When it was first broadcast on National Public Radio, The SantaLand Diaries generated more requests for tapes than any story in This American Life's history except the death of Red Barber. Timothy Olyphant brought the story to life on stage off-Broadway, and now Patrick Censoplano dons the candy-cane tights for a Santa Monica Playhouse holiday celebration in this outrageously funny one-man play from NPR's well-loved humorist David Sedaris about the author's experiences as an unemployed writer taking a job as an elf at Macy's department store in New York City, taking a wry look at how the holiday season brings out the best - and the worst - in us all.
Ages: Ages 15 and up. Mature Language and Situations
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Louisa Gillis
North Coast Repertory Theatre (1/14 - 2/8) | |
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Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler
The Old Globe (2/7 - 3/8) | |
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Millennials Are Killing Musicals
The Colony Theatre (4/30 - 5/17) NEW MUSICAL | |
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BOY IN A BOX
The Whitefire Theater (2/27 - 2/27)
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Ann Hampton Callaway - Here's to Life
Feinstein's at the Nikko (1/31 - 1/31)
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Ballybunion Backs Bill!
The Broadwater Main Stage (2/26 - 3/15) NEW PLAY LOS ANGELES PREMIERE
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Beetlejuice
William Saroyan Theatre Fresno Convention & Entertainment Center (2/13 - 2/14) | |
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Williams, Daugherty & Brahms
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall (3/26 - 3/28) | |
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The Bed Trick
Chance Theater (9/11 - 10/3) | |
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East West Players’ Family-Friendly Play Tam Tran Goes to Washington by Elizabeth Wong Presented at Sierra Madre Playhouse, 2/21, 11am
Sierra Madre Playhouse (2/21 - 2/21) | |
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THE ALTRUIST
The Group Rep Theatre (1/16 - 2/22) | |
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