Of course they made a Broadway musical out of the 2003 Will Ferrell comedy Elf. Bob Martin and Thomas Meehan took the basic elements from the film, softened one of the major characters, added more “Christmas spirit” and music by Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin, and came up with Elf, the Musical. It’s a show…
My guests on the December 7 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were director Serena Elize Flores and performers Jonathen Blue and Molly Larsen-Shine from the Left Edge Theatre production of [title of show] now running in Santa Rosa. Click below to listen: ********** Click HERE for more information on the show.
My guests on the November 30 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were 6th Street Playhouse Executive Director Emily Lynn Cornelius and actor David Bradbury from their production of Elf, the Musical now running in Santa Rosa. Click below to listen: ********** Click HERE for more information on the show.
A cranky member of the 1% spends years exploiting the labor of his employee by paying a sub-standard wage and forcing him to work unregulated hours in an unsafe work environment. Spectral social activists attempt to persuade the capitalist exploiter to see the error of his ways, but it takes the threat of death for…
My guests on the “Theatre Thursday” segment on the November 2 broadcast of The Drive on 95.5 were Jim Frankie Banks, Daniel Marchbanks, and Liddy Freeman from the Revolving Theatre production of The Dutchman at the Arlene Francis Center in Santa Rosa. Click below to listen: ********** Click HERE for more information on the show.
Santa Rosa’s 6th Street Playhouse continues to provide trips down memory lane for this reviewer. Their recent production of Fiddler on the Roof made me harken back to my days in high school theatre, while their current production of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow plunged me further back into my youth. The West Coast premiere…
My guests on the “Theatre Thursday” segment on the October 20 broadcast of The Drive on 95.5 were Director David Yen and actor Justin Thompson from the Left Edge Theatre production of Ideation running now at The California Theatre in Santa Rosa. Click below to listen: ********** Click HERE for more information on the show.
My guests on the “Theatre Thursday” segment on the October 6 broadcast of The Drive on 95.5 were director Marty Pistone and actor Skylar Evans from the 6th Street Playhouse production of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Click below to listen: ********** Click HERE for more information on the show.
I have a soft spot for Fiddler on the Roof. The 1971 film adaptation was the first movie musical I saw on the big screen, and I made my musical stage debut as Motel the Tailor nine years later in a Millville Senior High School production. I can still recite the lyrics of “Miracle of…
My guests on the “Theatre Thursday” segment on the September 21 broadcast of The Drive on 95.5 were Reed Martin and Austin Aquino-Harrison from the Santa Rosa Junior College Theatre Arts production of Clue On Stage (NOT Clue the Musical). Click below to listen: ********** Click HERE for more information on the show.
North Bay Stage and Screen 