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Sam and Bella Spewack's My Three Angels is one of those black yet heartwarming Christmas comedies, akin to It's A Wonderful Life, that really digs into the underbelly of the human condition.

As we come to the middle of December, I hope your holiday plans include finding your way to a show or two at one of the several live performance and theatre establishments that make their home here on the fabulous Central Coast of California!

IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS, the stage adaptation of the beloved classic film is coming to Segerstrom Center for the Arts this holiday season.

The Coterie will present Kathy Deitch, star of Broadway's Wicked, in an exclusive Los Angeles premiere.

The Klezmatics - the first (and only) Jewish music group ever to win a Grammy - return to Walt Disney Concert Hall on Monday, December 19, at 8 PM to celebrate Hanukkah and the band's 25th anniversary.

Ryan Adams, who recently made his Walt Disney Concert Hall debut on November 21 as part of See a Little Light: A Celebration of the Music and Legacy of Bob Mould, will return to the iconic venue to give a full solo concert performance on Friday, February 17, at 8 p.

Towne Street Theatre, LA's Premiere African American Theatre Company, announces the line up for its 5th Annual Ten Minute Play Festival.

Ovation, the only multi-platform network celebrating all forms of artistic expression, is continuing its holiday tradition with the 5th annual "Battle of the Nutcrackers" programming event kicking off tonight.

The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce will honor Steve Guttenberg with a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday, December 12, at 11:30 a.

The Coterie is proud to present Alistair Tober in an intimate holiday concert performance.

Three new giant figures are joining the venerable and nationally televised Hollywood Christmas Parade and will be towering over the streets of Los Angeles and on millions of television screens across the country.

Celebration Theatre has announced the return of acclaimed solo performer JEFFREY SOLOMON in his Off-Broadway smash hit, SANTA CLAUS IS COMING OUT and to be produced for Celebration Theatre by Artistic Director John Michael Beck.

Berkeley's acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company presents the second Aurora Script Club meeting of the season with playwright Bill Cain's (Equivocation, Nine Circles) Stand-Up Tragedy.

Founded in 1975, The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) is comprised of Los Angeles-based, professional film critics working in the Los Angeles print and electronic media.

Musical Theatre West's WINTER WONDERETTES is the second show of the 59th Season and will perform at the beautiful 1,070-seat Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach for a limited nine performance run from December 9 through December 18, 2011.

The Kentwood Players present David Lindsay-Abaire's Pulitzer Prize-winning play RABBIT HOLE from January 13 to February 18, 2012 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm and Sundays at 2:00pm at the Westchester Playhouse.

Buried Child - Tracy Letts and Amy Madigan head the cast when L.

Stokastik Theatre Ensemble will be presenting the second show of its debut 2011 season with a new translation of the classic Greek play, Elektra, by Sophocles from November 12th through December 11th at the LOFT Ensemble in downtown Los Angeles.

Hosted by Pamela Anderson, A Swingin' Affair! gala benefiting the Alzheimer's Association California Southland Chapter, which takes place Sunday, December 11, 2011 at the Riviera Palm Springs, celebrates Frank Sinatra's birthday in grand style.

The Los Angeles Philharmonic celebrates Pacific Standard Time with The Hollywood Sound, a program led by Thomas Wilkins, Thursday and Friday, December 8 and 9, at 8 p.

Willie Nelson, American country singer-songwriter, actor and activist, makes his debut appearance at Walt Disney Concert Hall with a one-night-only Willie Nelson & Family concert on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 8 p.

Falcon Theatre opened Troubadour Theater Company's A Christmas Westside Story opened last night, directed by Matt Walker, the third production of its 2011-2012 Subscription Season.

Internationally acclaimed cellist Ralph Kirshbaum joins the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO), conducted by Music Director Jeffrey Kahane, for Tchaikovsky's elegant Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op.

The Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Dudamel Fellow Courtney Lewis, gives a free neighborhood concert at the Wilshire United Methodist Church on Saturday, December 10 at 7:30 p.

Ventura's Rubicon Theatre Company is delighted to announce the next stellar evening in their audience-pleasing Broadway Cabaret Series, as DAVID BURNHAM, star of such hits as Wicked and The Light in the Piazza, treads the Rubicon boards for a one-night-only musical performance entitled A Broadway Ho