The Glaser Center in Santa Rosa will present actress, playwright and performance artist Sherry Glaser in her solo show, "Oh My Goddess," at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 15-16. Subtitled "A One-Woman Comedy of Biblical Proportions," the show casts Glaser as two characters: Ma, "God's better half," [...]
Tom, a young, handsome, successful executive, falls for Helen, a bright, funny, sexy young woman, who happens to be plus-sized. That's the premise of "Fat Pig," Neil LaBute’s biting romantic comedy, opening next week for a month-long run at the Sonoma County Repertory Theater. "It is a wonderfully written play [...]
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 [...]
‘Young Frankenstein,’ the stage musical based on the Mel Brooks movie, opens with shows at 2 and 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 30, at the Golden Gate Theatre, 1 Taylor St., San Francisco. Tony Award winners Roger Bart and Shuler Hensley reprise their Broadway roles as Dr. Frankenstein and [...]
The New Old Time Chautauqua -- a traveling troupe that combines comedy, dance, music, juggling, acrobatics and variety acts -- will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 26, at Analy High School, 6950 Analy Ave., Sebastopol. The company, founded in 1981, is backed by its own live band, the Fighting [...]
Actor and writer Charlie Varon, known for his long-running solo satire "Rush Limbaugh in Night School'' in San Francisco, is coming to Santa Rosa with another one-man play. Varon stars in "Rabbi Sam" at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 26, at the Congregation Shomrei Torah synagogue, 2600 Bennett Valley Road in [...]
The Narrow Way Stage Company opens the anti-war satire "We Bombed in New Haven" at 8 p.m. Friday, June 11, at the Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Ave. , Santa Rosa. The show, directed by Kevin Bordi, runs through June 27. Admission: $20; $15 for students and seniors; pay what you [...]
"See What I'm Saying," a new documentary film that chronicles a year in the lives of deaf performers, screens Thursday, at 7:15 p.m. June 17, at the Rialto Cinemas in Santa Rosa. The performers profiled include comic C.J. Jones, actor Robert DeMayo, singer T.L. Forsberg and drummer Bob Hiltermann of [...]
Now for something completely different ... Well, actually, it's sort of the same. Last year, Paul Stokeld of the Toad in the Hole Pub in Santa Rosa's Railroad Square put on a street party he called "Mostly Python." "It was great success and a lot of fun," Stokeld says. So, [...]
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.