Best Bets

Today

“The Snow Queen,” 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., Theatre for Young America, 5909 Johnson Drive.

“‘Twas The Night Before Christmas,” 10 a.m. , noon and 7 p.m., Coterie Theatre, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

“Honky Tonk Angels Holiday Spectacular,” 6 p.m., Topeka Civic Theatre & Academy, 3028 S.W. Eighth Ave., Topeka.

Gala Grand Opening: “Winter Beckons,” 7 p.m., Just Off Broadway Theater, 3051 Central, Kansas City, Mo.

“A Kansas Nutcracker,” 7:30 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H.

“It’s a Wonderful Life,” 7:30 p.m., Topeka Performing Arts Center, 214 S.E. Eighth Ave., Topeka.

“Holidays with Octarium,” 7:30 p.m., Saint Andrew’s, 6401 Wornall Terrace, Kansas City, Mo.

Kansas City Symphony: “The Magic of Christmas,” 8 p.m., Music Hall, 13th and Central, Kansas City, Mo.

Ballet Midwest presents “The Nutcracker,” 8 p.m., Topeka Performing Arts Center, 214 S.E. Eighth Ave., Topeka.

“A Christmas Carol,” 8 p.m., Kansas City Repertory Theatre, 4949 Cherry, Kansas City, Mo.

“Convenience,” 8 p.m., Unicorn Theatre, 3828 Main, Kansas City, Mo.

“Sanders Family Christmas,” 8 p.m., American Heartland Theatre, Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

Ida McBeth, 8:30 p.m., The Blue Room, 1600 E. 18th St. (18th & Vine), Kansas City, Mo.

Charlie Robison, 9 p.m., Grand Emporium, 3832 Main, Kansas City, Mo.

Buffalo Saints, Colonel Rhodes, 10 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 Mass.

Honky, Filthy Jim, In the Sixth Hour, 10 p.m., The Jackpot Saloon, 943 Mass.

Vanilla Funk, Wobbly H, 10 p.m., The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.