Critics pick their favorite shows of 2007:
Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
Pam Kragen – North County Times
Don Braunagel – San Diego Magazine
2007 show reviews:
“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
Review: Carol Davis – Turbula.net
Review: Charlene Baldridge – La Jolla Village News
“A CHRISTMAS CAROL” – North Coast Repertory Theatre
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
“A CHRISTMAS CAROL: NOT-SO-TINY TIM’S GREAT BIG MUSICAL” – Vox Nova Theatre
Review: George Weinberg-Harter – SanDiego.com
Review: Charlene Baldridge – La Jolla Village News
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
“THE ADDING MACHINE” – La Jolla Playhouse
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Charlene Baldridge – La Jolla Village News
Review: George Weinberg-Harter – San Diego.com
Review: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
Review: Carol Davis – Turbula.net
Review: Jeff Smith – San Diego Reader
Feature: Pam Kragen- North County Times
Review: Jennifer Chung – San Diego Union-Tribune
“AFTER THE QUAKE” – La Jolla Playhouse.
Review: Jennifer Chung – SanDiego.com
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Jeff Smith – San Diego Reader
Review: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
Review: Charlene Baldridge – La Jolla Village News
“AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’: THE FATS WALLER MUSICAL SHOW” – San Diego Repertory Theatre
Review: George Weinberg-Harter – San Diego.com
Review: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Carol Davis – Turbula.net
Review: Jeff Smith – San Diego Reader
Review: Charlene Baldridge – La Jolla Village News
THE ALLEY CATS – Welk Resort Theatre.
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
“AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS” – Lyric Opera San Diego
Review: 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
Review: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
Review: Jeff Smith – San Diego Reader
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Carol Davis – Turbula.net
“BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE” – The Old Globe
Review: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Carol Davis – Turbula.net
Review: Ruth Lepper – Ramona Home Journal
“BETS AND BLUE NOTES” – Fritz Blitz
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
“THE BIBLE: THE COMPLETE WORD OF GOD (ABRIDGED)” – San Diego Repertory Theatre
Review: Jeff Smith – San Diego Reader
“BLITHE SPIRIT” – Premiere Productions
Review: Ruth Lepper – North County Times
“BLITHE SPIRIT” – MiraCosta Collage
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
“THE BREAK UP NOTEBOOK: THE LESBIAN MUSICAL” Diversionary Theatre.
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Charlene Baldridge – La Jolla Village News
“BUDDY: THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY”- Welk Resort Theatre
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
“BURIED: THE SAGO MINE DISASTER” at Swedenborg Hall
Review: George Weinberg-Harter – SanDiego.com
“THE BUSY WORLD IS HUSHED” – Diversionary Theatre
Review: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
Review: Jeff Smith – San Diego Reader
Review: Charlene Baldridge – La Jolla Village News
“CADENZA: MOZART’S LAST YEAR” – Vantage Theatre
Review: Jeff Smith – San Diego Reader
Review: Charlene Baldridge – La Jolla Village News
“CAMELOT” – Broadway/San Diego
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
“CHICAGO” – Broadway/San Diego
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Carol Davis – Turbula.net
“CHRISTMAS IS COMIN’ UPTOWN” – Common Ground Theatre
Review: Jeff Smith – San Diego Reader
CIRQUE ELOIZE: “RAIN” – Broadway/San Diego
Review: George Weinberg-Harter – SanDiego.com
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
“COME BACK TO THE 5 & DIME, JIMMY DEAN JIMMY DEAN” – 6th@Penn Theatre
Review: George Weinberg-Harter – Sandiego.com
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Charlene Baldridge – La Jolla Village News
“COMMUNICATING DOORS” – Cygnet Theatre
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Jeff Smith – San Diego Reader
Review: Charlene Baldridge – La Jolla Village News
Review: Carol Davis – Turbula.net
Review: Jennifer Chung – SanDiego.com
“COWBOY VERSUS SAMURAI” – Mo’olelo Performing Arts
Review: Jennifer Chung – SanDiego.com
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
Review: Charlene Baldridge – La Jolla Village News
Review: Jeff Smith – San Diego Reader
“CRY-BABY” – La Jolla Playhouse
Feature: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
Review: Charlene Baldridge – La Jolla Village News
Review: Jeff Smith – San Diego Reader
Review: Carol Davis – Turbula.net
“THE DECEPTION” – La Jolla Playhouse.
Review: Charlene Baldridge – La Jolla Village News
Review: Carol Davis – San Diego Jewish World
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Jeff Smith – San Diego Reader
Review: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
“DRACULA” – North Coast Repertory Theatre
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
Review: George Weinberg-Harter – SanDiego.com
Review: Carol Davis – Turbula.net
Review: Jeff Smith – San Diego Reader
Review: Charlene Baldridge – La Jolla Village News
“DR. SEUSS’ HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS” – Old Globe Theatre
Review: Charlene Baldridge – La Jolla Village News
Review: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Jennifer Chung – SanDiego.com
“ELECTRA” – MiraCosta College Theatre
Review: Ruth Lepper – North County Times
“THE END OF DEATH” at Swedenborg Hall
Review: George Weinberg-Harter – San Diego.com
FIREFLIES” at 6th@Penn Theatre
Review: Carol Davis – San Diego Jewish World
“THE FROGS” – The Theatre Inc.
Review: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
Review: George Weinberg-Harter – SanDiego.com
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Jeff Smith – San Diego Reader
“IRVING BERLIN’S WHITE CHRISTMAS” – The Welk Resort Theatre
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
“IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY” – Cygnet Theatre
Review: Jeff Smith – San Diego Reader
Review: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: 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
Review: Charlene Baldridge – La Jolla Village News
“JULIUS CAESAR” – New Village Arts
Review: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
Review: Jennifer Chung – SanDiego.com
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Jeff Smith – San Diego Reader
“HAMLET” – The Old Globe Summer Shakespeare Festival 2007
Review: Pam Kragen, North County Times
Review: Carol Davis – San Diego Jewish World
Review: Jeff Smith, San Diego Reader
Review: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
Review: 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.
Review: Carol Davis – San Diego Jewish World
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Charlene Baldridge – La Jolla Village News
“HONKY TONK ANGELS” – North Coast Repertory Theatre
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Carol Davis – Turbula.net
Review: Charlene Baldridge – La Jolla Village News
“HUMBLE BOY” – New Village Arts Theatre
Review: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Jeff Smith – San Diego Reader
Review: Carol Davis – Turbula.net
Review: George Weinberg-Harter – SanDiego.com
Review: Charlene Baldridge – La Jolla Village News
“THE KING AND I” – Patio Playhouse.
Review: Ruth Lepper – North County Times
“La Pastorela de la Raza” – Teatro Mascara Magica
Review: Jeff Smith – San Diego Reader
“A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC” – South Coast Repertory
Review: Carol Davis – Turbula.net
“LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS” – Moonlight Stage Productions
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Carol Davis – Turbula.net
“THE MAGIC FIRE” – Moonlight Stage Productions
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Carol Davis – Jewish Sightseeing.com
“MAMMA MIA!” – Broadway/San Diego
Review: Carol Davis – Turbula.net
“MAN OF LA MANCHA” – Lyric Opera San Diego
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Charlene Baldridge – La Jolla Village News
Review: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
“MEASURE FOR MEASURE” – The Old Globe Summer Shakespeare Festival
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Jeff Smith – San Diego Reader
Review: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
Review: Charlene Baldridge – La Jolla Village News
“MEDEA” – 6th@Penn Theatre
Review: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Charlene Baldridge – La Jolla Village News
“MENOPAUSE, THE MUSICAL” – national tour.
Review: Ruth Lepper – North County Times
“MOST WANTED” – La Jolla Playhouse
Feature 1: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
Feature 2: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
Feature: Pam Kragen – North County Times
“NUNCRACKERS: THE NUNSENSE CHRISTMAS MUSICAL” – Premiere Productions
Review: Ruth Lepper – North County Times
“OFF THE GROUND” – New Village Arts Theatre
Review: George Weinberg-Harter – Sandiego.com
Review: Jeff Smith – San Diego Reader
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Carol Davis – Turbula.net
Review: Charlene Baldridge – La Jolla Village News
“OSCAR AND THE PINK LADY” – The Old Globe
Feature: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
Review: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Carol Davis – Turbula.net
Review: Jeff Smith – San Diego Reader
Review: Charlene Baldridge – La Jolla Village News
“PIRATES OF POINT LOMA” – Compadre Theatre
Review: Jeff Smith – San Diego Reader
“PLAZA SUITE” – Patio Playhouse
Review: Ruth Lepper – North County Times
“PUNKS” – Ion Theatre
Review: Charlene Baldridge – La Jolla Village News
Review: Jeff Smith – San Diego Reader
Review: Jennifer Chung – SanDiego.com
Review: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
“RAGTIME” – Starlight Theatre
Review: Jeff Smith – San Diego Reader
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Carol Davis – Turbula.net
Review: Charlene Baldridge – La Jolla Village News
“THE RAT PACK: LIVE AT THE SANDS” – Broadway/San Diego
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
“RASHOMON” North Coast Repertory Theatre.
Review: Charlene Baldridge – La Jolla Village News
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Carol Davis – San Diego Jewish World
“ST. NICHOLAS” – Cygnet Theatre .
Review: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Jeff Smith – San Diego Reader
Review: Charlene Baldridge – La Jolla Village News
Review: Carol Davis – Turbula.net
“SCENT OF A WOMAN” – THEATRX
Review: Ruth Lepper – North County Times
“SCROOGE, THE MUSICAL” – CAST Productions
Review: Ruth Lepper – North County Times
“SEVEN CRIMES: A CELEBRATION OF MURDER, MAYHEM AND MUTILATION” – Sledgehammer Theatre
Review: Jeff Smith – San Diego Reader
Review: George Weinberg-Harter – SanDiego.com
Review: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
Review: Charlene Baldridge – La Jolla Village News
“SHIPWRECKED! AN ENTERTAINMENT” – South Coast Repertory
Review: Carol Davis – San Diego Jewish World
THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH – UCSD
Review: Jeff Smith – San Diego Reader
Review: Charlene Baldridge – La Jolla Village News
“SUSAN AND GOD” – Lamb’s Players Theatre
Review: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Jeff Smith – San Diego Reader
“THE SWALLOW” – Lyric Opera San Diego
Review: George Weinberg-Harter – SanDiego.com
Review: Charlene Baldridge – La Jolla Village News
“SWEET 15 (QUINCEANERA)” – San Diego Repertory Theatre
Review: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
Feature: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Jeff Smith – San Diego Reader
Review: Carol Davis – Turbula.net
Review: Charlene Baldridge – La Jolla Village News
“THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE” – Welk Resort Theatre
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Ruth Lepper – Ramona Home Journal
“TORCH SONG TRILOGY” – Diversionary Theatre
Review: Jeff Smith – San Diego Reader
Review: Charlene Baldridge – La Jolla Village News
“TURN OF THE SCREW” – Cygnet Theatre
Review: Jeff Smith – San Diego Reader
Review: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Carol Davis – Turbula.net
Review: Charlene Baldridge – La Jolla Village News
“THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA” – The Old Globe Summer Shakespeare Festival
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Jeff Smith – San Diego Reader
Review: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
“VICTORIA MARTIN: MATH TEAM QUEEN” – Moxie Theatre
Review: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
Review: Jeff Smith – San Diego Reader
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
Review: Carol Davis – Turbula.net
“WEST SIDE STORY” Moonlight Stage Productions.
Review: Anne Marie Welsh – San Diego Union-Tribune
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times
“WICKED” – Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles
Review: Pam Kragen – North County Times