Interview – “Enfrascada” at Mercury Theater

My guests on the second of two 04/23/26 “Theatre Thursday” segments on The Drive on 95.5 FM were Reilly Milton and Beulah Vega from the Mercury Theater production of Enfrascada. The dark comedy runs through May 10 in the former Cinnabar Schoolhouse in Petaluma. Click below to listen: ********** Click HERE for more information on…

Review: “Leading Ladies” in Cloverdale

by Harry Duke * 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)…

Review: “Born Yesterday” in Napa

by Barry Willis * A corrupt businessman lands in Washington DC, intent on buying a Senator as part of an effort to get legislation passed to improve his fortune. Currying favor among the ruling class is one of humanity’s oldest tales, one that will never go away.  The stage play of Garson Kanin’s Born Yesterday…

Interview – “Hello, Dolly!” at SRJC

My guests on the second of two 04/16/26 “Theatre Thursday” segments on The Drive on 95.5 FM were Laura Downing-Lee and Matthew Quezada-Cortes from the SRJC Theatre Arts production of Hello, Dolly! The show has eight performances from April 17 through April 26 on the Burbank Auditorium Main Stage on the campus of Santa Rosa…

Interview – “Leading Ladies” at CPAC

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…

Review: “T-Bone n Weasel” in Healdsburg

by Harry Duke * Two hapless, small-time crooks hit the roads of South Carolina in search of their next “big” score in T-Bone n Weasel. The John Klein comedy is the latest theatrical presentation at The 222 in Healdsburg and concludes its short run with three performances through April 5.   Pals T-Bone (Aldo Billingslea) and…

Review: “Private Lives” in Petaluma

by Harry Duke * After a couple of rabble-rousing, politically-bent productions, Petaluma’s Mercury Theater shifts to British comedy with their production of Noël Coward’s Private Lives. The Michael Fontaine-directed production runs through Mar. 21. The play, written in 1930, has served as a vehicle for some of the top performers of the past century, including…

Review: “Company” in Mill Valley

by Cari Lynn Pace * If you are a fan of Stephen Sondheim, you will be delighted with this Throckmorton Theatre production of Company. If you don’t care for Sondheim’s repetitive musical style, you will still be delighted with this production.  It’s a show filled with non-stop energy. Company focuses on bachelor Bobby’s 35th birthday…