My guests on the Thursday, July 12 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon were director Michael Ross and actress Karen Pinomaki from Sonoma Arts Live’s Always… Patsy Cline. Click below to hear that interview. *** For more information, go to sonomaartslive.org
High-flying aerial acts. Breathtaking acrobatics. Gorgeous, ethereal music. Mesmerizing dance. A woman walking on glass bottles. And a whole lot of outrageous stuff with chairs. That’s “Levity,” a weirdly wondrous, tough-to-explain live touring show from LadyBeast Productions, of New Orleans. The company was formed five years ago, with the intention of putting a contemporary, highly…
Guests on my Thursday, July 5 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon included director David Lear and actors John Browning and Sydney McNulty from the Shakespeare in the Cannery’s closing production of Shakespeare in Love. The interview begins at the 2:15 mark. Click below to hear that interview. *** For more information, go to http://www.shakespeareinthecannery.com
In a world of musicals based on movies and TV shows, why not Shakespeare? Such is Illyria, a melodious adaptation of Twelfth Night first produced Off-Broadway in 2002 and now running at 6th Street Playhouse. Don’t let the words ‘Shakespeare’ and ‘musical’ alarm you. Peter Mills has written a book and score that takes the…
For theater lovers, this time of year is a little like Christmas as North Bay theater companies take turns revealing the plays and musicals they have planned for 2018/2019. NBS&S has already announced the upcoming seasons of several companies, including Spreckels, Main Stage West, and Sonoma Arts Live. Here are three other recent season announcements…
Dave Pokorny Presents – the production company that also produces the popular monthly West Side Stories storytelling competition in Petaluma – has announced the roster of storytelling performers who will be attending this year’s Wine Country Spoken Word Fest, taking place Friday-Sunday, Oct. 19-21, at the Mystic Theatre and a number of other locations in…
Petaluma already has its own film festival, beer festival, art and garden festival, spoken word festival (keep reading), and even its own festival dedicated to a popular 70s movie about the 1960s. Now, thanks to Dominic Del Bene and his Petaluma-based record label and production company Blonde Medicine, our little town will be getting a…
After seven years in Santa Rosa—making him the longest-serving artistic director in the company’s 13-year history—Miller has accepted a job at the University of Idaho, where he’ll become an assistant professor of acting and directing, beginning this fall. Miller will officially depart 6th Street on July 13. “Because of my in-the-trenches, real-world work as a…
Guests on my Thursday, June 28 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon included actors Nic Christenson and Mike Pavone from the Left Edge Theatre production of Honky. Click below to hear that interview. *** For more information, go to leftedgetheatre.com
Guests on my Thursday, June 21 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon included actors Kelly Hitman and Caleb Noal from the Raven Players production of Shrek, The Musical. Click below to hear that interview. *** For more information, go to raventheater.org
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