From Shakespeare to Sondheim to Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker, everything you "dew" makes us proud!

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My brother, in town to see The Nutcracker, starts a chess game with my son

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See The Nutcracker!@laurelballetperformingco dancers and full @westmorelandsymphony orchestra. Saturday 2 & 7; Sunday 7.

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Nutcracker dress rehearsal montage. Carolyn plays the Dew Drop Fairy Saturday at 7.

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The girl is the Dew Drop Fairy in @laurelballetperformingco The Nutcracker Saturday evening. Live orchestra! @westmorelandsymphony

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Where No One Has Gone Before (TNG Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 5) Wes’s warp-drive guru helps him save all the crew (he’s an ensign)

Rewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break. While I wouldn’t say this was a strong episode, of the first season episodes I’ve rewatched, it’s the first that really felt like the Star Trek: The Next Generation I grew to love. The young director Rob Bowman went on to direct about 12 more episodes. The arrogant Starfleet…

The girl's entrance as Marley's Ghost.

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The Last Outpost (ST:TNG Rewatch. Season 1, Episode 4) Riker shouts from a cliff while Ferengi use whips, that’s a-facepalm

Rewatching ST:TNG after about a 20-year break. This odd episode introduced the Ferengi, a parody of the capitalist patriarchy. I only remember bits and pieces of this episode, possibly because the pieces really don’t fit together very well. The long opening sequence gives us a good look at how the bridge crew deals with an…

Still in her make-up from her scene as Marley's ghost, with script in hand standing in for The Ghost of Christmas Present at today's dress rehearsal.

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Interactive Adventure Song

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The Naked Now (Season 1, Episode 2: ST:TNG Rewatch) When a script that blows chunks makes the crew flirt like drunks, that’s a-rehash

With a large ensemble, we saw many scenes of one person infecting another, which got predictable after a while. Even after they learned the intoxication spreads through perspiration, nobody thinks to put on rubber gloves.

I admit, Data’s interrupted “There was a young lady from Venus” limerick made me laugh, but what sold the scene for me was Data asking Worf, “Did I say something wrong?” and Worf huffing, “I don’t understand their humor either.”

Because this show has so many short two-person scenes, I like to think of this episode as TNG’s versions of the ballroom sketches on the old Muppet Show. (Closeup on chandelier; medium shot of couples dancing; cut to a nondescript couple of muppets; there’s a setup and a cheesy punchline; cut to another couple, repeat.)

I made some progress.

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Progress.

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Ugh. Unmarked items waiting for me as I start to recover from an illness.

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WAOB Audio Theatre Interview — Dennis Jerz

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