The Borscht Belt comes to wine country with the Sonoma Arts Live presentation of Saturday Night at Grossinger’s. The musical with book and lyrics by Stephen Cole and music by Claibe Richardson runs in Sonoma through May 8. It’s co-directed by Larry Williams and SAL Artistic Director Jaime Weiser Love. The Borscht Belt is an…
To some in the theatre world, the sourcing of an Adam Sandler movie as the basis for a musical was the Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse. Needless to say, American musical theatre did not come to an end with the arrival of The Wedding Singer on Broadway. The show managed to snag five Tony nominations,…
Steve Lasiter, Jennifer Barnaba, and Levi Lloyd stopped by The Drive with Steve Jaxon on KSRO again to promote the last weekend of performances of Hank Williams: Lost Highway as well as a musical benefit for 6th Street Playhouse. They played some tunes, too! Click below to listen: ********** Click the graphic below for more…
My guests on the April 21 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive with Steve Jaxon on KSRO were Laura Downing-Lee, Max Bohlke-Slater, Ileene Christianson-Torres, and Reed Martin from the Santa Rosa Junior College production of The Wedding Singer. Click below to listen: ********** Click the graphic below for more info:
Our special guest on the Thursday, April 7 broadcast of The Drive with Steve Jaxon on KSRO was local music legend Levi Lloyd for a discussion of his experiences as an actor in the 6th Street Playhouse production of Hank Williams: Lost Highway. Click below to listen: ********** Click the graphic below for more information:
Jukebox musicals tend to be happy, peppy shows where the hits of an artist or a genre are strung together with a minimal story to create a fan-pleasing production. But what do you do with a story that ends with its star dead in the back seat of a Cadillac? Well, if you’re Randal Myler…
My guests on the March 31 “Theatre Thursday” segemnt on The Drive with Steve Jaxson on KSRO were Steve Lasiter and Jennifer Barnaba from the 6th Street Playhouse production of Hank WIlliams: Lost Highway. Click below to listen: ********** Click the graphic below for more information:
Every thirty years or so, musical theatre manages to produce something to which the younger members of a generation latch onto. From Hair in the 1960’s through Hamilton today, composers and lyricists’ use of the music of their time has been an effective way to entice younger audiences into theaters. The 1990’s brought Jonathan Larson’s…
Napa’s Lucky Penny Community Arts Center has been transformed into a high school gymnasium dolled up for the prom for their presentation of Roger Bean’s The Marvelous Wonderettes. The nostalgic jukebox musical runs through Mar. 13. It’s 1958 and Springfield High’s Songleader Squad has been asked to entertain at the Senior Prom. The four perky…
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: **********
North Bay Stage and Screen 