Community theaters love Ken Ludwig. Since he first hit it big with his Tony-winning farce Lend Me A Tenor, Ludwig’s farcical takes on the world of Agatha Christie (Murder on the Orient Express), Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Baskerville, a Sherlock Holmes Mystery), and even George and Ira Gershwin (Crazy for You) have been proven audience…
My guests on the first of two 04/16/26 “Theatre Thursday” segments on The Drive on 95.5 FM were Charles Bertram and Trish Doscher from the Cloverdale Performing Arts Center production of Ken Ludwig’s Leading Ladies. The show has six performances at the CPAC in downtown Cloverdale through April 26. Click below to listen: ********** Click…
by Harry Duke Two men are conversing while one of them fishes off of a Chesapeake Bay dock. The fisherman regales the stranger with tales of fishing with his son. The stranger seems somewhat confused by the conversation. A woman soon approaches. As they converse, we learn they’re not strangers at all. They’re a family.…
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: **********…
I last spent time with The Sugar Bean Sisters eight years ago at a production by the Spreckels Theatre Company in Rohnert Park. My general reaction at the time was that it was a very strange show. The sisters have returned to Sonoma County – Cloverdale to be exact – with a production running at…
My guests on the 07/03/25 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Rebecca West and Lynn Stevenson from the Cloverdale Performing Arts Center production of The Sugar Bean Sisters. The show opens in Cloverdale on July 12 and runs through July 27. Click below to listen: ********** Click HERE for more information on…
My guests on the first of two “Theatre Thursday” segments on 03/20/25 on The Drive on 95.5 were director Chuck Noland and actor Robert Bauer from the Cloverdale Performing Arts Center production of 1984. The show runs in Cloverdale through March 23. Click below to listen: ********** Click HERE for more information on the show.
My guests on the August 1 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Danny Bañales and Jackie Rosas from the Cloverdale Performing Arts Center production of Our Lady of the Tortilla. The show runs at the Performing Arts Center from August 10 through August 25. Click below to hear the interview: ********** Click…
My guests on the February 22 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Robert Zelenka and Tika Moon from the Cloverdale Performing Arts Center production of Sister Robert Anne’s Cabaret Class. The show opens in Cloverdale on March 1 and runs through March 10. Click below to listen: ********** Click HERE for more…
My guest on the February 23 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive with Steve Jaxon & Harry Duke was Robert Zelenka, Artistic Director of the Cloverdale Performing Arts Center and director of their upcoming production of Swimming in the Shallows. Click below to listen: ********** Click the graphic below for more info:
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