Sonoma Arts Live brings a little retro-television to the Rotary Stage in Sonoma with Sidekicked, a one-woman show about actress Vivian Vance. Vance is best known as America’s favorite TV neighbor Ethel Mertz, a character she played for nine seasons alongside Lucille Ball. The Michael Ross-directed show runs in Sonoma through Feb. 19. It’s 1960…
My guests on the first of two February 2 “Theatre Thursday” segments on The Drive with Steve Jaxon & Harry Duke on KSRO were Michael Ross and Libby Oberlin from the Sonoma Arts Live production of Sidekicked. Click below to listen: ********** Click the graphic below for more info:
My guests on the first of two ‘Theatre Thursday” segments on the December 1 broadcast of The Drive with Steve Jaxon & Harry Duke on KSRO were Michael Ross and Karen Pinomaki from the Sonoma Arts Live production of Always… Patsy Cline. Click below to listen: ********** Click the graphic below for more info:
My guests on the September 1 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive with Steve Jaxon & Harry Duke on KSRO were Aja Gianola-Norris and Serena Elize from the upcoming Sonoma Arts Live production of Ain’t Misbehavin’. Contrary to what I say at the opening of the interview, the show opens on September 9. Click below…
A fun interview on today’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon on KSRO with Blake McIver and Emerson Collins about their show I Dreamed a Dreamgirl, running this weekend at Sonoma Arts Live. Click below to listen: Click the graphic below for more information:
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic forced the theatre community to be even more creative than usual to survive, a struggle for many companies even in the best of times. As theatres dealt with dwindling audiences, theatre artists dealt with dwindling opportunities as theatres postponed or cancelled performances or worse, shut their doors completely. Streaming theatre was…
“I hate theatre.” No, that’s not the long-suspected confession of a theatre critic. It’s the opening line from Sonoma Arts Live’s production of The Drowsy Chaperone. The show runs through July 31. That line, followed by a litany of complaints about modern theatre (shows are too long, actors shouldn’t interact with the audience, Elton John,…
My guest on the July 14 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive with Steve Jaxon on KSRO was Maeve Smith from the Sonoma Arts Live production of The Drowsy Chaperone. Click below to listen: Click the graphic below for more info:
My guest on a special “Theatre Wednesday” segment on The Drive with Steve Jaxon on KSRO was actor Zane Walters, currently appearing in the Sonoma Arts Live production of The 39 Steps. Click below to listen: ********** Click the graphic below for more info:
The Borscht Belt comes to wine country with the Sonoma Arts Live presentation of Saturday Night at Grossinger’s. The musical with book and lyrics by Stephen Cole and music by Claibe Richardson runs in Sonoma through May 8. It’s co-directed by Larry Williams and SAL Artistic Director Jaime Weiser Love. The Borscht Belt is an…
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