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…
In the ten or so years I’ve been doing theater journalism, I’ve probably seen close to one thousand shows, with about one-third of them being productions of Mamma Mia! (The Addams Family Musical is rapidly approaching that number.) Lately, the repetitive nature of theater programming has been getting to me. I have found it difficult…
My guests on the “Theatre Thursday” segment on the October 13 broadcast of The Drive on 95.5 were Development Director Thom Butler and Theatre Programmer Aldo Billingslea from Healdsburg’s ‘The 222’. Thom filled us in on what ‘The 222’ is all about while Aldo discussed their production of My Name is Asher Lev. Click below…
North Bay fans of Shakespeare “under the sun” have at least four options this summer including two – count ‘em – two different productions of Twelfth Night going up in Marin. Sonoma County’s entry in this summer of Shakespeare ‘fest’ is The Comedy of Errors. Healdsburg’s Raven Players return to West Plaza Park with a…
If Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat has the feeling of a school show done large, it should come as no surprise that it was originally commissioned by a London Prep School as a piece for their boys’ choir. This early collaboration of a then-teenage composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and twenty-something lyricist Tim Rice started…
The 222 is a non-profit, member-supported arts, culture, and entertainment venue that’s housed in the Paul Mahder Gallery in Healdsburg. Open since 2021, to date it’s presented musical programs, literary readings, film presentations, and other community events. Professional theatre now enters that mix with a series of productions programmed by well-known Bay Area theatre artist…
My guests on the first of two “Theatre Thursday” segments on the May 18 broadcast of The Drive on KSRO were director Katie Watts-Whitaker and cast member Steven David Martin from the Raven Players production of Hay Fever. Click below to listen: ********** Click the graphic below for more information:
Eccentric families have long been a source of humor for popular entertainments from TV’s Addams Family to film’s Royal Tenenbaums. Kaufman and Hart’s You Can’t Take It with You may be the preeminent stage production on the subject and is one of the most produced plays since its premiere in 1936, but Noël Coward beat…
One would think that the regular killing of students and staff on American school campuses would lead to some sort of meaningful change in how our nation deals with the issue of guns. Sadly, as we read the news reports and watch the horrifying video footage of the latest school shooting (as of the date…
My guests on the March 23 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on KSRO were Steven David Martin, Grace Warden, and Heather Berger from the Raven Players production of If I Don’t Make It, I Love You. Click below to listen: ********** Click below for more information:
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