‘Tis the season for holiday-themed shows to take center stage at many North Bay theatres. Family-friendly musicals continue to be the go-to choices of a lot of companies, but there are a few offering a break to those who’ve grown weary of the Christmas music thrust upon them since late September. Lauren Gunderson and Margot…
What’s a mother to do when her daughter says she hears the voice of an angel instructing her to lead an army to war? ‘Love her unconditionally’ is the short answer provided by playwright Jane Anderson in Mother of the Maid, running at Marin Theatre Company through Dec. 15. The tale of Joan of Arc…
After repeated delays due to the Kincade Fire and PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoffs, the Cloverdale Performing Arts Center finally held its “Big Reveal” party on Sunday, November 24 and announced its 2020 season. At the event co-sponsored by the Cloverdale Chamber of Commerce, CPAC Artistic Director Yavé Guzman announced a season of four plays…
My guests on the Thursday, November 21 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon were Laura Downing-Lee, Michael Coury Murdock, and Ariana LaMark from the SRJC/SSU production of The Sound of Music. Click below to listen: **********
North Bay theatre patrons are well aware of the number of performances cancelled because of the Kincade fire and the PG&E power shutoffs. What they may not know is the impact those factors had on shows in the middle of their rehearsal process. There’s no doubt that loss of critical time can be attributed to…
It’s been almost 85 years since two of Marin’s oldest theatre companies joined forces to present a full theatrical production. Apparently, it worked so well that the Mountain Play and the Ross Valley Players have decided to do it again. Their co-production of She Loves Me, the 1963 musical adaptation of the 1937 Hungarian play…
My guests on the Thursday, November 14 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon were Evan Held and Zane Walters from the Spreckels Theatre Company production of Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley. Click below to listen: **********
Author Roald Dahl’s children’s stories usually feature an exceptional child living in an unexceptional world of abusive adults and oppressive institutions. Whether it’s James traveling in a giant peach or Charlie touring a chocolate factory, the young protagonists usually triumph with the help of a loving grown-up. That formula is at work again in Matilda…
Writers have been dressing up the “boy meets girl, boy loses girl” trope for centuries now from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet to every Hallmark Channel movie. Playwright Jeffrey Sweet took his shot at it twenty years ago with Bluff, running now at The Belrose in San Rafael through November 16. Sweet, long connected with Chicago…
My guests on the Thursday, November 7 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon were Patrick Nims, David Yen, and Brittany Law from the 6th Street Playhouse production of Oliver! Click below to listen: **********
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