A Chanukah Charol at Skirball Cultural Center

Created and performed by Broadway, film, television star -- and kvetchy comedian -- Jackie Hoffman (Gilmore Girls Reunion, On the Town, Second City improv), A Chanukah Charol is a decidedly Jewish take on Dickens' beloved Christmas classic. In this comic twist on the holiday parable, Hoffman is forced to examine her life as a dark-hearted diva when she's visited by a trio of familiar ghosts -- not to mention the spirit of legendary performer Molly Picon. The Village Voice described A Chanukah Charol, now coming to L.A.'s Skirball Center, as "hilarious" and praised Hoffman as "a priceless storyteller, shtickmeister and yenta."