by Harry Duke * Fans of the movie Dirty Rotten Scoundrels will be pleased to hear that the Broadway musical adaptation sticks pretty close to the Steve Martin/Michael Caine comedy. Sonoma Arts Live has a production directed by Carl Jordan running on the Rotary Stage at the Sonoma Community Center through July 27. Suave and…
No less a source than the Mayo Clinic recommends laughter as a great source of stress relief and in these stressful times, two North Bay productions may be just what the doctor orders for local audiences. The SRJC Theatre Arts Department is presenting Neil Simon’s Rumors through April 27, while Sonoma Arts Live presents the…
‘Six Degrees of Separation’ is the concept that every individual on the planet can be connected to every other individual through six or fewer social connections. First posited in the late 1920s, it entered the cultural lexicon via John Guare’s same-named play in 1990, so much so that a parlor game in which participants were…
My guests on the 01/30/25 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 were Libby Oberlin and Jonathen Blue from the Sonoma Arts Live production of Six Degrees of Separation . The show runs on the Rotary Stage in the Sonoma Community Center in Sonoma through February 16. Click below to listen: ********** Click HERE…
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…
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