Imagine you had never heard or read the Christmas story — the birth of the Savior of the world. The king of kings, born in a manger, for the rich and the poor, the lowly and the elite, the princes and ...

The Herdmans are six scrawny children (Ralph, Imogene, Leroy, Claude, Ollie and Gladys) who are notorious delinquents in their community. Among other things, they lie, steal, smoke cigars (even the ...

If you haven’t heard of the Herdmans or the Graces, you might soon if you head to the theater to watch “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.” The Herdmans are the kids who grew up on the wrong side of the ...

Cost: Free. Calvary Bible Church has partnered with the nonprofit Erie Uplink to collect food at the pageant to help stock “Tiger Packs” — backpacks with kid-friendly, nonperishable food items sent ...

The Herdmans from Columbia Children’s Theatre’s production of “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: The Musical.” Columbia Children’s Theatre provided photo If your childhood copy of “The Best Christmas ...

The play, based on the book from 1971, tells the story of Imogene, Claude, Ralph, Leroy, Ollie and Gladys Herdman – six delinquent siblings who would rather smoke, cuss, drink and shoplift than go to ...

For most people, the holidays mean drinking hot cocoa, getting together with family and celebrating the season. For the Herdman family, it’s just another reason to wreak havoc. The Herdmans crash ...

For its Yuletide production, Lake City Playhouse in Coeur d'Alene hopes to spread a little holiday cheer. But The Best Christmas Pageant Ever doesn't start out that way, because somewhere during the ...

With the nail firmly in Halloween’s coffin, it is time for a parade of holiday season fare. In theaters this week, “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” wants to get on your merry ol’ to-do list ahead of ...

Silent night this month? Probably not anywhere nearby when two productions of the rambunctious holiday show, “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,” are onstage in the Pearland area. The show will be ...

“The Herdmans were absolutely the worst kids in the history of the world,” declares Barbara Robinson’s classic seasonal novel, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Now, a new movie brings the Herdman ...

Ah, we’ve been waiting for this: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, produced here by the University of Houston School of Theatre & Dance. Barbara Robinson’s stage play shows Christmas the way it should ...