Roustabout Theater, the resident theater company and training troupe at Wells Fargo Center for the Arts and, opened its production of "The Sound of Music" on Nov. 19, and audience response has been strong. This is the closing weekend and tickets are scarce. "We have sold out Saturday [...]
MercyMe, a contemporary Christian music sextet from Texas, made its debut with crossover hit single with "I Can Only Imagine" in 2001, and now has a half dozen bestselling ablums to its credit. The newest release is "The Generous Mr. Lovewell. " Combining words of worship with pop [...]
Tony Award-winning Broadway composer and lyricist Jason Robert Brown has been working as a guest instructor with Roustabout Theater, resident theater company of Wells Fargo Center for the Arts. And now the company's apprentice program will perform Brown's latest musical, “13,” the story of a young teenager coping with a [...]
While Santa Rosa's Wells Fargo Center for the Arts continues to present classic acts, such as REO Speedwagon (July 28) and Michael McDonald (July 30), it's interesting to note that there are some newer and younger acts mixed in, too. Case in point: English jazz and pop singer-songwriter [...]
Practically everybody has heard the song "Mack the Knife." That song originally came from "The Threepenny Opera," by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill. Now there's a new version of that stage classic, called "3penny Cabaret," a contemporary musical created by Roustabout Theater, the resident company at Wells Fargo Center. It [...]
Tony Award-winning composer/lyricist and pianist Jason Robert Brown (“Parade,” “Last Five Years,” “13″) will perform songs from his shows at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 22, and 3 p.m. Sunday, May 23, at Santa Rosa's Wells Fargo Center for the Arts. Roustabout Theater, resident theater company of the Wells [...]
One of my father's favorite jokes was to take a cliche and turn it upside-down: "Everybody's crazy except you and me, and sometimes I'm not so sure about me." Or: "Things will get worse before they get worse." Or, appropriate to today's topic: "I know a lot about [...]
Stayed tuned for details of a contest in which there are no prizes, just a great chance to vent. But first, this message: Not all art hangs on a wall. Some gets right in your face. Every day. The beauty of public art is it reaches everybody. The drawback is [...]
Roustabout Theater, resident theater company of the Wells Fargo Center, has recruited Tony Award-winning composer/lyricist Jason Robert Brown ("Parade;" "Last Five Years"; "13") to teach a master class for students in its apprentice program. Brown also will perform with students in two concerts, May 22-23, at Wells Fargo Center, said Roustabout [...]
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.