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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

"A Little Night Music" - Cygnet Theatre @ Old Town Theatre

James Hebert - San Diego Union-Tribune

Anne Marie Welsh - North County Times

Carol Davis - JewishSightseeing.com

George Weinberg-Harter  - SanDiego.com

Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader

Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News

"All Night Strut"  - Welk Resort Theatre

Charlene Baldridge - North County Times

"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

"A Number"  - Cygnet Theatre

James Hebert - San Diego Union-Tribune

Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader

Anne Marie Welsh - North County Times

Jennifer Chung Klam - SanDiego.com

Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News

"Awaiting Judgment"  - Commmon Ground Theatre

Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News

"Beethoven, As I Knew Him" - The Old Globe

Feature: Pam Kragen - North County Times

James Hebert - San Diego Union-Tribune

Anne Marie Welsh - North County Times

Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader

George Weinberg-Harter - SanDiego.com

Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News

"The Big Bang" - North Coast Repertory Theatre

James Hebert - San Diego Union-Tribune

Pam Kragen - North County Times

Carol Davis - SanDiegoJewishSightseeing.com

Jennifer Chung Klam - SanDiego.com

Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader

"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

"Bye Bye Birdie"  - San Diego Musical Theatre

Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader

"Cats"  -Broadway/San Diego

Frankie Moran - North County Times

"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

"Corpus Christi"  - Diversionary Theatre

James Hebert - San Diego Union-Tribune

Anne Marie Welsh - North County Times

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

"Crazy for You"  - Starlight Theatre

Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader

Ruth Lepper - North County Times

"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

"Dance on the Sun"  - Vox Nova Theatre Co.

Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader

"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

"Funny Bones" - 6th@Penn Theatre

Frankie Moran - SanDiego.com

"The Glass Menagerie"  - The Old Globe

Feature: Anne Marie Welsh - The Los Angeles Times

Feature: James Hebert - San Diego Union-Tribune

James Hebert -  San Diego Union-Tribune

Pam Kragen - North County Times

Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader

George Weinberg-Harter - SanDiego.com

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

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"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

"Holy Ghosts" - Sullivan Players

George Weinberg-Harter - SanDiego.com

Feature: Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader

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

"Imagine"  - South Coast Repertory

Pam Kragen - North County Times

"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

"The Injured Party"  - South Coast Repertory

Pam Kragen - North County Times

"Jesus Christ Superstar" - Broadway/San Diego

Pam Kragen - North County Times

Frankie Moran - San Diego.com

"La Gaviota"  - ion theatre

Jennifer Chung - SanDiego.com

Anne Marie Welsh - North County Times

Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader

James Hebert - San Diego Union-Tribune

Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News

"The Listener" - Moxie Theatre

Anne Marie Welsh - North County Times

Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader

Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News

"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

"Monsieur Chopin" -  The Old Globe

George Weinberg-Harter - SanDiego.com

"Morning's at Seven"  - North Coast Repertory Theatre

Charlene Baldridge - North County Times

Frankie Moran - SanDiego.com

"Music & Memories" - Welk Resort Theatre

Pam Kragen - North County Times

Frankie Moran - SanDiego.com

"Night Mother"  - Ascension Theatre Company

George Weinberg-Harter - SanDiego.com

Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader

"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

"The Pearl Fishers"  - San Diego Opera

Charlene Baldridge - North County Times

Pam Kragen - North County Times

"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

"Prelude to a Kiss" - New Village Arts

Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader

Jennifer Chung - SanDiego.com

Pam Kragen - North County Times

James Hebert - San Diego Union-Tribune

Carol Davis - SanDiegoJewishSightseeing.com

"Request Programme"  - ion theatre

Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News

Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader

Feature: Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader

Pam Kragen - North County Times

Carol Davis - SanDiegoJewishSightseeing.com

Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader

"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

"Taking  Steps"  - South Coast Repertory

Pam Kragen - North County Times

"Tannhauser - San Diego Opera

Charlene Baldridge - La Jolla Village News

Pam Kragen - North County Times

"Terra Nova"  - 6th@Penn/Compass Theatre

Feature: Jennifer Chung Klam - San Diego Union-Tribune

Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader

George Weinberg-Harter - SanDiego.com

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

"Three Days of Rain"  - Compass Theatre

Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader

Anne Marie Welsh - North County Times

Jennifer Chung Klam - SanDiego.com

"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

"Urinetown" - San Diego State University

Jeff Smith - San Diego  Reader

"The Voysey Inheritance"  - Lamb's Players Theatre

Jeff Smith - San Diego Reader

Feature: James Hebert - San Diego Union-Tribune

Pam Kragen - North County Times

Carol Davis - SanDiegoJewishSightseeing.com

"The Wedding Singer" -  California Center for the Arts, Escondido

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"