Review: “Light Sensitive” in Monte Rio

Just aside the Bohemian Highway on the outskirts of the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it hamlet of Monte Rio sits the Russian River Hall. For fifteen years, it’s hosted the productions of Curtain Call Theatre, a company comprised of a dedicated group of local volunteers who bring live theatre of all sorts to the West County. The productions usually…

Review: “Evil Dead: The Musical” in Healdsburg

If the lack of a splatter zone is what’s kept you from returning to live theater, do the Raven Players have a show for you. Evil Dead: The Musical is running at the Raven Performing Arts Theater in Healdsburg through October 29. Based on the Sam Raimi classic cult horror film trilogy, playwright George Reinblatt…

Interview – Spreckels’ “Hello, Dolly!”

My guests on the “Theatre Thursday” segment on the September 28 broadcast of The Drive on 95.5 were Elly Lichenstein and Sheri Lee Miller from the Spreckels Theatre Company production of Hello, Dolly! Due to some administrative issues, the show’s scheduled September 29 opening has been temporarily delayed. Click the link at the bottom of…

Interview – SRJC’s “Clue On Stage”

My guests on the “Theatre Thursday” segment on the September 21 broadcast of The Drive on 95.5 were Reed Martin and Austin Aquino-Harrison from the Santa Rosa Junior College Theatre Arts production of Clue On Stage (NOT Clue the Musical). Click below to listen: ********** Click HERE for more information on the show.

Review: “The Addams Family Musical” in Napa

The Addams Family first appeared on the scene in 1938 in a series of single panel comics drawn by cartoonist Charles Addams and published in the New Yorker magazine and has been a presence in American pop culture ever since. Fairly dark and macabre in nature, the original tone was lightened significantly for the 1960’s…