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Dramatic Difference at South Coast Repertory

Across the street from the Pacific Symphony’s performing space at the Orange County Performing Arts Center is South Coast Repertory, the county’s other main, home-grown arts organization. Its reputation exceeds the Pacific Symphony’s--the theater received a Tony Award in 1988--yet ticket prices there for main-stage productions appear to be in line with other regional theater companies around the country.

Tickets for the current, acclaimed production of Howard Korder’s “Search and Destroy” run $21 to $28. Prices for main-stage productions at the La Jolla Playhouse last season ran $18 to $25 (prices for the upcoming season have yet to be announced). At the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, tickets for the current production of “The Winter’s Tale” are $18 to $29.

At the Gem Theatre in Garden Grove, tickets for the current production of “Twelfth Night” are $16 to $20.

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