American pantomime in North Hollywood, starring Jerry Mathers and Freddie Stroma. This was followed in 2011 by "A Snow White Christmas", starring Marina Sirtis as The Wicked Queen and Neil Patrick Harris as The Magic Mirror, and "A Cinderella Christmas", starring Fred Willard as Baron Hardup, Cinderella's father. In 2012, the company mounted "A Snow White Christmas" at the Pasadena Playhouse, starring Ariana Grande as Snow White, Charlene Tilton as The Wicked Queen and Neil Patrick Harris again as The Magic Mirror. The production drew 13,000 ticket buyers. "Aladdin" was scheduled for the 2013 holiday season at Pasadena. American pantomime American pantomime,
Pantomime break between the two acts during which the harlequinade's zany comic business was performed. The theatre historian David Mayer explains the use of the "batte" or slapstick and the transformation scene that led to the harlequinade: Pantomime gradually became more topical and comic, often involving spectacular and elaborate theatrical effects as far as possible. Colley Cibber, David Garrick and others competed with Rich and produced their own pantomimes, and pantomime continued to grow in popularity. By the early 1800s, the pantomime's classical stories were often supplanted by stories adapted from European fairy tales, fables, folk tales, classic English literature or