My guests on the Thursday, December 6 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon were David Templeton, comedian Oliver Graves, and actor Charles Siebert from David Templeton’s upcoming Twisted Christmas Live!, a fundraiser for the theatre and youth programs of the Spreckels Performing Arts Center. Click below to listen: **********
For Marin audiences seeking some live holiday-themed entertainment, local theatre companies are presenting a couple of non-traditional seasonal shows. Audiences can choose between an ecclesiastical musical and a one-man holiday reminiscence. In 1985, writer/composer Dan Goggin adapted his line of greeting cards that featured nuns saying outrageous things into a cabaret show and then an…
Calling Wendy MacLeod’s The House of Yes a “family” show – while accurate – is not entirely truthful. Calling it a “fucked-up family” show would be infinitely more precise. The jet-black comedy is running now at Sebastopol’s Main Stage West through December 16. Meet Mrs. Pascal (Laura Jorgensen), the matriarch of a family that has…
It may seem odd that a play that opens with a boy having his dog put to sleep turns out to be such a life affirming piece, but that’s just one of the quirks of Every Brilliant Thing, running now at Left Edge Theatre at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts through December 9.…
My guest on a Special Wednesday theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon was Ron Severdia from the Left Edge Theatre production of Every Brilliant Thing. Click below to hear that interview: **********
For folks looking for some respite from Christmas shopping or from becoming participants in the demolition derby that is mall parking, North Bay theatre companies are providing several seasonal entertainments to help keep you in the holiday spirit. Family-friendly musicals are the usual fare and there are several on tap. While not all would be…
If you’re trying to avoid attending the umpteenth production of The Nutcracker in your lifetime, Marin theatre companies are providing several other entertainment options for this holiday season. Last year, the Marin Theatre Company (marintheatre.org) was one of the participants in the rolling world premiere of Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon’s Miss Bennet: Christmas at…
For an area with as large a gay population and as much theatre as Sonoma County, it’s surprising how little gay-themed theatre is produced in the region. Oh sure, the larger companies will produce the more mainstream musicals like Cabaret or La Cage aux Folles every few years, and Halloween usually brings The Rocky Horror…
When after sixteen years David Templeton hung up his theater critic’s hat, his stated purpose was to turn his full attention to other pursuits: artistic, journalistic, theatrical and otherwise. Since then, he continues to write, has a full-time gig as the Community Editor at the Petaluma Argus-Courier, and took a featured role in Left Edge…
My guests on the Thursday, November 8 theatre segment on The Drive with Steve Jaxon were actor/director John Rowan and actor Noel Yates from the Pegasus Theater production of The New Century. Click below to hear that interview: **********
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