by Harry Duke If there’s one thing this divided nation can agree on, it’s this: Dolly Parton is a national treasure. Consequently, anything affiliated with Ms. Parton automatically starts out with a heap of goodwill. So it is with 9 to 5: the Musical. The Novato Theater Company has a production running through October 12.…
by Cari Lynn Pace You won’t need any coffee to get fired up for this outrageous office comedy. With music and lyrics by Dolly Parton, and direction by Larry Williams, this show is an overtime winner. Novato Theater Company put in long hours to hire three female leads with confident voices and pencil-sharp acting skills.…
by Cari Lynn Pace Ross Valley Players now rehearse a play that’s spoken all in verse. Moliere’s ‘Tartuffe’ is a sensation; French to English script translation. Richard Wilbur uses rhyme to set the play in 60’s time. Tartuffe the hypocrite has power. He will take and all devour. Manipulating son and mother, They are warned…
by Cari Lynn Pace In Eureka Day, a multiculturally sensitive school set in Berkeley, enlightenment is virtuous and facts are probably suspicious. A mirror could reveal other hamlets where this theme reigns supreme. Whether you put your trust in the CDC, where RFK Jr. is the chief mountebank selling snake oil, or the medical professionals…
Marin Theatre announced earlier today the cancellation of a total of five performances of their season-ending production of Do You Feel Anger? The show, after several previews, was supposed to officially open this evening. All shows through Saturday, June 14 have been canceled. Performances are scheduled to resume with the Sunday, June 15 matinee. Marin…
The Mountain Play, currently on hiatus while it deals with the financial challenges being faced by many arts organizations today, announced today that it was cancelling its upcoming benefit concert due to “lower than expected funding and lackluster ticket sales”. The concert, originally scheduled for June 15 and titled Tradition!, was to be “a tribute…
The San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle announced the nominations for their 48th Excellence in Theatre Awards and North Bay theatre productions received 58 nominations over 15 categories. The recipients will be announced at the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle’s 48th Excellence in Theatre Awards Gala. The Gala returns to San Francisco’s…
by Beulah F. Vega First things first. Is The Epic of Gilgamesh (currently playing at Marin Shakespeare Company’s downtown theater through Feb. 23) really the oldest story ever written? That’s a question for the philologists to argue (but probably not). It’s the tale of Gilgamesh, the first king of Uruk, who was a tyrant until…
For audiences who didn’t get their fill of Noël Coward with the recent Ross Valley Players production of Blithe Spirit, the Novato Theater Company is offering a second helping of Coward comedy with their production of Present Laughter. The show runs in Novato through February 16. But Coward purists beware. Audiences expecting a traditional production…
The holiday season will soon be upon us and with it a plethora of live theatre choices with which to escape pushy crowds, long lines, traffic, overbearing relatives, and the thought of what January 20, 2025 holds in store for our nation. There’s a conspicuous absence of productions of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol this…
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