When I see a show late in its run, or the run itself is short, I’ll take some time and provide a short take on the production… Bad Seed – 6th Street Playhouse Pluses: performances, technical work Minuses: dated storyline often plays as camp To truly appreciate just how shocking William March’s The Bad Seed…
My guests on the 10/16/25 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Ken Urso and Jamie Parnell from the THTR production of Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show. The stage musical upon which the cult classic movie was based will have three performances – October 23, 24 and 25 – at The California…
My guests on the 10/09/25 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Thomas Gibson and Max Chittister from the Cloverdale Performing Arts Center production of Clue. The show based on the popular 1985 movie opens in Cloverdale on October 17 and runs at the CPAC through November 2. Click below to listen: **********…
When I see a show late in its run, or the run itself is short, I’ll take some time and provide a short take on the production… Into the Woods – Spreckels Theatre Company Pluses: cast, live orchestra, costumes, puppetry work Minuses: show length, repetiveness, audio issues Long before the Marvel Cinematic Universe started to…
The Drive on 95.5’s Daedalus Howell and Rialto Cinema’s Joe Mulcaire interview producer Blake Wellen and writer/director Julie Rubio about their documentary The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka & The Art of Survival. The film is a visually stunning and sweeping feature documentary that traces the life and survival of the renowned painter through…
by Cari Lynn Pace Noises Off is a door-slamming winner from the curtain to backstage. Director Bill English must be an expert at herding cats, as this chaotic comedy written by Michael Frayn is a three-ring circus. Frayn was inspired to write the farce while observing a frantic rehearsal in Britain and observing “What went…
On September 28, 2025, the Sonoma and Napa County theatre communities gathered at The California in Santa Rosa to celebrate outstanding work in local theatre for the 2024 – 2025 season with the MTJA Norbay Theater Awards. Photos by Eric Chazankin
My guests on the second of two “Theatre Thursday” segments on 10/02/25 on The Drive on 95.5 were Kimberly Kalember and Sylvia Whitbrook from the 6th Street Playhouse production of The Bad Seed. The show performs on the Monroe Stage at the Playhouse in Santa Rosa through October 26. Click below to listen: ********** Click…
My guests on the first of two “Theatre Thursday” segments on 10/02/25 on The Drive on 95.5 were Reed Martin and Gwen Nelson from the Santa Rosa Junior College Theatre Arts production of The Comedy of Hamlet! (a prequel). The show runs in the Frank Chong Studio Theatre on the Santa Rosa Junior College campus…
by Harry Duke If there’s one thing this divided nation can agree on, it’s this: Dolly Parton is a national treasure. Consequently, anything affiliated with Ms. Parton automatically starts out with a heap of goodwill. So it is with 9 to 5: the Musical. The Novato Theater Company has a production running through October 12.…
North Bay Stage and Screen 