Theater News

LA Kids Spotlight: November ’05

As the year-end holidays approach, there’s a lot of family fare on tap. The Kirk Douglas Theatre brings us Pulitzer-prize winning playwright Nilo Cruz’s A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings (opening Nov. 19), based on a short story by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. about two children who meet a man who they believe is an angel. South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa offers Bunnicula (opening November 11), described as a rabbit tale of mystery and music. Santa Monica Playhouse’s musical matinee series gets an early start on the yuletide season with All About Santa (opening Nov. 5), Evelyn Rudie and Chris DeCarlo’s frolic about a mysterious visitor to the North Pole. Finally, The Orange County Performance Arts Center hosts Dora’s Pirate Adventure (opening November 2), a swashbuckling adventure with a plucky heroine.