North Bay theatre companies have their collective fingers crossed that audiences will continue to come out and support them in 2025. Holiday-themed shows now give way to the usual mixture of comedies, dramas, and musicals from classics to contemporary works to a short play festival. Santa Rosa’s 6th Street Playhouse gets things going in early…
My guest on the second of two “Theatre Thursday” segments on the 09/19/24 broadcast of The Drive on 95.5 was David R. Gordon from the Transcendence Theatre Company production of The Gala: A Sentimental Journey, the fourth and final summer production in Transcendence’s “Broadway in Sonoma” series. The show is running on the Field of…
My guests on the first of two “Theatre Thursday” segments on the 09/12/24 broadcast of The Drive on 95.5 were actors Michael Bauer and Joanna Lynn Bert from the Sonoma Arts Live production of Young Frankenstein. The show runs on the Rotary Stage at the Sonoma Community Center through September 22. Click below to listen:…
Mel Brooks followed up his incredibly successful Broadway adaptation of his film The Producers with a musical adaptation of what he considers his finest film, Young Frankenstein. Not nearly as successful with audiences or critics as The Producers, it’s still a solid show for fans of the film and others looking for light amusement. Sonoma…
My guest on the July 11 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 was Jonathen Blue, director/choreographer/cast member in the Sonoma Arts Live production of The Prom. The show runs on the Rotary Stage of the Sonoma Community Center in Sonoma through July 28. Click below to hear the interview: ********** Click HERE for…
My guests on the first of two “Theatre Thursday” segments on the 04/11/24 broadcast of The Drive on 95.5 were Maeve Smith and Jaime Love from Sonoma Arts Live for a discussion of their upcoming production of The Hello Girls and a preview of next season. The Hello Girls opens April 19 and runs through…
My guest on the April 4 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 was Brad Surosky, Executive Director at Transcendence Theatre Company, for a discussion of the changes in store for the company this year and a preview of their “Broadway in Sonoma” season. Click below to listen: ********** Click HERE for more information…
The name Damon Runyon probably means little to most today, but in the early to mid-twentieth century he was a celebrated journalist, sports columnist, and author. His short stories about New York and Broadway contained such colorful characters that the term “Runyonesque” was coined to describe the type of gamblers, gangsters, hoods, and show people…
Lovers of musical theatre in general and the works of Stephen Sondheim in particular would do well to head out to Sonoma and catch Sonoma Arts Live’s Side by Side by Sondheim. The musical revue runs on the Rotary Stage in Andrews Hall through May 7. Like most musical revues, there’s not much of a…
My guest on the first of two “Theatre Thursday” segments on the April 20 broadcast of The Drive on KSRO was Andrew Smith, director of the Sonoma Arts Live production of Side by Side by Sondheim. Click below to listen: ********** Click the graphic below for more information:
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