Garrett Clayton, John Tartaglia, Jonah Platt and More Set for 'Pasadena Panto Launch Party'

Teena Hostovich and Darrell Brooke are hosting the Pasadena Panto Season Launch Party in celebration of the Lythgoe Family Panto (LFP), in association with Pasadena Playhouse production of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - A CHRISTMAS ROSE, which expands this winter at The Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Performances will begin December 13 through December 24 at The Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Single tickets are now on sale.

The Pasadena Panto Season Launch Party will take place this Thursday, October 19 at 6:30pm at Bistro 45, 45 South Mentor Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91106. Current and past panto stars expected to attend the party include Jonah Platt, Garrett Clayton, John Tartaglia, Lauren Taylor, Jared Gertner, Josh Adamson, Ben Giroux, Kris Lythgoe and Becky Lythgoe.

The opening night celebration of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - A CHRISTMAS ROSE will also serve as a benefit for LFP's Give Kids Panto, a non-profit educational program, serving yearly over 5,000 Title 1 students across America, who will see theatre for the first time through Panto. All funds raised that evening will go to support the Panto student matinees for LAUSD and PUSD students. The benefit is co-chaired by Hostovich and Brooke and tickets are $100 each. For more information, contact events@americanpanto.com.

Lythgoe Family Panto produces fun, musical theatre the whole family can enjoy. Known for their creativity and involvement in television hits "American Idol" and "So You Think You Can Dance," the Lythgoes are dedicated to bringing affordable theatre to families across America. Based on the Grimm fairytales and others, each story has been modernized with topical scripts for parents and well known pop songs for kids. This December, Lythgoe Family Panto will offer their largest season yet, with 4 different productions playing concurrently in Laguna, Pasadena, San Diego and Houston.

Lythgoe Family Panto established their reputation with productions at Pasadena Playhouse including A Cinderella Christmas starring Lauren Taylor, Alex Newell and Morgan Fairchild, Peter Pan and Tinker Bell - A Pirates Christmas starring Sabrina Carpenter and John O'Hurley, Sleeping Beauty and Her Winter Knight starring Olivia Holt and Lucy Lawless, Aladdin and His Winter Wish starring Ben Vereen, JorDan Fisher, and Ashley Argota - and A Snow White Christmas (the original of this production) starring Ariana Grande and Neil Patrick Harris.

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