Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California’s Central Coast has lots of venues for performing arts, plays and concerts — including The Great American Melodrama ...

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Melodrama is a word that encapsulates adolescent existence in Los Angeles. I am unnerved by its accuracy, unwound by the simplified singularity of its meaning, how it can encompass the burning, ...

Charles Dickens Oliver Twist: Melodrama. Adapted from the novel and directed by Neil Bartlett. (Through June 24. Berkeley Repertory s Roda Theatre, 2015 Addison St., Berkeley. Two hours, 20 minutes.