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Archive
of 2008 reviews (shows now closed)
Archive of 2007 reviews
2008 Reviews Archive:
"Aida" - San Diego Opera
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
Carol Davis -
SanDiegoJewishSightseeing.com
"The American Plan" -
The Old Globe
Feature:
James Hebert - San Diego Union-Tribune
James Hebert - San Diego Union-Tribune
Jeff Smith -
San Diego Reader
Anne Marie Welsh - North County Times
Carol Davis - JewishSightseeing.com
Anton in Show Business
-
6th@Penn Theatre
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
Frankie Moran - SanDiego.com
"Bluebonnet Court" - Diversionary and
Moxie Theatres
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Jennifer Chung Klam - SanDiego.com
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
Carol Davis -JewishSightseeing.com
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
"Cav/Pag" - San Diego Opera
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
Cemetery Club - PowPAC
Ruth Lepper - North County Times
"The Clean House" - San Diego
Repertory Theatre
James Hebert - San Diego Union-Tribune
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Carol Davis -
JewishSightseeing.com
Jeff
Smith - San Diego Reader
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
"Corteo"
-
Cirque du Soleil at the Del Mar Fairgrounds
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Jennifer Chung - SanDiego.com
"Culture Clash in AmeriCCa" - South
Coast Repertory
Pam Kragen - North County Times
"The Daddy Machine" - Diversionary
Theatre
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
Frankie Moran - SanDiego.com
"Dancing at Lughnasa" - New Village Arts
Jennifer Chung Klam - SanDiego.com
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
James Hebert - San Diego Union-Tribune
Carol Davis - JewishSightseeing.com
Charlene Balridge - La Jolla Village News
"Dancing in the Dark" - The Old
Globe
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
James Hebert - San Diego Union-Tribune
Carol Davis - JewishSightseeing.com
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
Feature:
Pam Kragen
- North County Times
Feature:
James Hebert - San Diego Union-Tribune
Death & Taxes - New Vision
Theatre
Ruth Lepper - North County Times
"Fences" - Cygnet Theatre & San Diego
Black Ensemble
Anne Marie Welsh - North County Times
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
George Weinberg-Harter - SanDiego.com
Carol Davis -
JewishSightseeing.com
James Hebert - San Diego Union-Tribune
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
"The Great American Trailer Park Musical"
-California Center for the Arts, Escondido
Frankie Moran - SanDiego.com
"Guys and Dolls" - San Diego Musical
Theatre
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
Frankie Moran - SanDiego.com
'
"Hello, Dolly!" - Lamb's
Players Theatre
James Hebert - San Diego Union-Tribune
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
Carol Davis -
JewishSightseeing.com
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
Frankie Moran - SanDiego.com
"H.M.S. Pinafore - Lyric Opera San
Diego
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
Frankie Moran - SanDiego.com
Irving Berlin's "I Love a Piano" -
Spreckels Theatre
Frankie Moran - SanDiego.com
"Hysterical Blindness" - Backyard
Productions
Anne Marie Welsh - North County Times
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
Carol Davis - JewishSightseeing.com
"In This
Corner"
- The
Old Globe
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Feature:
Anne Marie Welsh - San Diego Union-Tribune
Review:
James Hebert - San Diego Union-Tribune
Carol Davis -
SDJewishSightseeing.com
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
Charlene Baldridge -
La Jolla Village News
"Jesus
Christ Superstar"
-
Broadway/San Diego
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Frankie Moran - San Diego.com
"Love Crazy" - Carlsbad Village
Theatre
Ruth Lepper - North County Times
"Mary Queen of Scots" - San Diego
Opera
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
"Miss Julie" - Sledgehammer Theatre
Anne Marie Welsh - North County Times
James Hebert - San Diego Union-Tribune
Jennifer Chung Klam - San Diego.com
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
"Music &
Memories"
-
Welk Resort Theatre
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Frankie Moran - SanDiego.com
"Oklahoma!"
-
Welk Resort Theatre
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Frankie Moran - SanDiego.com
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" -
The Theatre Inc.
George Weinberg-Harter - SanDiego.com
"Permanent Collection" - Mo'olelo
Performing Arts
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
George Weinberg-Harter - SanDiego.com
Anne Marie Welsh - North County Times
The Physicists" - UCSD Theatre and
Dance
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
"The Pillowman" - Ion Theatre
Anne Marie Welsh - North County Times
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
Carol Davis -
SDJewishSightseeing.com
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
George Weinberg-Harter - SanDiego.com
"Rhubarb, Or How to Play with a Rollergirl"
- Moxie Theatre
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
Feature:
James Hebert - San Diego Union-Tribune
Pam Kragen - North County Times
"Route 66" - Moonlight Stage
Productions
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Frankie Moran - SanDiego.com
"Sea of
Tranquility"
- The
Old Globe
James Hebert - San Diego Union-Tribune
Anne Marie Welsh -
North County Times
Carol Davis -
SDJewishSightseeing.com
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
"The Seven" - La Jolla Playhouse
Pam Kragen - North County Times
James Hebert - San Diego Union-Tribune
Feature:
Anne Marie Welsh - North County Times
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
"A Shayna Maidel" - North Coast
Repertory Theatre
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Carol Davis -
San Diego Jewish Sightseeing
Jennifer Chung Klam - SanDiego.com
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
"Songs for a New World" - White
Dog Theatre
Frankie Moran - SanDiego.com
"String
of Pearls"
-
North Coast Repertory Theatre
Pam Kragen - North County Times
George Weinberg-Harter - Sandiego.com
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
"Sweet Charity" - Coronado Playhouse
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
"Tango" - UCSD Theatre and Dance
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
"Tannhauser - San Diego Opera
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
Pam Kragen - North County Times
"This Is Our Youth" - New Village Arts
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
Carol Davis - JewishSightseeing.com
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
Feature:
James Hebert - San Diego Union-Tribune
"33 Variations" - La Jolla
Playhouse
Feature:
Pam Kragen - North County Times
James Hebert - San Diego Union-Tribune
Anne Marie Welsh - North County Times
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
Carol Davis - SanDiegoJewishSightseeing.com
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
"Tick, Tick ... Boom" - Stone Soup
Theatre
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
Carol Davis - JewishSightseeing.com
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
Frankie Moran - SanDiego.com
"Tony and Cleo" -
6th@Penn Theatre
Frankie Moran - SanDiego.com
"You Never Can Tell" - Moonlight
Stage Productions
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Carol Davis - SanDiegoJewishSightseeing.com
Frankie Moran - SanDiego.com
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2007 Reviews Archive:
Critics
pick their favorite shows of 2007:
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
Anne Marie Welsh - San Diego Union-Tribune
Pam Kragen - North County Times
2007 show reviews, in
alphabetical order:
"A
CATERED AFFAIR"
- The
Old Globe
Review: Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
Review: Anne Marie Welsh - San Diego Union-Tribune
Feature: Anne Marie Welsh - San Diego Union-Tribune
Feature 2: Anne Marie Welsh - San Diego
Union-Tribune
Review: Pam Kragen - North County Times
Feature: Pam Kragen - North County Times
Carol Davis - Turbula.net
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
"A CHRISTMAS CAROL"
-
North Coast Repertory Theatre
Pam Kragen - North County Times
"A CHRISTMAS CAROL: NOT-SO-TINY TIM'S GREAT BIG
MUSICAL"
-
Vox Nova Theatre
George Weinberg-Harter - SanDiego.com
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Anne Marie Welsh - San Diego Union-Tribune
"THE ADDING MACHINE"
-
La Jolla Playhouse
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
George Weinberg-Harter - San Diego.com
Anne Marie Welsh - San Diego Union-Tribune
Carol Davis - Turbula.net
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
Feature: Pam Kragen- North County Times
Jennifer Chung - San Diego Union-Tribune
"AFTER THE QUAKE"
La Jolla Playhouse.
Jennifer Chung - SanDiego.com
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
Anne Marie Welsh - San Diego Union-Tribune
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
"AIN'T MISBEHAVIN': THE FATS WALLER MUSICAL SHOW"
-
San Diego Repertory Theatre
George Weinberg-Harter - San Diego.com
Anne Marie Welsh - San Diego Union-Tribune
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Carol Davis - Turbula.net
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
THE ALLEY CATS
- Welk Resort
Theatre.
Pam Kragen - North County Times
"AMAHL
AND THE NIGHT VISITORS"
- Lyric Opera San Diego
Charlene
Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
Feature:
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Review:
Pam Kragen - North County Times
"AN IDEAL HUSBAND"
-
Lamb's Players Theatre
Anne Marie Welsh - San Diego Union-Tribune
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Carol Davis - Turbula.net
"BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE"
-
The Old Globe
Anne Marie Welsh - San Diego Union-Tribune
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Carol Davis - Turbula.net
Ruth Lepper - Ramona Home Journal
"BETS AND BLUE NOTES"
- Fritz Blitz
Pam Kragen - North County Times
"THE BIBLE: THE COMPLETE WORD OF GOD (ABRIDGED)"
-
San Diego Repertory Theatre
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
"BLITHE SPIRIT"
-
Premiere Productions
Ruth Lepper - North County Times
"BLITHE SPIRIT"
-
MiraCosta Collage
Pam Kragen - North County Times
"THE
BREAK UP NOTEBOOK: THE LESBIAN MUSICAL"
Diversionary Theatre.
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
"BUDDY: THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY"- Welk Resort Theatre
Pam Kragen - North County Times
"BURIED: THE
SAGO MINE DISASTER"
at Swedenborg Hall
George Weinberg-Harter - SanDiego.com
"THE BUSY WORLD IS HUSHED"
-
Diversionary Theatre
Anne Marie Welsh - San Diego Union-Tribune
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
"CADENZA: MOZART'S LAST YEAR"
-
Vantage Theatre
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
"CAMELOT"
-
Broadway/San Diego
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Anne Marie Welsh - San Diego Union-Tribune
"CHICAGO"
-
Broadway/San Diego
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Carol Davis - Turbula.net
"CHRISTMAS IS COMIN' UPTOWN"
- Common Ground Theatre
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
CIRQUE ELOIZE: "RAIN"
-
Broadway/San Diego
George Weinberg-Harter - SanDiego.com
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Anne
Marie Welsh - San Diego Union-Tribune
"COME BACK TO THE 5 & DIME, JIMMY DEAN JIMMY DEAN"
-
6th@Penn Theatre
George Weinberg-Harter - Sandiego.com
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
"COMMUNICATING DOORS"
-
Cygnet Theatre
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
Carol Davis - Turbula.net
Jennifer
Chung - SanDiego.com
"COWBOY VERSUS SAMURAI"
-
Mo'olelo Performing Arts
Jennifer Chung - SanDiego.com
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Anne Marie Welsh - San Diego Union-Tribune
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
"CRY-BABY"
- La Jolla Playhouse
Feature: Pam Kragen - North County Times
Review: Pam Kragen - North County Times
Anne
Marie Welsh - San Diego Union-Tribune
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
Carol Davis - Turbula.net
"THE
DECEPTION"
- La Jolla Playhouse.
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
Carol Davis - San Diego Jewish World
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
Anne Marie Welsh - San Diego Union-Tribune
"DRACULA"
-
North Coast Repertory Theatre
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Anne Marie Welsh - San Diego Union-Tribune
George Weinberg-Harter - SanDiego.com
Carol Davis - Turbula.net
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
"DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS"
- Old Globe Theatre
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
Anne Marie Welsh - San Diego Union-Tribune
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Jennifer Chung - SanDiego.com
"ELECTRA"
-
MiraCosta College Theatre
Ruth Lepper - North County Times
"THE END OF DEATH"
at Swedenborg Hall
George Weinberg-Harter - San Diego.com
FIREFLIES" at
6th@Penn Theatre
Carol Davis - San Diego Jewish World
"THE FROGS"
- The Theatre Inc.
Anne Marie Welsh - San Diego Union-Tribune
George Weinberg-Harter - SanDiego.com
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
"IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS"
-
The Welk Resort Theatre
Pam Kragen - North County Times
"IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY"
-
Cygnet Theatre
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
Anne Marie Welsh - San Diego Union-Tribune
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Carol Davis - Turbula.net
"JERSEY BOYS"
- Broadway/San Diego
Feature: Ruth Lepper - Ramona Home Journal
Feature: Pam Kragen - North County Times
Review: Pam Kragen - North County Times
Review: Anne Marie Welsh - San Diego Union-Tribune
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
"JULIUS CAESAR" - New Village Arts
Anne Marie Welsh - San Diego Union-Tribune
Jennifer Chung - SanDiego.com
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
"HAMLET"
- The Old Globe Summer Shakespeare
Festival 2007
Pam Kragen, North County Times
Carol Davis - San Diego Jewish World
Jeff Smith, San Diego Reader
Anne Marie Welsh - San Diego Union-Tribune
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
"HARVEY"
-
Premiere Productions
Feature: Pam Kragen - North County Times
Review: Ruth Lepper - North County Times
"HAY
FEVER"
-
The Old Globe Theatre.
Carol Davis - San Diego Jewish World
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
"HONKY TONK ANGELS"
-
North Coast Repertory Theatre
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Carol Davis - Turbula.net
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
"HUMBLE BOY"
- New
Village Arts Theatre
Anne Marie Welsh - San Diego Union-Tribune
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
Carol Davis - Turbula.net
George Weinberg-Harter - SanDiego.com
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
"THE
KING AND I"
-
Patio Playhouse.
Ruth Lepper - North County Times
"La Pastorela de la
Raza" - Teatro Mascara Magica
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
"A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC"
-
South Coast Repertory
Carol Davis - Turbula.net
"LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS"
-
Moonlight Stage Productions
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Carol Davis - Turbula.net
"THE MAGIC FIRE"
-
Moonlight Stage Productions
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Carol Davis - Jewish Sightseeing.com
"MAMMA MIA!" - Broadway/San Diego
Carol Davis - Turbula.net
"MAN OF LA MANCHA"
-
Lyric Opera San Diego
Pam
Kragen - North County Times
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
Anne Marie Welsh - San Diego Union-Tribune
"MEASURE FOR MEASURE"
- The Old Globe Summer Shakespeare
Festival
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader
Anne Marie Welsh - San Diego Union-Tribune
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
"MEDEA"
-
6th@Penn Theatre
Anne Marie Welsh - San Diego Union-Tribune
Pam Kragen - North County Times
Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News
"MENOPAUSE, THE MUSICAL"
-
national tour.
Ruth Lepper - North County Times
"MOST WANTED" - La Jolla Playhouse </ | 