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The next step in the new birth of Riverside’s Fox Theater has been taken with the appointment of a management team to operate the veteran venue.

That task will go to Bob Stein and Bill Malone, heads of the Stein/Malone Group, the same organization that runs the Riverside Municipal Auditorium.

Arts and Entertainment Editor Bob Sokolsky calls the choice a logical one, but notes that none of the Inland Empire theater companies seem to be appearing in any plans for the Fox.

He asks Inland Theater League president Mike Charles what this will mean to the 50 regional and community theaters that comprise the organization.

Charles also discusses the Fox rebirth, how it will effect area theaters and where all this will fit into Riverside Renaissance plans.