What’ s Playing This Holiday Season
The holidays are approaching and that means we are all starting to plan gatherings with friends and family. With the hectic schedules that the holidays bring we sometimes forget to make plans for ourselves. Fun nights out for example. Going out to see a play during the holidays can make for an enjoyable break from our all busy lives. Here is a list of theater events coming up during the next two months that can help you relieve holiday stress and add some fun to your holiday schedule.
Matthew Russell Hendrickson has been involved with community theater for over 35 years. He is currently a designer’ s assistant for Brotin Design, a founding member of a local film production company, Oscar Dante Motion, and is still heavily involved with local theater.
Limelight Actors Theater –
Novemeber 4th through November 20th Limelight celebrating the season with a production of“ Exit Laughing.” When the biggest highlight in your life for the past 30 years has been your weekly bridge night out with the“ girls,” what do you do when one of your foursome inconveniently dies? If you’ re Connie, Leona and Millie, three southern ladies from Birmingham, you do the most daring thing you’ ve ever done. You“ borrow” the ashes from the funeral home for one last card game, and the wildest, most exciting night of your lives involves a police raid, and a whole new way of looking at all the fun you can have when you’ re truly living. limelightactorstheater. com
South Valley Civic Theater –
November 18th through December 10th The local Morgan Hill theater company, SVCT, is putting on a production of“ 1940’ s Radio Hour.” A different time is evoked in this marvelously show based on the original broadcast of The Mutual Manhattan Variety Cavalcade from the Hotel Astor’ s Algonquin Room on December 21, 1942. The spirit of a bygone era, when the world was at war and pop music meant“ Strike Up the Band” and“ Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” is accurately captured as a harassed producer copes with a drunk lead singer, the delivery boy who wants a chance in front of the mike, the second banana who dreams of singing a ballad, and the trumpet-playing sound effects man who chooses a fighter plane over Glenn Miller. svct. org
Live Oak High School –
December 15th through December 23rd The Live Oak Drama Guild is putting on a production of the classic Christmas story“ A Christmas Carol.” From Scrooge and Tiny Tim to Bob Cratchit and Mrs. Fezziwig, Barlow’ s tale uses nothing more than some simple props, fresh physicality, and the power of imagination to convey this timeless story of redemption. Witness Ebenezer Scrooge’ s transformation from a stingy miser to a man who generously celebrates the spirit of the season all year long, in this highly theatrical adaptation. lohsdrama. com
Pintello Comedy Theater –
New Year’ s Eve December 31st For their fifth year in a row, Pintello Comedy Theater will hold its popular New Year’ s Eve Bash. This year they features a production of“ Romantic Fools,” a comic vaudeville style revue of 12 two-character sketches examining love, lust, dating and romance. Borrowing from Monty Python, Saturday Night Live, Jules Feiffer, the Marx Brothers, and classic vaudeville comedy, these sketches vary widely in style, but they all celebrate the inherent farce of male-female relationships. When it comes to dating, sex, love and marriage, who hasn’ t made a fool of themselves? The performance will be followed by a New Year’ s Eve party and countdown. pintellocomedy. com
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GILROY • MORGAN HILL • SAN MARTIN NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2016 gmhtoday. com