The HopMonk Tavern in Novato will host a “Comedy For Equality” show, starring Bay Area comedians Marga Gomez and Johnny Steele, on Friday, March 29. All of the proceeds will be donated to Spectrum Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Center in San Rafael. Singer and songwriter Michelle Shocked [...]
Tickets go sale at noon Friday, Feb. 22, for comedian Kathy Griffin’s two April 12 shows at Santa Rosa's Wells Fargo Center for the Arts. Griffin’s performances at 7 and 10 p.m. April 12 will be taped before live audiences for for her next Bravo TV special to [...]
Wyatt Cenac — former writer for the FOX-TV animated series “King of the Hill” and correspondent for Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” — will perform Friday, Feb. 15, at Sonoma State University. His own one-hour stand-up comedy special, “Wyatt Cenac: Comedy Person,” aired last year on Comedy Central. [...]
Tickets go on sale at noon Friday, Feb. 1, for “Spank!” — the stage parody of author E. L. James’ risque best-seller, “Fifty Shades of Grey" — playing April 10 at Santa Rosa’ Wells Fargo Center for the Arts. Written and directed by Jim Millan, the musical revue [...]
Back in 1990, Marilyn Kentz, Caryl Kristensen and Diane Conway formed a standup act called Comedy Camp for Mommies, which drew crowds all over Sonoma County. Kentz and Kristensen went on to bigger shows as a duo called The Mommies, which also became the title of their NBC-TV [...]
After a trial show in November, local comedians Brian Thomas and Nick Hoffman return Tuesday, Jan. 8, to launch a monthly open mic comedy night at the Double Decker Lanes in Rohnert Park. The shows will run from 8:30 to 10 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month in the [...]
This may be the first film named after a rating. "Parental Guidance," scheduled to open Dec. 25, stars Marisa Tomei and Tom Everett Scott star as parents who need to go out of town for work and leave their kids with the grandparents. Sounds safe enough. But when the grandparents [...]
For Sonoma County comedy fans, December will be the best of times and the Durst of times. Nationally known Bay Area political satirist and stand-up comic Will Durst has two shows scheduled in the area this month. Durst will make his Studio E debut at the venue near [...]
Dakaboom, a musical comedy duo featuring Maria Carrillo High School grads Paul Peglar and Ben McLain, will present its fourth annual holiday show at 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Dec. 27-28, at the Kenwood Depot, 314 Warm Springs Road, Kenwood. Both former students of Carillio's award-winning choral teacher, [...]
Having a blue Christmas season so far? What you need are some laughs. A good place to find them is the 6th Street Improv troupe’s “Holidaze” comedy show at 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16, at the 6th Street Playhouse, 52 West 6th St., Santa Rosa. “We'll have elf [...]
What is art? Whether it’s oil on canvas or actors on stage, dancers on their toes or comedians doing stand-up, Press Democrat staff writer Dan Taylor covers the fine and lively arts in Northern California. Meet the people, go behind the scenes and get ahead on what’s coming up.