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The Dutchman, If I Don't Make It, I Love You, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, My Name is Asher Lev, Mary Jane, and A Raisin in the Sun were the top-rated plays produced in the North Bay in 2023.

To enjoy a Ken Ludwig farce, one must fully engage one’s suspension of disbelief as miraculous coincidences, ridiculous impersonations and preposterous behaviors take center stage. Doubly so for this particular production of 'Lovely Ladies' in Cloverdale.

It’s that time of year when critics look back and attempt to encapsulate an entire year’s worth of productions into one easy-to-read list of the “best of” the year. Why? Because ...

In 2023, North Bay theater companies produced a variety of excellent musicals, including Evil Dead: The Musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Side by Side by Sondheim, Something Rotten!, A Little Night Music, Side by Side by Sondheim, and Tuck Everlasting, which showcased the talent of the younger generation.

See the winners below! This conversation was overheard recently in the parlor of a Healdsburg B&B. The names have been changed to protect the innocent. “Oh,...

Who hasn't been tripped up by the slip of a finger while texting with family or been infuriated with ducking autocorrect? Who hasn’t mistakenly wished for the death of their grandfather in a text chain with a sibling and then found themselves exploring options for doing so? That's the premise of 'The Burdens,' the play now on stage at The 222...

By Harry Duke Healdsburg’s The 222 concludes its season of professional drama with The Mountaintop, co-directed by Aldo Billingsley and Rebecca Novick. Playwright Katori Hall’s...

Former Windsor resident Francine Schwartz has long remembered the stories her mother and grandmother told her about living in occupied France during World War II and of the German soldiers billeted in their home. At last, the result is a play, 'The Germans Upstairs"...

Bohemian drama critic Harry Duke contributed this review. North Bay fans of Shakespeare “under the sun” have at least four options this summer, including two—count ’em—two...

'Two Gentlemen of Verona' is one of Shakespeare’s earlier works. I’ve always thought it was one of the Bard’s easier plays to follow, written before he got all “Shakespeare-y.” It’s the tale of besties Valentine and Proteus whose friendship is tested by, of course, a woman.