Archive: Children’s Theatre investigation

Stories related to the police investigation into financial crimes at the Palo Alto Children’s Theatre:

• Theater ‘defense fund’ raises quick $12,000 (March 5, 2008)

• Police theater probe reaches back to early 1990s (Feb. 29, 2008)

• Children’s Theater Defense Fund formed (Feb. 27, 2008)

• Final curtain for a community theater icon (Feb. 17, 2008)

• Theater ‘Friends’ group asks to be cleared (Feb. 12, 2008)

• Mayor Klein to handle details of Litfin estate (Feb. 11, 2008)

• Supporters rally to defend Children’s Theatre (Feb. 11, 2008)

• Briggs ‘devastated and baffled’ by investigation (Feb. 10, 2008)

• Police chief explains Children’s Theatre probe (Feb. 8, 2008)

• Children’s Theatre shows will go on, mostly (Feb. 6, 2008)

• Litfin estate to benefit Friends of Children’s Theatre (Feb. 7, 2008)

• Theatre, Friends, other storage units searched (Feb. 5, 2008)

• Children’s Theatre fans rally for program (Feb. 5, 2008)

• Michael Litfin of Children’s Theatre dies at 63 (Feb. 4, 2008)

• Police ‘sorting through’ theater evidence (Feb. 1, 2008)

• Police search homes of Children’s Theatre staff (Jan. 29, 2008)

• Children’s Theatre fans ask council, ‘Why?!’ (Jan. 29, 2008)

• The show will go on at Children’s Theatre (Jan. 28, 2008)

• Theatre investigation related to thefts (Jan. 25, 2008)

• City to expedite reopening Children’s Theatre (Jan. 25, 2008)

• ‘Financial crimes’ probe shuts Children’s Theatre (Jan. 24, 2008)

• Children’s Theatre celebrates 75th anniversary (Jan. 19, 2007)

By Palo Alto Weekly staff

By Palo Alto Weekly staff

By Palo Alto Weekly staff