Review: “Present Laughter” in Novato

For audiences who didn’t get their fill of Noël Coward with the recent Ross Valley Players production of Blithe Spirit, the Novato Theater Company is offering a second helping of Coward comedy with their production of Present Laughter. The show runs in Novato through February 16.  But Coward purists beware. Audiences expecting a traditional production…

Preview: Sonoma/Napa Winter Theatre

North Bay theatre companies have their collective fingers crossed that audiences will continue to come out and support them in 2025. Holiday-themed shows now give way to the usual mixture of comedies, dramas, and musicals from classics to contemporary works to a short play festival. Santa Rosa’s 6th Street Playhouse gets things going in early…

Preview: Marin Winter Theatre

Marin theatre companies have their collective fingers crossed that audiences will continue to come out and support them in 2025. The New Year in theatre begins with a classic comedy, a musical adaptation of a Sundance Film Festival favorite, and a political drama that was banned for decades in its native England. The Novato Theatre…

2024’s Top Torn Movie Tix

I’ve always loved the movies. Some of my earliest childhood memories are of being dropped off at the American Theater in Pittston, PA to see such films as Tales of Terror, The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t, McHale’s Navy Joins the Air Force, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, and The Aristocats. When my father moved the…