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The audience watches as the production of the traditional pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk is shown on stage at the Theatre Royal Bath on December 20 2008 in Bath, England.

Larry Mantle and theatre critics Don Shirley of LAStageBlog.com and Steven Leigh Morris of the L.A. Weekly review the major stage productions around Southern California, and re-cap the year’s best in theatre.

Guests:

Don Shirley writes the LAStageWatch column for LAStageBlog.com

Steven Leigh Morris, critic at large for the L.A. Weekly