Worried about the economy, the wars, the world in general? You need a good laugh. Sonoma County's growing, lively improvisational comedy community is here to help. Bridget Palmer, founder and leader of 6th Street Improv, reports the troupe's ArtsSonoma Festival appearances at various Santa Rosa venues last weekend evidently had [...]
Since its debut last year, "Wretch Like Me," David Templeton's one-man show based on his adolescent years in Los Angeles County as a fundamentalist Christian, has played Santa Rosa, Sebastopol and Mill Valley. Templeton returns to Santa Rosa to perform in the show starting Aug. 6, this time [...]
Some teachers leave a lasting impression. That's unquestionably true of retired music teacher Dan Earl, who taught band and chorus during his 28-year tenure at Santa Rosa High School. A group of his former students, some of them now professional performers, will join Earl for the "Music with [...]
Stephanie St. James, a hometown favorite with some big-time credits, has been signed to appear in the 6th Street Playhouse production of the musical "Rent" in Santa Rosa next month. St. James co-starred as Squeak in the national touring production of the Broadway hit,`The Color Purple,'' adapted from [...]
The playwright Moliere is enjoying a mini-revival in Sonoma County this spring. Not bad for a guy who's been dead for more than 300 years. Sonoma State University will stage his satire about about a wealthy, healthy man who thinks he's dying, "Imaginary Invalid," Friday, March 19, through March 27 [...]
When I think back on the one college class that best prepared me for a career as an arts journalist, I'd have say "Introduction to the Theater of the Absurd." When you dedicate yourself to covering the arts in an industry most concerned with news, celebrity and sports, it's best [...]
“Hank Williams: Lost Highway,” starring Tahmus Rounds as the king of country crooners, has been playing to full houses and standing ovations since it opened Jan. 8 at the 6th Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa's Railroad Square. The run was scheduled to end Feb. 7, but the Playhouse has added [...]
The 6th Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa had such a hit this year with "Always, Patsy Cline" that it has decided to open its new year with another classic country music star -- no less a legend than Hank Williams himself. The Cline show, a co-production with Petaluma's [...]
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.