Ringing down the curtain after 55 years
Daily Pilot and TimesOC theater writer Tom Titus is retiring after 55 years of reviewing Orange County theater.
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Parting, as Billy Shakespeare once quoth, is such sweet sorrow. And that pretty much sums up my feelings as I contemplate retirement after 55 years of reviewing local theater for the Daily Pilot and TimesOC.
It’s been a terrific ride for this dyed-in-the-wool theater junkie. And that includes 40 years as a participant acting and directing for local playhouses, highlighted by 31 years as artistic director of the Irvine Community Theater.
Tom Titus stands in the Segerstrom stage at South Coast Repertory, where he reviewed every single show for the Daily Pilot and TimesOC since the theater opened in 1964.
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Aug. 17, 1971: Palace Theater undergoing demolition
COREY MCMAKEN | The Journal Gazette
The Palace Theater opened at 126 E. Washington Boulevard in 1915 and was demolished in 1971. In today s History Journal photo, the interior can be seen peeking out through a destroyed wall.
Early in its life, it was a vaudeville house and showed movies.
Fort Wayne Civic Theatre moved into the Palace in 1957 after its previous home, the Majestic Theatre, was condemned and torn down, according to a history on Civic s website. It was renamed the Civic Playhouse and the theater group remained at the building until 1969.
The block is now home to the Civic Center Parking Garage.