‘Tis the season for good theater. For fun theater. The holidays always usher in tons of lighter fare and holiday reviews. Here’s just a sampling of what’s going on this weekend your local neighborhoods… Bob’s Holiday Office Party Bob is back. As usual, insurance agent Bob Finhead’s clients stop by his small-town office for the annual holiday bash. What started out as an improve sketch 12 years ago has morphed into an annual event…with......

The heatwave of 07 might be waning, but the local theatre scene is getting hot hot hot. Here are LAist’s five theater picks for this weekend: Butterflies of Uganda: Memories of a Child Soldier Butterflies of Uganda tells the story of Mary, who as a young Acholi girl was stolen from her home in Northern Uganda and forced to fight as a soldier in the Lord's Resistance Army. The play explores an already strained......

We would never say our excitment or coverage of the yearlong 365 Days/365 Plays festival is exhaustive (after all, we have been to 17 of the 18 weeks so far, that equals too 119 plays seen, experienced, enjoyed, enthralled upon, etc). 1. It's Free, duh. 2. You are taking part in an international festival (plays are concurrently happening all over the states, including a few across the seas). 3. Playwright, recipient of the MacArthur......

Maybe it will be your New Year's resolution: see more live theatre. Maybe you can get a head start with some free theatre during Weeks 6 through 8 in the 52-week festival: Week 6: Greenway Arts Alliance December 24 at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Outside the Greenway Court Theatre at the Melrose Trading Post (8391 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90048) www.greenwayarts.org Week 7: The Chance Theater Tuesday, December 26 at......