On Theater:

Two musicals and four world premieres will highlight South Coast Repertory’s 2009-10 season, the Costa Mesa company’s 46th, which also will feature revivals of a pair of Pulitzer Prize winners.

And, while the popular “A Christmas Carol” will be back for its 30th incarnation — and Hal Landon Jr.’s 30th turn as Scrooge — “La Posada Magica” will take this season off as the theater, like other enterprises, tightens its belt a notch.

The musicals will be Stephen Sondheim’s “Putting It Together,” inspired by a song from his “Sunday in the Park With George” (which SCR also produced) and a Broadway-bound piece from up-and-coming composer-lyricist Adam Gwon entitled “Ordinary Days.”

The new attractions will be “The Happy Ones” by Julie Marie Myatt and set in Orange County, Howard Korder’s “In a Garden” taking place in the Middle East and a pair of yet-to-be determined world premieres which will debut as part of the 2010 Pacific Playwrights Festival.

The prize winners are “Crimes of the Heart,” an early achievement by frequent repertory contributor Beth Henley and August Wilson’s racial drama “Fences.” Rounding out the season will be “Saturn Returns” by Noah Haidle, making its West Coast premiere after a successful New York run.

Landon has become a local legend for his three decades of impersonating Charles Dickens’ most famous miser.

He first played the part in 1980 when the theater began the saga and has been — along with director John-David Keller — a staple of the show ever since.

The popular Theater for Young Audiences program again will offer three shows — “Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business,” “A Wrinkle in Time” and “Ben and the Magic Paintbrush.” The latter is a South Coast Repertory-commissioned world premiere.

South Coast Repertory is taking orders for season subscriptions, which can be purchased at www.scr.org, by phone at (714) 708-555 or by visiting the box office at 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa.

Performance Dates And Venues For 2009-10:

 “Putting It Together,” Sept. 11 to Oct. 11, Segerstrom Stage

 “The Happy Ones,” Sept. 27 to Oct. 18, Argyros Stage

 “Saturn Returns,” Oct. 23 to Nov. 23, Segerstrom Stage

 “A Christmas Carol,” Nov. 28 to Dec. 26, Segerstrom Stage

 “Ordinary Days,” Jan. 3 to 24, Argyros Stage

 “Fences,” Jan. 22 to Feb. 21, Segerstrom Stage

 “In a Garden,” March 7 to 28, Argyros Stage

 “Crimes of the Heart,” May 7 to June 6, Segerstrom Stage

 Two world premieres, to be announced, March 26 to April 25, Segerstrom Stage and April 11 to May 2, Argyros Stage.

The Theater for Young Audiences shows, all on the Argyros Stage, are:

 “Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business,” Nov. 6 to 22

 “A Wrinkle in Time,” Feb. 5 to 21

 “Ben and the Magic Paintbrush,” May 21 to June 6

TOM TITUS reviews local theater for the Daily Pilot.