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For several years now, San Francisco has hosted panto productions during the holidays, performed in a former U.S. Army movie house that’s now the charming Presidio Theatre in the city’s vast, northern green space.
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Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 18 Dec. 2025
Audience analysis shows that a significant number of North Americans book Palladium panto seats.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2025
But Tinsel Town is most effective when concentrating on Brad’s inevitable heartwarming transformation from arrogant movie star to gleeful member of the panto’s hardworking ensemble, and his newfound maturity in terms of being a loving father to his daughter.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 24 Nov. 2025
Theater historian Walter James MacQueen-Pope, whose name alone weaves a pattern in Harris tweed, recalls being a kid and having the ultimate seasonal threat dangled overhead: behave, or no panto for you.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 18 Dec. 2024
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Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 18 Dec. 2025
Audience analysis shows that a significant number of North Americans book Palladium panto seats.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2025
But Tinsel Town is most effective when concentrating on Brad’s inevitable heartwarming transformation from arrogant movie star to gleeful member of the panto’s hardworking ensemble, and his newfound maturity in terms of being a loving father to his daughter.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 24 Nov. 2025
Theater historian Walter James MacQueen-Pope, whose name alone weaves a pattern in Harris tweed, recalls being a kid and having the ultimate seasonal threat dangled overhead: behave, or no panto for you.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Panto.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/panto. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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