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)
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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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boroughs. larry: you feel guilty? not at all. i don t feel guilty you see because it wasn t my doing that that happened. as far as the press goes, it is my fault. so i don t feel guilty. larry: mel gibson gets the rap. yeah. i feel like i took my stripes and, you know. larry: and casting patrick stewart. was that your input, too. i think he s great. larry: great villain. never seen him as a villain. there is a very funny story about him. he s been shoved under the water with a mop and all kinds of things are going on. and one of the grips, one of the lighting guys, andy from the deep south, and he says hey, your billy shakespeare didn t teach you this stuff, did he? where is your billy shakespeare now? but he still has that delivery. larry: that s funny. we re going to have to torture you, jerry. larry: we ll be right back with mel gibson, the director, actor, director, actor, who will find out what it s like to when you win awards for directing, what is it like
captions by vitac www.vitac.com larry: mel gibson has been at the top of his profession for decades, despite the apparent personal problems that have been reported on in the past week. he has an incredibly successful track record as an actor, director and producer. i spoke to him in 1997. we were talking about the film conspiracy theory. a little history of this film. how did this unusual script come to you? it was sent to me by the writer via the director. he said he had written it for me. i have my doubts. they usually like to flatter you on these matters. larry: they lie. i don t know. yes. okay. they lie. larry: looks like he had you in mind. anyway, this lying bastard sent me the script. before i knew it, i kind of liked it. i found it really intriguing, very well written. he is a very clever guy, so much so that i m actually doing a picture with him he wrote and now he s going to direct. i think he is good. larry: and one of the unusual things about