The Heritage Music Theatre seems to be onto a good thing with its song-laden stage plays about county music stars and other folk heroes. Director Elizabeth Craven's first effort in this category, "Always ... Patsy Cline" sold out three local runs, and went on to play the Wells [...]
For decades, writer and performer Fred Curchack has been staging his inventive solo stage shows at the Cinnabar Theater, continuing long after he moved from Petaluma to Dallas. He'll present his latest creation, "Grandpa's Home Videos," at 8 p.m. Feb. 4-5 and 11-12 at the Cinnabar, 3333 Petaluma [...]
Last week, the financially struggling Sonoma County Repertory Theater announced that it would close its Sebastopol theater after its final performance of “Cyrano” on Feb. 20. That means, of course, that the half-dozen shows scheduled there for the rest of the year are left without a home. Except [...]
NorCal Sings, a solo vocal competition, returns to Sonoma County for the second year, with auditions scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 5, at the Cinnabar Theatre, 3333 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma. Petaluma is one of seven cities hosting the preliminary rounds of the competition. Santa Rosa served as the site of [...]
A memorial celebration for Nina Shuman, who died at age 56 of cancer Dec. 12, will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23, at the Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa. Shuman served as music director at Petaluma’s Cinnabar Theater for 25 years. In 2001, she [...]
The core group of Sonoma County musicians featured in local hit theatrical productions of "Hank Williams: Lost Highway" at Santa Rosa's 6th Street Playhouse, and "Always, Patsy Cline" at 6th Street and Petaluma's Cinnabar Theater, is going back onstage again. Jim Peterson, Chris Rovetti , Tim Sarter and [...]
Michael Pritchard -- stand-up comic, motivational speaker and former probation officer -- performs next Monday, Oct. 4, at the Cinnabar Theater, 3333 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma. Pritchard is also a winner of the SF Comedy Competition, and is especially remembered for his impression of a turtle. The comedian [...]
Director Brian Bryson and actors from Cinnabar Theater's Young Rep company will present "Prop Love Stories" at 7:30 p.m. June 25-26 and July 16-17, with a matinee at 2 p.m. June 27 at the theater, 3333 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma. For this new show, actors ages 10 to 17 interviewed [...]
Sonoma County actress Mary Gannon Graham grew up loving Patsy Cline's classic country songs, and that has worked out pretty well for her. She starred in the stage show, "Always, Patsy Cline," which sold out three runs at Petaluma's Cinnabar Theater and the 6th Street Playhouse in Santa [...]
Nothing punches up a musical comedy like a little philosophy and economics. U.S. economist and social philosopher Thorstein Veblen's book "Theory of the Leisure Class" and its controversial economic theories form the basis for"The Price of Everything: A Musical Vaudeville," with music by Richard B. Evans and book and lyrics [...]
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.