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Palomar stages adaptation of Irving?s ?Cider House Rules?

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Francis Gercke has fond memories of growing up in a middle-class, WASPish community in New Jersey. But after venturing out to college and the real world, the San Diego actor and director discovered that his childhood community wasn?t as wonderful as he remembered. ... Quick Read

Downtown ticket booth needs help with rescue

From San Diego Union

The iconic Arts Tix booth at Horton Plaza is nearing the end of its run, and the arts group that runs it is looking for ideas on how to preserve its legacy ? or better yet, save it from the wrecking ball. ... Quick Read

Actors Renee Taylor, Joe Bologna share story of their marriage in show at Welk Resorts Theatre

From San Diego Union

Early in their 47-year marriage, Renee Taylor and Joe Bologna had a huge fight ? a fight that ultimately led to a highly autobiographical, two-person show that opens today at the Welk Resorts Theatre in Escondido. ... Quick Read

?Thistle? genocide play to run at CSUSM

From San Diego Union

?Thistle,? a play about a 1981 mass murder in El Salvador, will run for two performances in San Marcos this weekend before moving to New York for a festival of dramas inspired by 20th century genocides. ... Quick Read

North Coast Rep?s ?Words By? a likable, if bland, Gershwin tale

From San Diego Union

In the opening scene of ?Words By: Ira Gershwin and the Great American Songbook,? a hybrid musical making its world premiere this month at North Coast Repertory Theatre, the back walls of Marty Burnett?s set are covered with the lyricist?s stock in trade. ... Quick Read

?Julia? a worthy actors? showcase

From San Diego Union

Playwright Claudio Raygoza has changed the gender of the aggressor in his new play inspired by Strindberg?s classic ?Miss Julie.? But more than a century after Strindberg?s boundary-crossing work scorched Swedish propriety, steamy sexual, class and power dynamics still propel the world premiere production of ?Julia,? now at Ion Theatre. ... Quick Read

Arts center has full 2012-13 season

From San Diego Union

The 2012-13 season promises to be a busy one for the California Center for the Arts, Escondido. Dozens of events are scheduled through June, ranging from free first Wednesday shows and ballets, to Orchestra Nova and Intimate Classics concerts. ... Quick Read

Theater group broadening the circle

From San Diego Union

Inspired by the children?s rhyme, Katie Harroff has founded Circle Circle dot dot, a young theater group that strives to promote social tolerance through storytelling. The singsong rhyme was part of a game that included cootie shots, an imaginary immunization that protected against the unpopular, sort of a playground version of the us-versus-them mentality that plagues our culture. ... Quick Read

?Mystery Plays? a one-two punch

From San Diego Union

One thing?s for sure about Ion Theatre?s season-opener, ?The Mystery Plays.? It?s meant to be the sort of chills-and-thrills horror fest rarely attempted in theater. That the second of the two linked plays succeeds as well as it does is a testament to the directorial skill of Glenn Paris, and the emotionally nuanced acting of Gemma Grey, playing the haunted, only survivor of a brutal family murder. ... Quick Read

Just call him The Music Man

From San Diego Union

Consider the musical ?Robin and the 7 Hoods,? set in Prohibition-era Chicago. It has to have a potent brass section, and if they can?t swing, well, the whole play is compromised. n ?Jesus Christ Superstar? would suffer without a searing rock guitarist, and the Overture in ?The Producers? requires someone who plays the harp. n The go-to guy for finding such musicians is Lorin Getline, orchestra contractor for the La Jolla Playhouse, the Old Globe and Broadway/San Diego. ... Quick Read

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Palomar stages adaptation of Irving?s ?Cider House Rules?

Downtown ticket booth needs help with rescue

Actors Renee Taylor, Joe Bologna share story of their marriage in show at Welk Resorts Theatre

?Thistle? genocide play to run at CSUSM

North Coast Rep?s ?Words By? a likable, if bland, Gershwin tale

?Julia? a worthy actors? showcase

Arts center has full 2012-13 season

Theater group broadening the circle

?Mystery Plays? a one-two punch

Just call him The Music Man

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