My guests on the 11/12/26 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 FM were Karen Clancy and Kathy Ping-Rogers from the Curtain Call Theatre of Monte Rio production of Susan Sandler’s Crossing Delancey. The romatic comedy that explores love, family, and the ties between generations runs through December 5 at the Russian River Hall…
My guests on the 11/05/26 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Danielle Schmidt and Reilly Trainor from the SRJC Theatre Arts production of Disney’s Frozen the Musical. The Broadway adaptation of the hit 2013 animated film runs in the Santa Rosa Junior College’s Burbank Auditorium through November 22. Click below to listen:…
by Harry Duke* Local audiences seeking a solid presentation of an American theatrical classic actually have two very diverse choices right now. The Raven Performing Arts Theater hosts the Raven Players’ production of Stephen Sondheim’s massive macabre musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street while The 222 offers Sam Shepard’s more intimate fraternal…
My guests on the 10/29/25 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Jared Emerson-Johnson and Sergio Diaz from the Mercury Theater production of The Black Rider. The theatrical collaboration between musician Tom Waits and novelist William S. Burroughs runs in Mercury’s Petaluma theater through November 15. Click below to listen: ********** Click HERE…
My guests on the 10/22/25 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Garet Waterhouse and Katie Watts-Whitaker from the Raven Players production of the Stephen Sondheim classic Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. The macabre musical runs at the Raven Performing Arts Theater in Healdsburg through November 8. Click below to…
Over 150 members of the North Bay theater community gathered at The California in Santa Rosa on Sunday night for the Marquee Theater Journalists Association/North Bay Bohemian 2026 Norbay Theater Awards. The MTJA presented awards for outstanding work in 18 production, performance, and technical categories. Sonoma and Napa County productions in the 2025-2026 season that…
My guests on the 10/15/25 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Ken Urso and Lynzee Foreman from the THTR production of Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show. The stage musical upon which the cult classic movie was based will have three performances – October 22, 23 and 24 – at The California…
by Harry Duke * Most theatregoers familiarity with the works of George Bernard Shaw begins and ends with his play Pygmalion, the source material for the classic musical My Fair Lady. His other plays range from historical dramas to comedies of manners. All contain elements of social criticism of their time. His works usually get…
by Harry Duke * When I see a show late in its run, or the run itself is short, I’ll take some time and provide a short take on the production… Dear Evan Hansen – Spreckels Theatre Company, Rohnert Park Pluses: excellent performances by veterans and new talent, technical elements Minuses: a wretchedly irresponsible book…
My guests on the second of two 10/01/26 “Theatre Thursday” segments on The Drive on 95.5 FM were Emily Hansen and Haley Ayyad from the Santa Rosa Junior College Theatre Arts production of Emilia. The reimagining of the life of 17th-century poet and musician Emilia Bassano runs in the Studio Theatre in the Burbank Auditorium…
