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…
It’s time for this critic to take an end-of-year look back at local theatre. To start, I’m happy to report that no theatres closed in this area. As a matter of fact, there’s a new company in town with the formation of Petaluma’s Mercury Theater. So, continuing on that positive note, here, in chronological order,…
My guests on the 12/19/24 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Santa Rosa Figure Skating Club President Amy Thomason-Richardson, performer Ruby Rae Richardson, and director/choreographer Karen Kresge from the upcoming Santa Rosa Figure Skating Club production of A New Year’s Bash! Starring Snoopy. There are two shows only on Monday, December 30.…
Dear Santa, I know it’s been a few years since I last wrote you a letter, but there’s a sense of fear and anxiety permeating the world right now about what the New Year will bring and the possibility that by the end of 2025 you’ll be in jail for not giving Donald the landslide…
From the very first word uttered on stage in POTUS or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive’, it’s clear you are in for a very atypical Sonoma County theatre presentation. The word is number four on George Carlin’s list of seven dirty words, and you will hear it, along…
My guests on the 12/12/24 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Sheri Lee Miller and Drew Bolander from the Spreckels Theatre Company production of All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914. The show runs in Rohnert Park for three performances only from Dec. 13 – Dec. 15. Click below to listen:…
Napa’s Lucky Penny Community Arts Center opened just about ten years ago with a production of Lionel Barts’ classic musical Oliver! The musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist has long been an audience favorite since its debut at a Southwest London theater in 1960. It’s a big show, in many ways, and not the…
My guest on the 12/05/24 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 was Laura Downing-Lee, cast member from the Left Edge Theatre production of POTUS, Or Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive. The show runs at The California in Santa Rosa through December 21. Click below to listen:…
Old-fashioned holiday musicals don’t get much more old-fashioned than Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. The David Ives and Paul Blake adaptation of the 1954 film that starred Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen runs at Santa Rosa’s 6th Street Playhouse through Dec. 22. Fans of the film won’t be disappointed as it’s a faithful…
My guests on a special Wednesday edition of “Theatre Thursday” on The Drive on 95.5 were Caroline Flett and Ella Park from the 6th Street Playhouse production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas: The Musical. The show runs in 6th Street Playhouse’s GK Hardt Theatre in Santa Rosa through December 22. Click below to listen: **********…
