One would think that the regular killing of students and staff on American school campuses would lead to some sort of meaningful change in how our nation deals with the issue of guns. Sadly, as we read the news reports and watch the horrifying video footage of the latest school shooting (as of the date…
My guests on the March 30 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on KSRO were Shannon Rider and Liz Jahren from the 6th Street Playhouse production of Always… Patsy Cline. Click below to listen: ********** Click the graphic below for more information:
Fans of Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice have had a plethora of adaptations of the 19th century novel from which to choose, from the trio of Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon theatrical extensions of the story to the recent gay-themed film Fire Island, which transported reasonable facsimiles of Austen’s characters from Hertfordshire, England to the…
Fans of corporate dramas like Oliver Stone’s Wall Street and Jerry Sterner’s Other People’s Money might do well to check out the last couple of performances of Dry Powder. The California in Santa Rosa is hosting the Left Edge Theatre production of the Sara Burgess drama through March 26. It’s set in the offices of…
My guests on the March 23 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on KSRO were Steven David Martin, Grace Warden, and Heather Berger from the Raven Players production of If I Don’t Make It, I Love You. Click below to listen: ********** Click below for more information:
A lot of “firsts” were achieved when Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun debuted on Broadway in 1959. It was the first time Broadway produced a play written by a Black woman and the first Broadway show helmed by a Black director. The show was a critical and commercial success and spawned a film…
My guest on the second of two Theatre Thursday segments on the March 2 broadcast of The Drive with Steve Jaxon & Harry Duke was Leontyne Mbele-Mbong, director of the 6th Street Playhouse production of “A Raisin in the Sun”. Click below to listen: ********** Click the graphic below for more info:
Our guests on the first of two Theatre Thursday segments on the March 2 broadcast of The Drive with Steve Jaxon & Harry Duke on KSRO were Leslie McCauley, Trevor Braskamp, and Nate Musser from the Santa Rosa Junior College Theatre Arts production of Gloria. Click below to listen: ********** Click the graphic below for…
My guest on the February 23 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive with Steve Jaxon & Harry Duke was Robert Zelenka, Artistic Director of the Cloverdale Performing Arts Center and director of their upcoming production of Swimming in the Shallows. Click below to listen: ********** Click the graphic below for more info:
Some Stephen Sondheim musicals are more recognizable and identifiable than others. Sweeney Todd? Murderous barber. Into the Woods? Fractured fairy tales. Assassins? Assassins. A Little Night Music? Ummm… clowns? Sondheim’s A Little Night Music, now running at the Spreckels Performing Arts Center in Rohnert Park through Feb. 26, received a dozen Tony nominations in 1973…
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