Christmas Pageant' at Whidbey is 'Best'

“The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,” playing at the Whidbey Playhouse the next two weekends, is just that: the best of the options for holiday plays. It is simple, it is surprising, it pulls at the heartstrings and it offers the story of Jesus’ birth in a straightforward, unvarnished way. The Pageant is played by kids for kids. Bring your kids to see it. After it is over talk to them about it.

Based on the 1971 children’s book of the same name, its stage premiere was at the Seattle Children’s Theatre in 1982.

Back in the day – maybe now, too – church Sunday schools put on Christmas p...