Two world premiere works by North Bay theatre artists are about to conclude their runs on local stages. Sebastopol’s Main Stage West is hosting the musical Half Life – A Love Story, while Santa Rosa’s Left Edge Theatre is presenting the comedy Drumming with Anubis. Both shows end their runs on June 30. If you’ve…
For eight years, the Transcendence Theatre Company has entertained local audiences with top quality musical revues featuring magnificent choreography set to a mixture of show tunes and popular musical hits. Utilizing talent with Broadway and national touring company experience, the question “When are they going to do a real show?” has lingered over the winery…
My guests on the Thursday, June 20 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon were John Shillington, Bob Duxbury, and Gene Wright from the Main Stage West production of Half Life – A Love Story. Click below to listen: **********
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet has been the source material for umpteen movies and plays. The tale of star-crossed lovers had its most successful theatrical iteration with the 1957 Broadway musical West Side Story. It’s running now through July 7 at Santa Rosa’s 6th Street Playhouse. Groundbreaking at its time for innovations in dance and music…
David Templeton guest-hosted the Thursday, June 13 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon. His guests were actress Alicia Albright and resident artist and assistant to the Artistic Director Meggie Cansler Ness from the Transcendence Theatre Company production of A Chorus Line. Click below to listen: **********
David Templeton guest-hosted the Thursday, June 6 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon. His guests were Chris Schloemp and Nick Sholley from the Left Edge Theatre production of David’s play Drumming with Anubis. Click below to listen: **********
Is there a darker or more depressing Broadway musical than Cabaret? Kander and Ebb’s 1966 musical (with book by Joe Masteroff) won eight Tonys for its original run and four more for its 1998 revival. It’s become a staple of regional and community theatres, as evidenced by the umpteen productions throughout the Bay area in…
“Jukebox” musicals tend to use really flimsy connecting material to string together the musical hits of an artist or genre in the creation of a show. Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, running now through June 9 at the SHN Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco, has the advantage of having the really interesting true-to-life tale…
Courtroom dramas have long been a staple of mass entertainment. From TV’s Perry Mason to plays and films like The Caine Mutiny Court Marshall and A Few Good Men, audiences have long enjoyed the compact drama provided by a judicial trial. Playwright Selina Fillinger has written a worthy addition to that canon with Faceless, running…
My guests on the Thursday, May 30 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon were Jaime Love and Jennifer King from the Sonoma Arts Live production of The Belle of Amherst. Click below to listen: **********
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