 A Very Merry Unauthorized Children 's Scientology Pageant debuted in November 2003 , and had sold @-@ out Off @-@ Off @-@ Broadway and Off @-@ Broadway runs that winter , both directed by Alex Timbers . The musical was initially shown at The Tank theatre on 42nd Street where it ran for three weeks , and later moved to The John Houseman Theatre , where it was performed for an additional three weeks . The show opened in Los Angeles at the Powerhouse Theatre , in October 2004 , again directed by Timbers . The run was initially scheduled for October 15 through November 21 , 2004 , but was extended through December 21 , 2004 . Timbers said that he was excited to take the production to Los Angeles , commenting : " Since the whole goal of the show is to imagine how the Scientologists might stage a nativity pageant , there 's no better place to try than in their Jerusalem . " 
