Review: “Sidekicked” in Sonoma

Sonoma Arts Live brings a little retro-television to the Rotary Stage in Sonoma with Sidekicked, a one-woman show about actress Vivian Vance. Vance is best known as America’s favorite TV neighbor Ethel Mertz, a character she played for nine seasons alongside Lucille Ball. The Michael Ross-directed show runs in Sonoma through Feb. 19. It’s 1960…

KSRO Interview – “Sidekicked”

My guests on the first of two February 2 “Theatre Thursday” segments on The Drive with Steve Jaxon & Harry Duke on KSRO were Michael Ross and Libby Oberlin from the Sonoma Arts Live production of Sidekicked. Click below to listen: ********** Click the graphic below for more info:

KSRO Interview – Actor Cameron Britton

Actor Cameron Britton joined Ky Boyd on the Rialto Cinemas Big Friday Movie Segment on the The Drive with Steve Jaxon & Harry Duke on KSRO. Cameron is a native of Sonoma County and was an active member of Sebastopol’s Analy High School theatre program before graduating in 2004. He’s built a substantial film and…

KSRO Interview – James Newman on SRT

My guest on the second of two “Theatre Thursday” segments on the January 26 broadcast of The Drive with Steve Jaxon & Harry Duke on KSRO was James Newman, the Artistic Director for the last 16 years of the Santa Rosa Junior College’s nationally-known Summer Repertory Theatre program, to discuss the recent announcement of the…

KSRO Interview – “Little Shop of Horrors”

My guests on the first of two “Theatre Thursday” segments on the January 26 broadcast of the The Drive with Steve Jaxon & Harry Duke on KSRO were Gillian Eichenberger and Noah Sternhill from the 6th Street Playhouse production of Little Shop of Horrors. Click below to listen: ********** Click the graphic below for more…

Review: “Cesar Died Today” in Cloverdale

Mounting a production of a little-known play in these pandemic and inflationary-influenced times is something of a risk for most theater companies. Audiences have yet to return in full-force to live theatre, so a significant leap of faith is required to produce material that has little to no track record. Healdsburg’s Raven Players and the…

KSRO interview – “Cesar Died Today”

My guests on a special January 18 “Theatre Wednesday” segment on the The Drive with Steve Jaxon & Harry Duke on KSRO were playwright Gabriel Fraire and cast member Sky Hernandez from the Raven Players/Cloverdale Performing Arts Center co-production of Cesar Died Today. Click below to listen: ********** Click the graphic below for more info:

Review: “Daddy Long Legs” in Petaluma

North Bay theatre in the New Year kicks off with Cinnabar Theater’s production of the two-hander Daddy Long Legs. Former Cinnabar Artistic Director Elly Lichenstein returns to direct John Caird and Paul Gordon’s musical adaptation of the popular novel by Jean Webster that was first published in 1912. The production runs in Petaluma through Jan.…