Imagine sitting down after a few glasses of eggnog and flipping through every saccharine holiday movie on cable, but then, suddenly, the remote is stuck, the plots are merging and the narrators are heckling the characters along the way. That’s the joyful madness of Butler Little Theatre’s new show, “The Holiday Channel Christmas Movie Wonderthon,” a production that turns the familiar comforts of holiday romances into a comedic avalanche of self-aware chaos.

Under the direction of Laura Crago, a spirit of joy infuses every frenetic moment onstage. Crago’s direction leans fully into screwball pacing with a dash of anarchic flair. Her staging keeps the action flowing; scenes overlap, collide and ricochet in a way that feels both frantic and controlled. The result is a show that feels joyfull

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