Review: “Kinky Boots” in Santa Rosa

‘April is the cruelest month’ is the opening line to T. S. Eliot’s 1922 poem The Waste Land, but June has been no picnic for the North Bay theatre community either. Transportation issues marred the opening of the Mountain Play while bouts of illness plagued other productions. Napa’s Lucky Penny had to utilize an actor…

Interview – “Summertime!” at Transcendence Theatre

My guest on the June 6 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 was Tony Gonzalez, Artistic Director at Transcendence Theatre Company. Tony previewed Summertime!, the upcoming opening production of Transcendence’s “Broadway in Sonoma” series. The show opens June 20 at the Field of Dreams in Sonoma. Click below to hear the interview: **********…

Review: “Native Gardens” in Santa Rosa

North Bay theaters seem to be in the middle of a Karen Zacarías mini-festival with the Ross Valley Players well-received run of the playwright’s The Book Club Play coming to an end while Santa Rosa’s 6th Street Playhouse is in the middle of their run of Native Gardens. Both plays poke fun at suburban life…