If you're a theater fan, mark your calendars: there's plenty to do when it comes to stage performances in Long Beach this week, from Arthur Miller to Christopher Marlowe.
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'The Price'
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In a New York brownstone marked for demolition, two estranged brothers meet to sort through and sell their late father’s belongings — a pile of relics and old furniture buried by a lifetime worth of family baggage. The resulting confrontation leads them to examine the events and qualities of their very different lives and the price that each of them had to pay. Tony-nominated play "The Price" is a riveting story about the struggle to make peace with the past and create hope for the future.
When: Thursday, May 23, 8 p.m.
Where: International City Theatre, 330 E. Seaside Way
Price: $23.50
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August Wilson's 'Seven Guitars'
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From the master playwright of "Fences," August Wilson, comes this story in his decade-by-decade exploration of the black experience in America. In a Pittsburgh tenement in 1948, friends gather to mourn the sudden death of a blues guitarist who has died on the verge of his musical success. Flashing back to the busy week preceding Floyd “Schoolboy” Barton’s demise, we learn the reasons for his tragic fall.
When: Friday, May 24, 8 p.m.
Where: Long Beach Playhouse - MainStage, 5021 E. Anaheim St.
Price: $10
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'Doctor Faustus'
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The wealthy and acclaimed Doctor Faustus is bored with life, having learned everything already known, so makes a deal with the devil to learn all that is unknown. One of Shakespeare's greatest contemporaries, Christopher Marlowe retells the classic German tale with scathing wit and dark humor. Witness as Faust falls from grace and strives for redemption with his soul on the line.
When: Friday, May 24, 8 p.m.
Where: Long Beach Shakespeare Company's Helen Borgers Theatre, 4250 Atlantic Ave.
Price: $11.25
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