A “classic” is defined as something judged over a period of time to be of the highest quality and outstanding of its kind. In theatre, it can be a mark of a quality script that is at the mercy of the artists producing it. I’ve seen plenty of non-classic productions of classic plays. The Glass…
The name Maria Callas means little these days to people unversed in the world of opera, but to those in the know the American-born Greek soprano will always be “La Divina”. Callas passed away in 1977 at the age of 53. Memories of her might have faded completely from the stage but for playwright Terrence…
My guests on the Thursday, February 17 Theatre Thursday segment on The Drive with Steve Jaxon on KSRO were Lulu Thompsxn and Rae Veraflor from the Left Edge Theatre production of Either. Click below to listen: **********
My guest on the Wednesday, February 16 broadcast of The Drive with Steve Jaxon on KSRO was Joey Abrego, one of the stars of the 6th Street Playhouse production of The Legend of Georgia McBride. Click below to listen: **********
Uncomfortable. Amused. Depressed. Angry. Confused. Challenged. Hopeful. Those are all states of mind and emotions I experienced while sitting in the audience of Pass Over, the Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu play that’s in the middle of its West Coast Premiere run at the Marin Theatre Company. The show that reopened a pandemic-shuttered Broadway runs in Mill Valley…
My guests on the February 10, 2022 Theatre Thursday segment of The Drive with Steve Jaxon on KSRO were Nathan Cummings and Julie Yeager from the Cinnabar Theater production of Amy and the Orphans. Click below to listen: **********
There may be no more venerable fictional character than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. From his first appearance in 1887’s A Study in Scarlet through a series of Hollywood adaptations and innumerable British television series, the deerstalker cap-clad detective and his associate Dr. Watson have entertained audiences for well over a century. The character…
My guest on the “Theatre Thursday” segment of the February 3 broadcast of The Drive with Steve Jaxon on KSRO was Libby Oberlin, who plays the role of Maria Callas in the upcoming Sonoma Arts Live production of Master Class. Click below to listen: **********
2021 was supposed to be the year that live theatre came roaring back, and it did… for a while. By the end of the year, that roar had been replaced by a hacking cough symptomatic of exposure to the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Theatres once again began to cancel or postpone performances as casts…
Folks looking for some live holiday entertainment can check out a couple of seasonal sequels now on stage in the North Bay. The Marin Theatre Company is hosting the premiere of Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon’s sequel to their sequel of their sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Georgiana & Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley…
