In my original review of the 6th Street Playhouse production of The Pirates of Penzance (running in their GK Hardt Theater through June 21), I noted that the five principal roles were double-cast. The performance I originally attended and reviewed featured the “Bones” cast – Aidan Cumming, Caroline Flett, Drew Bolander, Ginger Beavers, and Ted…
Every well-rounded theatre-goer should see at least one Gilbert and Sullivan production in their lifetime and Santa Rosa’s 6th Street Playhouse is presenting a delightful opportunity to do so right now. Their robust production of The Pirates of Penzance runs through June 21. Perhaps W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan’s most-produced piece, the comic opera debuted…
My guest on the 05/29/25 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 was Amy Miller, Transcendence Theatre Company’s Creative Vision Director. Amy previewed TTC’s upcoming production of Broadway’s Best Night Ever. Their “Broadway Under the Stars” series kicks off on June 12 in Sonoma at the Field of Dreams. Click below to listen: **********…
Adam Rapp’s The Sound Inside is an odd play. It’s about people who may or may not exist and things that may or may not have happened. It’s a story being told about a story being told about a story being told. Confused? Maybe, maybe not. After a Tony Award-winning run on Broadway in 2019,…
My guests on the 05/22/25 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Ginger Beavers and Drew Bolander from the “Bones” cast of the 6th Street Playhouse production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance. The show runs in the GK Hardt Theatre at 6th Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa through June 21.…
My guests on the first of two “Theatre Thursday” segments on 04/24/25 on The Drive on 95.5 were director Lauren Heney and actor Drew Bolander from the 6th Street Playhouse production of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. The show runs on the Monroe Stage at 6th Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa through May…
No less a source than the Mayo Clinic recommends laughter as a great source of stress relief and in these stressful times, two North Bay productions may be just what the doctor orders for local audiences. The SRJC Theatre Arts Department is presenting Neil Simon’s Rumors through April 27, while Sonoma Arts Live presents the…
My guest on the 04/17/25 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 was Amy Miller, Creative Vision Director of Transcendence Theatre Company. Amy previewed TTC’s upcoming summer series of shows. Their “Broadway Under the Stars” series kicks off on June 13 in Sonoma with Broadway’s Best Night Ever. Click below to listen: ********** Click…
Jerome Kern. Richard Rogers. Oscar Hammerstein II. Stephen Sondheim. Jimmy Buffett. Something seems off there. Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Gypsy, Escape to Margaritaville. Something really seems off there. “Ol’ Man River”, “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin”, “Everything’s Coming Up Roses”, “Cheeseburger in Paradise”. Ok, I think you see where this is going. In the pantheon of…
Theatrical adaptations of popular movies populate American theaters to an often-nauseating extent. Often transmogrified into musicals, producers mount them in the belief there’s a built-in audience guaranteed to show up and buy tickets en masse. While successful Bay Area runs of such shows as Mrs. Doubtfire and Back to the Future might be proving their…
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