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. (vitaliy_melnik - stock.adobe.com) Print 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.