Bay Area comedians will gather Saturday, May 21, to raise money for a Petaluma woman's battle against brain cancer. Titled “Tumor Be Gone,” the show is designed to help Kimbell Jackson cover her medical bills. The show starts at 8 p.m. at Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa. Performers [...]
So, do want you cake or death? How about an Eddie Izzard show instead? It's nether fattening nor fatal, and it's a lot more fun. The Emmy Award-winning comedian will perform July 16 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, as part of his current "Stripped on the [...]
Question: What do these people all have in common? Musicians Herbie Hancock and Dave Koz, comedians Ron White, Lisa Lampanelli and Dana Carvey, talk show legend Larry King, the Moscow Ballet, the Vienna Boys Choir and the New Shanghai Circus. Answer: They’re all playing Santa Rosa’s Wells Fargo Center for [...]
The 6th Street Improv comedy troupe competes against four other bands of zanies in its Theatresports Invitational competition, running the next two weekends in the Studio at 6th Street Playhouse, 52 W. Sixth St., Santa Rosa. All sessions start at 8 p.m. Admission: $14. Information: www.6thstreetplayhouse.com, (707) 523-4185. The line-up: [...]
Science fiction doesn't necessarily require a big movie screen and expensive, computer-generated special effects. Sometimes, a small studio theater troupe is powerful enough to take you to worlds you never imagined. The Imaginists Theatre Collective’s Project 104 ensemble will present “Sci Fi Theatre: We from Afar,” an evening of four [...]
Gene Abravaya has been part of the Sonoma County theater scene for a long time. And in the past year, he was won new notice for his work as manager of the Spreckels Performing Arts Center in Rohnert Park, leading its transition from a mostly city-subsidized operation to [...]
There will be some big-name entertainment at the Philo Grange this Saturday, Feb. 12, when stage actor Rene Auberjonois of San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater and Howard Hesseman of the "WKRP in Cincinnati" TV series present their impromptu show, "Off Their Cuffs." Auberjonois' credits also include playing Father Mulcahy in [...]
“Art,” a French farce about modern art, opens at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 7, in the Studio Theatre at Santa Rosa’s 6th Street Playhouse. Written by Yasmina Reza and translated by Christopher Hampton, the play is about three friends who quarrel when one of them pays a fortune [...]
For the past two Christmas seasons, actor David Yen has played cranky Crumpet the Elf in a one-man show based on author David Sedaris' humorous memoir about working as a Santa's elf at Macy's. The show has played at various Sonoma County venues during that time. This year, [...]
The current cast of the legendary Chicago comedy troupe, The Second City, performs at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, in the Analy High School Theatre, 6950 Analy Ave., Sebastopol. Past members of the company include Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell. And for those with longer memories -- John [...]
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.