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“Suds,” which completed its record-breaking run at the Old Globe in May, will open at the Criterion Center’s Stage Left, a new off-Broadway venue, on Sept. 22. “Suds” co-producer and co-writer Bryan Scott said that San Diegans supplied the last $100,000 in funding needed for the off-Broadway venture. Previews are set to begin Sept. 1.

The San Diego Theatre League is expanding ART TIX, its offer of half-price tickets on the day of performance, to include POST TIX, half-price ticket offers for shows on specific dates given by cooperating theaters. The first two shows on the POST TIX list are the Old Globe Theatre’s upcoming “Coriolanus” July 31 and Aug. 2, 3, 4 and 7 and “Jeeves Takes Charge,” Aug. 4 and 9. Up to five offers of shows on predetermined dates will be sent to those on the POST TIX mailing list approximately every six weeks. There is no charge for being on the mailing list, and subscribers can order up to 25 tickets per show.

Adrian Stewart is the new managing director of the San Diego Repertory Theatre. Stewart, who assumed the position on July 5, served director of marketing and development at the Dallas Theatre Center for the last three years.

Max Roach, who composed the jazz score for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at the San Diego Repertory Theatre last October, will be back at the Rep as early as next summer, thanks to a $22,500 grant from the Meet the Composer/Readers Digest Community Program. Roach has not announced the subject of his new composition. The grant money, which goes entirely to Roach, is part of a national program in partnership with the Lila Wallace-Readers Digest Fund and the National Endowment for the Arts, awarded jointly to the San Diego Repertory Theatre and the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. The Berkeley Repertory Theatre will also feature Roach’s composition on its program next year--possibly in the fall.