La Pastorela del Cielo
December 12 - 22
San Diego Rep at Lyceum Stage
http://lyceumevents.org/

*Mistletoe, Music and Mayhem
December 5 - 15
Ocean Beach Playhouse
http://oceanbeachplayhouse.com/

*Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge
November 22 - December 22
Patio Playhouse
http://www.patioplayhouse.com/wp/

*The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
December 8 - 22
AVO Playhouse, Vista
www.patioplayhouse.com/wp/

*The Nutcracker
December 14 - 22
San Diego Civic Theatre
http://sandiegotheatres.org/

Cabaret/Concerts

*A Swinging Holiday Concert
December 15
Coastal Cities Jazz Band at
Calvary Lutheran Church
www.goldstar.com/events/solona-beach-ca/a-swinging-holiday-concert

*Feliz Needemann
December 5
Martinis Above Fourth Table + Stage
www.martinisabovefourth.com/calendars/felizneedemann/

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