The AO's Discovery Series is one of the highlights of what they do.  I've seen some wonderful music theater experiences in this series, and the most recent is Charlie Parker's Yardbird.  I wish I'd had time to read the program notes before the show, because the biographical information would have helped me to follow the story better.  It's a series of events from Parker's life in a libretto by Bridgette A. Wimberly, who evidently did a considerable amount of research.  The story is not the st...
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