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Thursday, DECEMBER 8, 2016 - DECEMBER 14, 2016 - Volume 5, No. 49
PANTO AT THE PLAYHOUSE: ‘A Cinderella Christmas’ Beacon Media got a sneak peek at the new Panto Production at the Pasadena Playhouse, entitled A Cinderella Christmas. The Pasadena Playhouse and Lythgoe Family Panto celebrates 5 years of Panto at The Playhouse with A Cinderella Christmas -- starring Lauren Taylor as “Cinderella” (Disney Channel’s “Best Friends Whenever”), Alex Newell as “The Fairy Godperson” (FOX’s “Glee”, HBO’s “Vinyl”), Morgan Fairchild as “The Wicked Stepmother” (NBC’s “Flamingo Road,” CBS’s “Falcon Crest”), Kenton Duty as “The Prince” (Disney Channel’s “Shake it Up,” ABC’s “Lost”), Davi Santos as “Dandini” (Nickelodeon’s “Power Rangers Dino Charge”), Matthew Patrick Davis as “Buttons” (Broadway revival of “Side Show,”), and Josh Adamson (ABC Family’s “First Landing”) and Ben Giroux (Nickelodeon’s “Henry Danger”) as “The Ugly Stepsisters.” A Cinderella Christmas is written by Kris Lythgoe, directed by Bonnie Lythgoe, choreographed by Spencer Liff (Emmy nominee “So You Think You Can Dance”) with Michael Orland (“American Idol”) serving as Musical Director. A Cinderella Christmas marks the 5th anniversary of Panto at The Playhouse and will feature comedy, magic, dancers from "So You Think You Can Dance" and contemporary music from Meghan Trainor to Michael SEE PAGE 5
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1) The actors portraying the ugly sisters rehearse; 2) Dancers perform one of the many musical numbers; 3)Lauren Taylor who is Cinderella.
106 Members of Congress Call on Obama to Protect Immigrants’ Private Data 106 Members of Congress sent a letter to President Obama Monday requesting that he take action to protect the names and private information of those who enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The letter, led by Reps. Judy Chu
(CA-27), Zoe Lofgren (CA29), Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), Raul Grijalva (AZ03), and Luis Gutierrez (IL04), specifically suggests an Executive Order that would prohibit the use of DACA enrollees’ information for purposes other than originally intended, including
for purposes of deportation. The letter was endorsed by National Immigration Law Center (NILC), the Coalition for Humane Immigration Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), and Immigrant Legal Resource Center SEE PAGE 6
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Man Convicted of Domestic Violence Kills live-in partner and sets bedroom on fire A Van Nuys man was sentenced recently to 12 years and eight months in state prison for killing his 33- year-old live-in partner in their apartment and then setting the room on fire, the Los Angeles County District At-
torney’s Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Angela Jordan said Ezekiel Jamal Dear, 27, was found guilty on Oct. 19 of one count each of voluntary manslaughter with a knife use allegation and arson in case LA083774.
Dear stabbed Yazmin Michael P. to death during a dispute and then set their apartment on fire on Jan. 31, 2015, according to trial testimony. The case was investigated by the Los Angeles Police Department, Van Nuys Division.