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…
Having never subjected myself to watching an episode of any of the hundred-or-so different entries in the “Real Housewives” franchise, I can’t speak as to the source material from which Barry Martin and Rob Broadhurst have derived their musical parody of the genre. I know enough based on the occasional clips that flow through my…
Every well-rounded theatre-goer should see at least one Gilbert and Sullivan production in their lifetime and Santa Rosa’s 6th Street Playhouse is presenting a delightful opportunity to do so right now. Their robust production of The Pirates of Penzance runs through June 21. Perhaps W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan’s most-produced piece, the comic opera debuted…
Who hasn’t been tripped up by the slip of a finger while texting with family or been infuriated with ducking autocorrect? Who hasn’t had their message misunderstood because tone and attitude can’t be conveyed via modern communication methods? Who hasn’t mistakenly wished for the death of their grandfather in a text chain with a sibling…
My guests on the 05/22/25 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Ginger Beavers and Drew Bolander from the “Bones” cast of the 6th Street Playhouse production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance. The show runs in the GK Hardt Theatre at 6th Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa through June 21.…
My guest on the 05/15/25 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 was director Jennifer King from The 222’s production of The Burdens. The play runs through June 1 at The 222 which is located in the Paul Mahder Gallery in downtown Healdsburg. Click below to listen: ********** Click HERE for more information on…
My guests on the 05/08/25 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Caroline Clark and Heather Berger from the Raven Players production of Home, I’m Darling. The play runs at the Raven Performing Arts Theater in Healdsburg through May 25. Click below to listen: ********** Click HERE for more information on the show.
My guests on the first of two “Theatre Thursday” segments on 04/24/25 on The Drive on 95.5 were director Lauren Heney and actor Drew Bolander from the 6th Street Playhouse production of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. The show runs on the Monroe Stage at 6th Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa through May…
No less a source than the Mayo Clinic recommends laughter as a great source of stress relief and in these stressful times, two North Bay productions may be just what the doctor orders for local audiences. The SRJC Theatre Arts Department is presenting Neil Simon’s Rumors through April 27, while Sonoma Arts Live presents the…
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