My guests on the second of two “Theatre Thursday” segments on The Drive on 95.5 FM on 06/11/26 were director Clark Lewis and cast member Jared Wright from the Roustabout Theater Professional Ensemble production of Harold Pinter’s The Homecoming. The dark comedy runs through June 28 in the Carsten Cabaret of the Luther Burbank Center…
My guests on the first of two “Theatre Thursday” segments on The Drive on 95.5 FM on 06/11/26 were director Michael Tabib and cast member Lisa Posternak from the Curtain Call Theatre production of William Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor. The comedy runs through June 20 at the Russian River Hall in Monte Rio.…
My guest on the second of two “Theatre Thursday” segments on The Drive on 95.5 FM on 06/04/26 was Dylan Freeman from the Transcendence Theatre Company presentation of ain’t too proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations. The opening production of TTC’s 2026 Broadway Under the Stars series runs in Sonoma June 12 through…
My guests on the first of two “Theatre Thursday” segments on The Drive on 95.5 FM on 06/04/26 were cast members Syona Ayyankeril and Zachary Hasbany from the Cinnabar Theater production of The Secret Garden. The family musical runs through June 28 in the Warren Auditorium on the campus of Sonoma State University in Rohnert…
by Harry Duke * Adaptations of film and television shows into stage musicals range from the fairly faithful (The Producers, any Disney film) to the barely recognizable (The Addams Family Musical). Sister Act, now running at Santa Rosa’s 6th Street Playhouse through June 27, falls into the latter category. Sitcom writers Bill and Cheri Steinkellner…
by Harry Duke * Audiences don’t go to jukebox musicals for their plots. The often threadbare and/or ridiculous storylines used as bridging material between popular songs by an artist or group are tolerated by audiences waiting to hear the next in a series of greatest hits, be they by Patsy Kline, the Go-Gos, or Neil…
My guests on the 05/28/26 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were actor Hannah Passanisi, choreographer Jorey Cantu, and director Megan Bartlettt from the 6th Street Playhouse production of Sister Act. The show runs in the GK Hardt Theatre from May 29 through June 27. Click below to listen: ********** Click HERE for…
by Harry Duke * If you’re a fan of South Park and Team America: World Police, then the stage show Avenue Q should be right up your alley. It’s an adult send-up of Sesame Street, the children’s television classic where humans and puppets co-exist and life’s problems are acknowledged and solved with humor and song.…
My guests on the 05/21/26 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Marketing Director Jonathan Wind and stage director Amy Kossow from The 222 in Healdsburg to discuss their West Coast premiere of Lauren Gunderon’s A Room in the Castle. The show has four more performances in the Paul Mahder Gallery from Friday,…
by Harry Duke * Who doesn’t love Dr. Seuss? The works of Theodor Geisel (under his medical nom-de-plume) have been entertaining children (and their parents) for decades be they books (The Cat in the Hat), television specials (The Grinch Who Stole Christmas), or film (The Lorax). Geisel, with a few notable exceptions, was reluctant to…
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