Musical adaptations of Christmas movie classics close out the year with two shows running through Dec. 22. Sonoma Arts Live presents A Christmas Story, The Musical while Lucky Penny Productions brings Miracle on 34th Street, The Musical to Napa. Bob Clark’s A Christmas Story was a moderate success back in 1983. Based on the writings…
Healdsburg’s Raven Players has announced the selections for their first annual Raven Short Play Festival. The competitive festival, themed “Love Bites,” will produce the 15 winning short plays February 27, 28, 29, and March 1, 2020 at the Raven Performing Arts Theater in Healdsburg. The 10-minute plays represent an eclectic variety of comedy, farce, drama,…
My guests on the Thursday, December 12 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon were Clark Sterling and Brandy Noveh from the Cinnabar Theater production of The World Goes ‘Round. Click below to listen: **********
For theatre patrons seeking something outside the realm of a traditional holiday play, two shows are currently running in the North Bay that fit that bill. Santa Rosa’s Left Edge Theatre would like you to spend some time in Escanaba in da Moonlight while Sebastopol’s Main Stage West invites you to hang out with The…
My guests on the second of two theatre segments on the Thursday, December 5 broadcast of KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon were David Templeton and Mark Bradbury from the Left Edge Theatre Company production of Polar Bears. Click below to listen: **********
My guest on the first of two theatre segments on the Thursday, December 5 broadcast of KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon was Lois Pearlman from the Pegasus Theater Company production of It’s a Wonderful Life, a Live Radio Play. Click below to listen: **********
Welcome to Middletown. Population: stable. Elevation: same. The main street is called Main Street. The side streets are named after trees. Things are fairly predictable. People come; people go. That paraphrasing of some of the introductory dialogue from Middetown, running now at the College of Marin through December 8, is as much of a plot…
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon’s “continuation” of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, made quite a splash at the Marin Theatre Company in 2016 and since then has become a staple of holiday theatre programs. The Spreckels Theatre Company brings it to Rohnert Park with a production running through Dec. 15.…
‘Tis the season for holiday-themed shows to take center stage at many North Bay theatres. Family-friendly musicals continue to be the go-to choices of a lot of companies, but there are a few offering a break to those who’ve grown weary of the Christmas music thrust upon them since late September. Lauren Gunderson and Margot…
What’s a mother to do when her daughter says she hears the voice of an angel instructing her to lead an army to war? ‘Love her unconditionally’ is the short answer provided by playwright Jane Anderson in Mother of the Maid, running at Marin Theatre Company through Dec. 15. The tale of Joan of Arc…
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