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Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan failed to secure enough votes for the speakership Tuesday, and his allies are continuing to try to convince Republican opponents to get onboard before a second vote on Wednesday.

In a new memoir, Worthy, Pinkett Smith writes about her marriage to Will Smith, about how she charted a course from Baltimore to Hollywood, and about her close friendship with rapper Tupac Shakur.

Xanadu follows Clio, the lovely and precocious Greek muse who puts on roller skates. legwarmers, and an Australian accent in order to help Sonny Malone, a chalk artist with half a brain and a heart of gold, rediscover his own creativity. With both help and hindrance from the other muses Sonny and Clio work to rebuild a roller disco. Xanadu is the rare musical with a big heart, an even bigger funny bone, and a tongue stuck firmly in its cheek. Xanadu, a splashy musical comedy on wheels, has a book by Douglas Carter Beane and music and lyrics by Jeff Lynne and John Farrar. It is based on the 1980 film of the same name. The film’s soundtrack was a commercial hit. The musical’s score retains the hits from the film and also includes new arrangements by Eric Stern of “I’m Alive”, “Magic”, “Suddenly”, and “Dancin'”, as well as integrating two classic Electric Light Orchestra songs, “Strange Magic” and “Evil Woman”, plus Farrar’s hit “Have You Never Been Mellow”. Ticket Details: ‣ Single Tickets: Thursday $24, Friday $27, Saturday Matinee $25, Saturday Evening $30, Sunday $27. ‣ Children $12.50 each performance. Active Military, Student & Senior Discounts. Great Group Rates. ‣ Group discounts available for parties of 8 or more. (Pricing will automatically adjust when 8 or more Adult Tickets are purchased together. Group rates only apply to adult ticket pricing). For questions, call the Box Office (619) 435-4856 or email boxoffice@coronadoplayhouse.com

The Little Sisters of Hoboken face the deadly dilemma of burying dozens of fellow nuns on a budget. Naturally, the most logical move is to stage a variety show against a backdrop of Grease the Musical, right? The zany sisters work their way through organizing a Vaudevillian-esque production, utilizing the past talents – Reverend Regina was a former carnie – and current circumstances – Sister Mary Amnesia’s memory loss makes for great conversation. This small cast is tasked with carrying the uniquely twisted humor of this wild musical. You won’t want to miss the surviving talents of Little Sisters of Hoboken in Nunsense! Ticket Details: ‣ Single Tickets: Thursday $24, Friday $27, Saturday Matinee $25, Saturday Evening $30, Sunday $27. ‣ Children $12.50 each performance. Active Military, Student & Senior Discounts. Great Group Rates. ‣ Group discounts available for parties of 8 or more. (Pricing will automatically adjust when 8 or more Adult Tickets are purchased together. Group rates only apply to adult ticket pricing). For questions, call the Box Office (619) 435-4856 or email boxoffice@coronadoplayhouse.com

This immersive, world premiere musical is based entirely on the discography of Ben Folds – blending flashbacks, dance, and complex harmonies to illuminate the histories and inner lives of the regulars down at your local pub. Audiences will enter Coronado Playhouse and be transported to their favorite dive bar, where former bandmates will reunite, exes will collide, and secrets will be revealed as patrons get a glimpse of the hope and heartbreak concealed in plain sight within the strangers next to us. Part theatre, part concert, and part drinking game, this modern parable is a celebration of community and resilience as we “learn to live with what we are.” Ticket Details: ‣ Single Tickets: Thursday $24, Friday $27, Saturday Matinee $25, Saturday Evening $30, Sunday $27. ‣ Children $12.50 each performance. Active Military, Student & Senior Discounts. Great Group Rates. ‣ Group discounts available for parties of 8 or more. (Pricing will automatically adjust when 8 or more Adult Tickets are purchased together. Group rates only apply to adult ticket pricing). For questions, call the Box Office (619) 435-4856 or email boxoffice@coronadoplayhouse.com

On Sunday, February 19, First Lutheran Church of San Diego’s Music & Arts @Third&Ash will present BLACK VOICES/BLACK WRITERS, a staged reading of the work of classic and contemporary black writers including Toni Morrison, James Baldwin, Bil Wright, Audre Lorde, and more. The cast: Rhys Greene ("Emmett Till," ION Theatre, "Father Comes Home from the War," Intrepid Theatre, "Sizwe Banzi is Dead," San Diego Black Ensemble Theatre), Portia Gregory ("The Trip to Bountiful," ACT Award Winner Best Actress, "The Music Sounds Different to Me Now," La Jolla Playhouse Without Walls Festival ) author, playwright Bil Wright (American Library Association Stonewall Award, LAMBDA Literary Award), and Karole Foreman (Lady Day, 2019 Ovation Award, "Blues in the Night" (Northcoast Rep.), "A Little Night Music," San Diego Theatre Critics Nomination). Curtain at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. (doors open at 3:30 & 6:30.) First Lutheran Church of San Diego, 1420 Third Ave. $20 donations suggested. First Lutheran Church San Diego on Facebook

The cause of the explosion has not yet been confirmed. Protests broke out in Lebanon, Iraq, Turkey, Iran and Jordan in response to the blast, with crowds chanting against Israel.

Gas stoves emit potentially harmful pollutants, but utilities and their trade group avoided regulation with tactics perfected by the tobacco industry to cast doubt on science showing health problems.