FOLLIES IN CONCERT Tami Dahbura delivered a couple of bright turns. As the wounded, curdled Phyllis, she carved her way through the caustic "Could I Leave You?", directed at her husband, Ben. Then, in "The Story of Lucy and Jessie," she made the song's tongue- and logic-twisting lyrics a cogent expression of envy, irony and compromise. Steven Winn, San Francisco Chronicle First among equals in the uniformly excellent group of the other soloists, Tami Dahbura stood out with her exquisite musical sensibility and chameloeonlike ability to shift from role to role. I have lost count of FOLLIES productions seen and heard since the show's1971 premiere, but Dahbura's Sally -- and her "In Buddy's Eyes," the loving ballad about living lovelessly -- was the most moving of them all. Then, when she brought the house down in "Cold I Leave You?" Dahbura was every inch of the hard-as-nails Phyllis, rather than the vulnerable Sally. And, when she sang "The Story of Lucy and Jessie," musically and dramatically, Dahbura was completely another character again. Janos Gereben, San Francisco Classical Voice The production was able to showcase a number of excellent voices, including that of Tami Dahbura, who soloed in three number including a deastating delivery of "Could I Leave You/" Sondheims' acid-laced marriage breakup song. Pat Craig, The Oakland Tribune

IN THE HEIGHTS

Abuela Claudia, who dispenses advice – and love – to the neighborhood denizens, is the heart and soul of the show, and Tami Dahbura stood out in her heart-tugging numbers, “Paciencia y Fe” (Patience and Faith) and “Hundreds of Stories.” Lynn Venhaus, PopLifeSTL.com

AN EVENING OF GERSHWIN & SONDHEIM SACRAMENTO PHILHARMONIC The words were well taken care of by an excellent soprano, Tami Dahbura, with a full, flexible grasp of the Broadway style.A powerful lot of the message that Sondheim tried to pack into the second (modern) act of his show about Seurat and his descendants, "Sunday in the Park with George," came through when Dahbura sang "Move On." And she and Dunford and Morgan and the orchestra made "I Got Rhythm" a rousing end for the show, which clearly delighted the crowd of nearly 1,800 again and again.William Glackin, The Sacramento Bee