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White Christmas
Charlene BaldridgePhoto by Ken HowardHappy HolidaysSan Diego Musical Theatre's 4th 'White Christmas'San Diego Musical Theatre (SDMT) has its own holiday tradition going now, with presentation of Irving...
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The Cherry Orchard -- UCSD
Charlene BaldridgePhoto by Ken HowardThe Cherry Orchard at UCSDDefining the word thesis.A thesis is what an individual thinks about a given subject. Hopefully, a thesis posits, or shines light on a...
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Hershey as Irving
Charlene BaldridgePhoto by Ken HowardHershey Felder as Irving BerlinIn the best so far of his “Composers Sonata” series, which essays the lives of Gershwin, Bernstein, Beethoven and Chopin, Canadian...
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If/Then and Va Va Voom
Charlene BaldridgePhoto by Ken HowardHow We’ve GrownIf/Then and The Va Va Voom RoomI should have known that If/Then would be gnarled and dense. It’s the same team that brought us Next to Normal, Tom...
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Mozart, Avo Part and All that Jazz
Charlene BaldridgePhoto by Ken HowardIn the space of four days, this reader/music listener/arts appreciator has been inspired by the connections made, mostly without words, tying together everything...
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Bloggish Again -- Metromaniacs and Ragtime
Charlene BaldridgePhoto by Ken HowardBloggish againThe MetromaniacsThere are many characters and at least five leading characters in David Ives’ The Metromaniacs, a play with a proven track record...
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Guards at the Taj
Charlene BaldridgePhoto by Ken HowardFacing NorthRajiv Joseph’s Guards at the Taj opens at PlayhouseIt’s 1648 and the Taj Mahal is almost ready for the public to gaze upon for the first time. Even the...
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The Last Match, Rasheeda Speaking, Emilie, Marquise du Chatelet
Charlene BaldridgePhoto by Ken HowardThree Plays and a PlayhouseThe Last Match at the Old GlobeNot knowing a let from a love, I went to see the world premiere of Anna Ziegler’s The Last Match Thursday...
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Blythe Barton Special
Brenda McGillicutty BurgooDance CriticBlythe Barton SpecialBrenda has been in exile. Charlene brought her in for this special.Friday night (Feb. 26) afforded an opportunity to see Blythe Barton Dance...
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Maiinly Mozart Spotlight Series
Brenda McGillicutty Burgooas seen by Charlene BaldridgeBrenda Goes to TSRIMainly Mozart continued its 2016 Spotlight series at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) Saturday, Feb. 27. Two identical...
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Ferruccio Furlanetto
Charlene BaldridgePhoto by Ken HowardThe Italian Basso: Ferruccio FurlanettoHow do I love thee? Let us say much. Let us say as much as I love any bass in the world of opera. Let us say that on March 5...
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Seminar, Stravinsky and Chaperone
Charlene BaldridgePhoto by Ken HowardSeminar, Stravinsky and ChaperoneSeminar at Diversionary Black Box(photos by Adriana Zuniga Williams Photography)Seminar is the title of Theresa Rebeck’s play,...
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Two Wizards -- Baum and Bucky
Charlene BaldridgePhoto by Ken HowardWe’re Off to See the Wizard:Green and GreenAre you tired of hearing me talk about Oz? Seriously, my life might have been entirely different if I hadn’t believed in...
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Waiting for Godot
Charlene BaldridgePhoto by Ken HowardWaiting for Godot photos by Jim CarmodyWaiting for the Easter BunnyGodot“We were respectable in those days,” says the tramp Vladimir near the beginning of Samuel...
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Streamers Rusalka The Illusion
Charlene BaldridgePhoto by Ken HowardStreamers UCSD Graduate Theatre ProductionIs set in 1965 and tells the story of four enlisted men waiting to be assigned to duty in the Vietnam War. It is part of...
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Blameless and Shrew(d)
Charlene BaldridgePhoto by Ken HowardOld Globe’s BlamelessCurrently playing at the Old Globe’s White Theatre through March 26, the world premiere of Nick Gandiello’s family drama, The Blameless, is...
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The Tragedy of Carmen Special
Tenor Adrian Kramer as Don Jose and bass-baritone Ryan Kuster as Escamilloin San Diego Opera's production of Peter Brook's The Tragedy of Carmenplaying through Sunday afternoon onlyThe Tragedy of...
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Abundance
Charlene BaldridgePhoto by Ken HowardAs currently produced by Cygnet Theatre, Betty Comden and Adolph Green’s Tony Award-winning 1978 Broadway farce, On the 20th Century (with music by Cy Coleman),...
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Bruckner, Odets and POP Tour
Charlene BaldridgePhoto by Ken HowardThe weekend was amazing. It presented the unusual, the coincidental and the unexpected, and all seemed to have resonance.It started off Saturday afternoon with the...
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Neverland and Gay (as in Happy)
Charlene BaldridgePhoto by Ken HowardFinding Neverland plays Civic Theatre thru April 9Based on David Magee’s Oscar winning film and a play titled The Man Who Was Peter Pan, James Graham and Gary...
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First Date Special
Charlene BaldridgePhoto by Ken HowardFirst Date SpecialSaturday, April 8, San Diego Musical Theatre (SDMT) opened the Broadway musical, First Date. Continuing through May 7, the sassy 90-minute piece...
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Aunt Augusta Special
Charlene BaldridgePhoto by Ken HowardA Bit of TravelAunt Augusta has “brilliant” red hair, according to her nephew, Henry. Audiences hear this description but never really see the flamboyant...
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Margin of Error Premieres
Charlene BaldridgePhoto by Ken HowardWill Cooper’s New Play from RoustaboutsIn its world premiere at the Lyceum Space (through May 7 only), Will Cooper’s contemporary drama, Margin of Error, impresses...
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SDSU The Full Monty
Charlene BaldridgePhoto by Ken HowardSan Diego State's Full Monty• Directed by Stephen Brotebeck, SDSU Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre. Broadway credits include Peter and the Starcatcher, and...
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Mahler the Magnificent
Charlene BaldridgePhoto by Ken HowardMagnificent MahlerWhen you reach a certain age you have to be careful when you say “turn of the century.” On the way to Jacobs Music Center Sunday afternoon, I was...
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