North Bay theatres ring out the old and welcome in the New Year with music and comedy. The World Goes ‘Round to the beat of Broadway showtunes at Petaluma’s Cinnabar Theater while Santa Rosa’s 6th Street Playhouse is Fully Committed to bringing the laughs. Both shows run through January 5. You’re probably more familiar with…
My guest on the Thursday, December 18 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon was Patrick Varner from the 6th Street Playhouse production of Fully Committed. Click below to listen: **********
North Bay theatre patrons seeking refuge from a rainy and cold December might find it worth their while to head over the bridge and spend a Summer afternoon or evening in the city. Donna Summer, that is, as BroadwaySF hosts the touring company of Summer: The Donna Summer Musical. It runs through December 29 at…
Musical adaptations of Christmas movie classics close out the year with two shows running through Dec. 22. Sonoma Arts Live presents A Christmas Story, The Musical while Lucky Penny Productions brings Miracle on 34th Street, The Musical to Napa. Bob Clark’s A Christmas Story was a moderate success back in 1983. Based on the writings…
Healdsburg’s Raven Players has announced the selections for their first annual Raven Short Play Festival. The competitive festival, themed “Love Bites,” will produce the 15 winning short plays February 27, 28, 29, and March 1, 2020 at the Raven Performing Arts Theater in Healdsburg. The 10-minute plays represent an eclectic variety of comedy, farce, drama,…
My guests on the Thursday, December 12 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon were Clark Sterling and Brandy Noveh from the Cinnabar Theater production of The World Goes ‘Round. Click below to listen: **********
For theatre patrons seeking something outside the realm of a traditional holiday play, two shows are currently running in the North Bay that fit that bill. Santa Rosa’s Left Edge Theatre would like you to spend some time in Escanaba in da Moonlight while Sebastopol’s Main Stage West invites you to hang out with The…
My guests on the second of two theatre segments on the Thursday, December 5 broadcast of KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon were David Templeton and Mark Bradbury from the Left Edge Theatre Company production of Polar Bears. Click below to listen: **********
My guest on the first of two theatre segments on the Thursday, December 5 broadcast of KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon was Lois Pearlman from the Pegasus Theater Company production of It’s a Wonderful Life, a Live Radio Play. Click below to listen: **********
Welcome to Middletown. Population: stable. Elevation: same. The main street is called Main Street. The side streets are named after trees. Things are fairly predictable. People come; people go. That paraphrasing of some of the introductory dialogue from Middetown, running now at the College of Marin through December 8, is as much of a plot…
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