Manatee Players add two 'Christmas Pageant' performances

    Manatee Players have added two performances of "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever." The new shows are at 4 p.m. Dec. 15 and 22.
   The show's in the Bradenton Kiwanis Studio Theater, the smaller of the two theaters at the Manatee Performing Arts Center. It about family show about some nasty kids

"The Best Christmas Pageant Ever"

who take over a church's traditional Christmas pageant.
   The Manatee Performing Arts Center is at 502 Third Ave. W in Bradenton. Besides the two newly added performances, curtain is at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, through Dec.22. The show's only about an hour long so it's appropriate even for young children.
    Tickets are $26. Go to www.manateeplayers.org or call 941-748-5875.