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By Daryl H. Miller

July 3, 2003 12 AM PT

The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe: Performed by Lily Tomlin, the solo show has been seen several times in Southern California, before and after its much-admired Broadway run in 1985-86. Now it’s at the Ahmanson Theatre, only slightly tweaked. Thank goodness no drastic changes were made, because this has always been a perfect melding of performer and material (written and directed by Tomlin’s longtime collaborator, Jane Wagner). Tomlin portrays 12 characters, mostly women. That all of the characters are embodied in one performer underscores the show’s theme: interconnectedness.

-- Daryl H. Miller

Ends Sunday at the Ahmanson Theatre, 135 N. Grand Ave., downtown L.A. (213) 628-2772.

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Daryl H. Miller

Daryl H. Miller has been besotted with the arts since age 5, once he was old enough to sing with the church youth choir, and has yet to top the thrill of portraying Billy Bigelow in his rural high school’s production of “Carousel.” He has been covering the arts in Southern California for three decades for the Los Angeles Times, Daily News, LA Weekly, Orange County Register and other publications. He is also a former Times copy editor.

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