American pantomime incorporates audience participation. In 1993 there was a production of "Cinderella" at the UCLA Freud Theatre, starring Zsa Zsa Gabor. Pantomonium Productions has produced pantomimes annually in New York City since 2004. Stages Repertory Theatre in Houston, Texas, has been performing original pantomime-style musicals during the Christmas holidays since 2008: "Panto Sleeping Beauty", "Panto Pinocchio", "Panto Red Riding Hood", "Panto Mother Goose" and "Panto Goldilocks". Since 2004, People's Light and Theatre Company, in Malvern, Pennsylvania, has been presenting an annual Christmas pantomime season. Lythgoe Family Productions has produced pantomimes each winter since 2010 in California. Their first production was "Cinderella"
Pantomime Pantomime Pantomime (; informally panto) is a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment. It was developed in England and is still performed throughout the United Kingdom, Ireland and (to a lesser extent) in other English-speaking countries, especially during the Christmas and New Year season. Modern pantomime includes songs, gags, slapstick comedy and dancing. It employs gender-crossing actors and combines topical humour with a story more or less based on a well-known fairy tale, fable or folk tale. It is a participatory form of theatre, in which the audience is expected to sing along with certain parts