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Sep 26, 2023
Tradition: ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ at 6th Street
I have a soft spot for Fiddler on the Roof. The 1971 film adaptation was the first movie musical I saw, and I made...
Sep 12, 2023
‘The Addams Family’ in Napa
Macabre Musical
The Addams Family first appeared on the scene in 1938 in a series of single panel comics drawn by cartoonist Charles Addams and...
Sep 5, 2023
Mother’s Day: ‘Mary Jane’ at Left Edge in Santa Rosa
The proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child,” takes on added meaning for those rearing a child with special needs or chronic...
Aug 29, 2023
Rolling ‘Stones’: Irish comedy satisfies at Spreckels
What happens when Hollywood comes to town is a well-worn plot device best exemplified by the classic “Mayberry Goes Hollywood” episode of The Andy...
Aug 8, 2023
Big Easy ‘Errors’: Shakespeare set in N’awlins
North Bay fans of Shakespeare “under the sun” have at least four options this summer, including two—count ’em—two different productions of Twelfth Night going...
Aug 1, 2023
Transcendence takes it off for ‘The Full Monty’
Buffalo, New York, is the setting for Terrance McNally’s 2000 adaptation—with music and lyrics by David Yazbeck—of the 1997 British film The Full Monty....
Jul 25, 2023
No Dice: Sonoma’s ‘Guys and Dolls’ Misses the Mark
The name Damon Runyon probably means little to most today. But in the early-to-mid 20th century he was a celebrated journalist, sports columnist and...
Jul 5, 2023
Living Color: Early Webber classic in Healdsburg
If Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat has the feeling of a school show done large, it should come as no surprise that it...