(December 13, 2018)
As a Brit, I'm a sucker for a good pantomime and this year's offering at the Arcata Playhouse is up there with the best. Robin Hood - Knight of the...
(December 6, 2018)
Taking place just after the Great Depression in a small Indiana town, the 1983 movie A Christmas Story tells the tale of one young man's fevered quest for a toy...
(November 29, 2018)
Steamships and railroads ushered in an era of mad adventuring in the 19th century, so it's no surprise that Phileas Fogg, a gentleman of means, decides to circumnavigate the globe....
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at NCRT
(November 15, 2018)
As a young boy, I lost a classwide spelling bee on the word "broccoli." My teacher said I spelled it with two 'l's (I didn't, and I will die on...
(November 1, 2018)
Ripcord David Lindsay-Abaire's Ripcord, the current production at Redwood Curtain, reunites three local favorites, director Cassandra Hesseltine and lead players Peggy Metzger and Susan Abbey, who teamed up for Lindsay-Abaire's...
(October 4, 2018)
There's a monster in the Cream City, und as long as ze young Frankenshtein walks the earth, ve vill never be safe! That's right Dear Reader, Mel Brooks' musical Young...
(September 20, 2018)
There's nothing quite like a good murder mystery (especially a British one — I admit I may be biased on this point). That's just what's on offer with the latest...
(September 13, 2018)
Anyone who's spent any time online in the last few years has undoubtedly encountered a chatbot — that helpful cyber-entity that's always ready to (try to) answer your questions. Now...
(August 9, 2018)
Director Victor Fleming's 1939 film adaptation of The Wizard of Oz, when one thinks about it, may be the most famous ever made. Its characters, lyrics and even throwaway lines...
(August 2, 2018)
Myths and legends can hold more truth than any history book, according to Geoffrey of Monmouth, the 12th century monk who first wrote down the story of young Merlin, the...
(July 19, 2018)
Oscar Wilde was a world-class wit, back when such a term seemed more relevant, and he lived just 46 years until his early death in 1900. A poet and playwright,...
A satirical, dark-hearted romp at Redwood Curtain Theater
(July 12, 2018)
The lights of the Redwood Curtain Theater go down and a woman's voice comes out of nowhere, "I hear what you are saying, Tesman. But how am I to...
(June 21, 2018)
The connection between the title of this year's Mad River Festival summer show Ruzzante Comes Home from the War and Dell'Arte International may seem a bit of a stretch, but...
(May 24, 2018)
May is always an exciting month at Dell'Arte. It's when the multinational class of graduating students stages its final ensemble creations — the culmination of the school's three-year MFA program....
(May 17, 2018)
As a bridge between the rock, pop and soul music of the 1960s and the explosion of punk in the late 1970s, and the myriad subgenres that followed, there...
(May 10, 2018)
The House That Will Not Stand The 2014 play The House that Will Not Stand, written by poet/playwright and Oakland native Marcus Gardley and now playing at Redwood Curtain Theatre...
