Kyle Adam Blair - pianist, new music specialist, vocal coach
Theatre
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production photos by Tim Botsko
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Master Class
(music director, on-stage pianist, "Manny")
11/14/2025 - 12/14/2025 / Scripps Ranch Theatre / San Diego, CA
"The one solid relationship (Maria Callas) maintains is with her magnificent piano player, Manny (Kyle Adam Blair, who plays flawlessly and is also musical director) and even that interaction works because, comically, he has learned how to kowtow to the great diva." (Milo Shapiro, Stage and Cinema)
"Roustabouts artistic director Phil Johnson... surrounded (Sandy) Campbell with a talented cast, led by Kyle Adam Blair as Manny, the Juilliard piano accompanist playing for the student singers." (Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune)
"A pianist is accompanying the class: Manny, played by Kyle Adam Blair, who brings great balance to the scenes...props to Kyle Adam Blair’s music direction." (Alejandra Enciso, From Another Zero)
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written by Terrence McNally
directed by Phil Johnson
co-produced by Scripps Ranch Theatre and The Roustabouts Theatre Co.
music direction by Kyle Adam Blair
featuring:
Sandy Campbell
Abigail Grace Allwein
Kyle Adam Blair
Sara Frondoni
Ben Read
Tim Benson
scenic design by Dixon Fish
costume design by Dawn Fuller-Korinek
lighting design by David Kievit
sound design and projections by Ted Leib
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Maria Callas is teaching a master class in front of an audience: us. She’s glamorous, commanding, larger than life - and drop-dead funny. She glories in her own career, dabbles in opera dish, and flat-out seduces the audience. Callas brings the class to an amazing close by acknowledging the sacrifices we must make in the name of art.
(music director, on-stage pianist, "Manny")
11/14/2025 - 12/14/2025 / Scripps Ranch Theatre / San Diego, CA
"The one solid relationship (Maria Callas) maintains is with her magnificent piano player, Manny (Kyle Adam Blair, who plays flawlessly and is also musical director) and even that interaction works because, comically, he has learned how to kowtow to the great diva." (Milo Shapiro, Stage and Cinema)
"Roustabouts artistic director Phil Johnson... surrounded (Sandy) Campbell with a talented cast, led by Kyle Adam Blair as Manny, the Juilliard piano accompanist playing for the student singers." (Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune)
"A pianist is accompanying the class: Manny, played by Kyle Adam Blair, who brings great balance to the scenes...props to Kyle Adam Blair’s music direction." (Alejandra Enciso, From Another Zero)
- - -
written by Terrence McNally
directed by Phil Johnson
co-produced by Scripps Ranch Theatre and The Roustabouts Theatre Co.
music direction by Kyle Adam Blair
featuring:
Sandy Campbell
Abigail Grace Allwein
Kyle Adam Blair
Sara Frondoni
Ben Read
Tim Benson
scenic design by Dixon Fish
costume design by Dawn Fuller-Korinek
lighting design by David Kievit
sound design and projections by Ted Leib
- - -
Maria Callas is teaching a master class in front of an audience: us. She’s glamorous, commanding, larger than life - and drop-dead funny. She glories in her own career, dabbles in opera dish, and flat-out seduces the audience. Callas brings the class to an amazing close by acknowledging the sacrifices we must make in the name of art.
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