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Monday, December 6, 2010

The Best Theatre Guild Fundraiser Ever

The Theatre Guild of Webster Groves presents "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" as a winter musical fundraiser.

A choir of angels, shepherds and wise men crowded the stage at Theatre Guild of Webster Groves last weekend, but it wasn't for the Christmas pageant you might expect. The guild performed The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, a play adapted from the novel by Barbara Robinson, as its winter fundraiser. The story follows a community's efforts to organize a Christmas pageant, despite the disruptions caused by a local family of hooligans, the Herdmans. "It's such a great kid show, they have a lot of fun with it," director Barb Mulligan said. "This is probably the nicest group of kids we've had." Auditions were in October, drawing children and parents from Webster Groves and beyond. The cast includes 22 children ranging in age from 6 to 13, with a …

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