{"id":87563,"date":"2025-11-20T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=87563"},"modified":"2025-11-19T11:45:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T19:45:58","slug":"theater-news-cerritos-center-offers-slew-of-holiday-shows-from-merry-achi-christmas-to-jane-lynch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/art\/theater-news-cerritos-center-offers-slew-of-holiday-shows-from-merry-achi-christmas-to-jane-lynch","title":{"rendered":"Theater News: Cerritos Center offers slew of holiday shows, from \u2018Merry-achi Christmas\u2019 to Jane Lynch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Welcome to Theater News, a regular column by longtime reviewer Anita W. Harris. Look for it most Thursdays. Or sign up<\/a> for our Eat See Do newsletter to get it in your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a holiday show for everyone this year at our neighboring Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts beginning early in December right through Christmas, from R&B to mariachi to country music to comedy and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

R&B artist Brian McKnight will kick off the month with some warmly voiced \u201cSeason\u2019s Greetings\u201d on Wednesday, Dec. 3. The Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter\u2019s hits include \u201cBack at One,\u201d \u201cOne Last Cry\u201d and \u201cLove of My Life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Promo image courtesy of Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On a completely different note, Jos\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez and the Mariachi Sol de M\u00e9xico will then perform holiday classics from the mariachi songbook in a festive \u201cMerry-achi Christmas\u201d Friday through Sunday, Dec. 5 to 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For some country-inflected Christmas tunes, singers Pam Tillis and Lorrie Morgan will team up for a \u201cMerry Gritsmas Tour\u201d on Thursday, Dec. 11. They\u2019ll be followed by pop-country singers Colbie Caillat and Gavin DeGraw on Saturday, Dec. 13 with their \u201cChristmas Tour 2025\u201d that the Center describes as a \u201cheartwarming performance\u201d uniting \u201ctwo unforgettable voices in a celebration of joy, connection and the magic of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gavin DeGraw. Promo image courtesy of Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A nostalgic \u201cHome for the Holidays\u201d follows on Sunday, Dec. 14, featuring no less than four world-renowned performers: Academy Award-winner Peabo Bryson, two-time Grammy Award-winner Sheena Easton, American Idol-winner and Grammy Award-nominee Ruben Studdard, and international trumpet prodigy Ilya Serov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jane Lynch, the Emmy Award-winning comedic actress, then takes the stage with \u201cA Swingin\u2019 Little Christmas\u201d on Tuesday, Dec. 16, with fellow comedians Kate Flannery and Tim Davis along with the Tony Guerrero Quintet. The Center describes this show as \u201ca rollicking holiday concert\u201d that\u2019s jazzy and nostalgic with laugh-out-loud comedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For an even more jazzy feel, \u201cDave Koz & Friends Christmas Tour 2025\u201d performs Friday, Dec. 19 and Saturday, Dec. 20, featuring saxophonist Dave Koz with musicians and vocalists Jonathan Butler, Haley Reinhart, Casey Abrams and Kayla Waters. The Center bills this as the longest-running jazz-based Christmas tour at 28 years, playing not only Christmas classics but a Chanukah medley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Los Angeles Symphony will then perform a classical Christmas concert on Sunday, Dec. 21, led by conductor Hyunsang Joo, featuring baritone Joseph Lim and soprano Jessica Sandidge, and including works by Verdi, Puccini and Handel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Festivities continue the day after Christmas on Friday, Dec. 26, with singer and pianist Jim Brickman\u2019s \u201cThe Gift of Christmas,\u201d featuring music and stories that the Center describes as celebrating \u201cthe gifts of family, friends, peace and love, wrapped in the sweet sounds only he and his piano can provide.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Promo image courtesy of Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And wrapping up the Center\u2019s holiday season is the family-friendly \u201cA Magical Cirque Christmas\u201d on Saturday, Dec. 27, \u201ca dazzling variety show filled with nostalgia, charm and awe-inspiring performances for all ages,\u201d according to the Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s a lot of merriment in one month, and in an architecturally award-winning venue that\u2019s delightful in itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For tickets and information on all the above holiday shows at the Cerritos Center, 18000 Park Plaza Dr., Cerritos, call the box office<\/i> at 562-916-8500 or visit <\/i>CerritosCenter.com<\/i><\/a>. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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