Two storied playwrights and a relative newcomer make for must-see theatricality

“BRITANNICUS” by KEITH IAN POLAKOFF
Considering that across-town theaters are staging plays by Nobel literature laureates and pillars of European drama, it’s got be a bit humbling for Tom Jacobson to see his name in lights on Long Beach Playhouse’s marquee.
But while Harold Pinter and Jean [...]

Don Caballero: Complex instrumentals that have nothing to do with math. Or geometry. Or any other number-related puns. $10. 21+.
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Tango: Opening night of “Tango” at Cal Rep, about a young man trying to ease his family’s lack of moral structure. 7pm. $15-20.
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