KSRO Interview – “Vincent”
My guest on a special Friday, October 29 theatre segment on The Drive with Steve Jaxon on KSRO was actor Jean-Michel Richaud from the 6th Street Playhouse production of Vincent. Click below to listen: ***********
Reviews: “Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End” in Napa & “Vincent” in Santa Rosa
What do a 20th century Midwest American housewife turned author and a 19th century one-eared Dutch Post-Impressionist painter have in common? Well, they’re the subjects of two solo shows running now on North Bay stages. Napa’s Lucky Penny Productions is presenting Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End for a short run while Santa Rosa’s 6th Street…
KSRO Interview – “Topdog/Underdog”
My guest on the Thursday, October 7 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon was director (and Sebastopol cookie magnate) Bronwen Shears from the Main Stage West production of Topdog/Underdog. Click below to listen: ***********
Reviews: “Cry It Out” in Petaluma and “Ripcord” in Ross
The circle of life takes center stage in the North Bay with two plays featuring females dealing with challenges ranging from child rearing to senior living. Petaluma’s Cinnabar Theater invites you to Cry It Out while the Ross Valley Players would love for you to come and pull a Ripcord. Proof of COVID vaccination and…
Review: “I and You” & “Beautiful Monsters” in Santa Rosa
Left Edge Theatre officially opens it season with a pair of one-acts running now through September 19 at its Studio Theatre at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa. The local premiere of Lauren Gunderson’s I and You is paired with the world premiere of Beautiful Monsters by Kelly Gray. Left Edge…
KSRO Interview – “Cry It Out”
My guests on the Thursday, September 9 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon were Amanda Vitiello and Kellie Donnelly from the Cinnabar Theater production of Cry It Out. Click below to listen: ***********
Review: “Galatea” in Rohnert Park
Science fiction has long been the purview of film and, to a lesser extent, television. Live theatrical productions of the genre have been few and far between, undoubtedly because of the challenges in staging what we have become accustomed to seeing on screen via the CGI extravaganzas of the past few decades. Local playwright and…
KSRO Interview – “Galatea”
My guests on the first of two theatre segments on the Thursday, August 26 broadcast of KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon were director Marty Pistone and actor Abbey Lee from the upcoming Spreckels Theatre Company production of Galatea. Click below to listen: ***********
Review: “Love, Loss, And What I Wore” in Santa Rosa
Rarely does a play’s title capture the complete essence of a script better than Nora and Delia Ephron’s Love, Loss, and What I Wore. The Ephron sisters’ adaptation of the 1995 book of the same name by Ilene Beckerman is Santa Rosa’s 6th Street Playhouse’s season opener and runs live, on stage through August 29.…
Review: “Greyhound”
Military-themed movies don’t come more retro than Greyhound. The film stars Tom Hanks as the captain of a U.S. naval destroyer escorting a convoy of supply ships to WWII-torn England that comes under attack by a wolf-pack of Nazi submarines. Originally scheduled for a March 2019 theatrical release, Apple acquired the film from Sony Pictures…
