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I’ve been getting dizzy trying to come up with adjectives for “Billy Elliot the Musical” and it all simply comes down to “wow.” Taken from the Oscar winning movie directed by Stephen Daltry and written by Lee Hall, the musical soars to new theatre heights. The same team that made the movie created the less gloomy musical version, with the addition of Elton John's music. Nothing has been spared to recreate the heart wrenching theme with a tragically comedic thread, which weaves through the plot and brings a more human element to the musical.

“The Nutcracker,” “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “How The Grinch Stole Christmas,” even “Mr. Magoo” and “Sesame Street” are traditional Christmas theatre toddies. But you must add “A Christmas Carol” if you haven’t already. This delightful and charming story by Charles Dickens is served up with our Christmas turkey every year somewhere, someplace, everywhere in the world.

Cameron Mackintosh’s “Les Miserables” has returned to the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco as a revamped  25th anniversary production with a first class touring company. And it has brought just about everything with it from its Broadway production.

Anyone who isn’t familiar with the plays of Howard Pinter should be alerted of what to expect. They are not everyone’s cup of tea. Pinter can terrorize with characters who inhale the air around them with long pauses and stories that really have no real plot but are gripping, cruel and callous.

The audience is in for quite a ride with the 2009 Tony Award winning play “God Of Carnage” by prolific French playwright Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton and directed by Rick Lombardo. There is nothing to do but fasten your seat belt because it is going to be a bumpy ride with the air bags popping all over the place. Picture Virginia Wolfe paired with Godzilla Eats Manhattan and you have what plays out in this comedy, which has been translated into 35 languages and performed around the world.

Man's battle with nature has never been more dramatically told than through the true story of building a canal across the Isthmus of Panama.

The magnificent music of Broadway for a Broadway musical lover is mesmerizing and enthralling. Brilliant music and clever lyrics tell a story that can stir the senses and take you to another place.

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It makes me so sad to read the truly awful diatribes from some

Dear Editor,