Young stars help ‘Lythgoe Family Panto’s A Snow White Christmas 2.0’ bring audiences into the action at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium
Despite a rocky start, Kris and Becky Lythgoe have dutifully nurtured a Pasadena tradition, the...
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Have a merry scary Christmas with Wicked Lit Staged Readings at A Noise Within
If you’re familiar with Unbound Productions’ Wicked Lit as a traditional part of the Pasadena...
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Under new ownership, Ice House celebrates 59 years with annual fundraiser for Hillsides
The Ice House turns 59 this year. But on Sunday, when the club celebrates its birthday and helps...
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The audience joins in the fun of ‘Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!)’ at Sierra Madre Playhouse
Charles Dickens’ 1843 novella “A Christmas Carol” is so internationally familiar that his miserly...
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Lakers co-owner buys iconic Ice House comedy club
John Buss, co-owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, is the new owner of the world-famous Ice House...
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Nearly forgotten ‘Song of the Pasadena Rose Parade’ resurfaces after four decades
Simply put, Jamie Shaheen loves music — writing it, performing it, listening to it, even leading...
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The ‘bad quarto’ of ‘Hamlet,’ discovered 200 years after Shakespeare’s death, is the subject of a lecture Wednesday and a special performance Thursday at the Huntington
“To be, or not to be—that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings...
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History informs the future in Jennifer Maisel’s new play ‘Eight Nights’ at Antaeus Theatre Co.
In 1939, the MS St. Louis carried over 900 mostly Jewish refugees on the infamous “Voyage of the...
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Truth hides in casual lies in ‘Buried Child’ at A Noise Within
If you listen closely, you’ll hear warnings for today and every day in A Noise Within’s production...
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‘A Kid Like Jake’ examines the complexities of a child’s gender identity
When one has a binary-track mindset, things are easy: black or white, right or wrong, in or out....
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‘The Abuelas’ explores Argentina’s ‘living disappeared’ — babies kidnapped from murdered political prisoners after 1976 military junta
“Accountability” is a word that tumbles like ash from the lips of politicians, especially during...
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Local theaters present ‘How the Light Gets In,’ ‘Gem of the Ocean’ and ‘Little Shop of Horrors’
Last week, three Pasadena theaters — A Noise Within, Boston Court and the Pasadena Playhouse —...
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Comedian J. Chris Newberg brings authenticity to the Ice House stage
Comedian J. Chris Newberg didn’t take up comedy until 2000, but he always had a knack for making...
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Huntington begins centennial celebration as USC Pacific Asia Museum presents ‘Following the Box’
On Saturday, the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens celebrates the centennial of...
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Gary Puckett and the Union Gap bring their emotional rock balladry to The Rose
During rock and roll’s glory days in the mid-Sixties, hundreds of singles would be sent to radio...
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Sierra Madre Playhouse presents live stage production of ‘The Joy Luck Club’
By shining a much-needed spotlight on the lives of Asian-American women in 1987 San Francisco,...
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