The name Maria Callas means little these days to people unversed in the world of opera, but to those in the know the American-born Greek soprano will always be “La Divina”. Callas passed away in 1977 at the age of 53. Memories of her might have faded completely from the stage but for playwright Terrence…
Fans of ‘50s and ‘60s pop music and the all-male or all-female groups that sang it looking to take a break from the holiday hustle and bustle might consider heading to Sonoma for some respite. Sonoma Arts Live is presenting Plaid Tidings and Winter Wonderettes in “rep”, two jukebox musicals draped in holiday trimmings that…
My “Theatre Thursday” guests on the November 18 broadcast of The Drive with Steve Jaxon on KSRO were Michael Ross and Maeave Smith from the upcoming Sonoma Arts Live productions of Plaid Tidings & Winter Wonderettes. Click below to listen: ***********
My guests on the Thursday, September 23 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon were director Carl Jordan and actor Maeve Smith from the Sonoma Arts Live production of Sunset Boulevard. Click below to listen: ***********
Theaters throughout the North Bay have finally started to receive disbursements from the Federal Government’s Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Program. The program, administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration, was signed into law in December 2020. It offers substantial grants to producing organizations and entertainment venues to replace lost revenue as a result of COVID-19…
At a fundraising event held Friday night at the Sonoma Community Center, the Sonoma Arts Live Theater Company revealed its selections for their 2021/22 season. Their seven-show season opens on September 24 and concludes on July 31, 2022. All seven shows will be presented on the Rotary Stage in Andrews Hall at the Sonoma Community…
The Transcendence Theatre Company, at the center of a storm since the public resignation of its Director of Education and Community Engagement Nikko Kimzin for “…the Transcendence Executive Team’s ongoing suppression of equity, diversity, and inclusion practices and inaction toward becoming an equitable theater” and for their creation of “a hostile work environment where I…
Brooke Tansley, a theatre artist who worked with the Transcendence Theatre Company (TTC) from 2011 through 2015, has added her voice to those seeking change at the company. In a post on the Medium web site, Tansley afffirmed the recent claims of Nikko Kimzin and Leah Sprecher of a hostile work environment at TTC, expanding…
My guests on the Thursday, February 11 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon were Larry Williams and Mark & Julianne Bradbury from the Sonoma Arts Live streaming production of David Templeton’s Pinky. Click below to listen: **********
My guest on the Thursday, December 3 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon was Transcendence Theatre Company’s Resident Artist Meggie Cansler Ness to preview this year’s Broadway Holiday at the Drive-in program. Click below to listen: **********
North Bay Stage and Screen 