Fresh ‘Tuna’ and Futuristic Doors Musical Set for 2000

Two theater companies have announced their season schedules for 1999-2000:

The McCoy Rigby Entertainment series at La Mirada Theatre will present the local premiere of “Red, White and Tuna” (Jan. 28-Feb. 13)--the latest from the creators-performers of “Greater Tuna”--and Cathy Rigby will star in “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” (March 31-April 16).

The shows highlight a season that will start with “Pump Boys and Dinettes” (Sept. 17-Oct. 3) and “The Gin Game” (Nov. 5-21) and end with “A Grand Night for Singing” (June 2-18).

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A new, futuristic musical based on music of the Doors, “Celebration of the Lizard,” will conclude San Diego Repertory Theatre’s next season, May 28-June 25. It was conceived and adapted by Joel Lipman with the cooperation of Doors keyboard player Ray Manzarek.

Also on the season: revivals of Luis Valdez’s “Bandido!” (Sept. 24-Oct. 17) and the Corneille/Kushner “The Illusion” (Nov. 5-28), the West Coast premiere of the jazz/blues/hip-hop musical “SLAM” (Feb. 4-27) and the premiere of D.W. Jacobs’ solo show “R. Buckminster Fuller: The History (and Mystery) of the Universe,” starring Ron Campbell (March 31-April 23), plus the company’s usual “A Christmas Carol” and three brief dance and music festivals.

For information, call San Diego Repertory at (619) 235-8025; McCoy Rigby at La Mirada Theatre at (562) 944-9801 or (714) 994-6310.