1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (81+ words) This fall, the play’s the thing The Press Democrat Headed for another state of mind? Take the stage. This fall’s live productions, from the Bay Area north, offer challenging works by inventive playwrights, both old and new – Tom Stoppard, Doug…...

3+ week, 10+ hour ago   (965+ words) Paul Theroux, the acclaimed travel writer and novelist, has taken readers to the far reaches of the world, from Patagonia and Siberia to China and Uganda. At 85, he has written short stories, novels, memoirs, criticism and historical fiction, and several…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (461+ words) No one knows exactly what will unfold when a lineup of local hip-hop artists takes the stage at The Lost Church this month — not even the performers. That, it turns out, is entirely the point. Premiering June 11, “Whose Rhyme?” will…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (519+ words) With Noël Coward’s “Private Lives” – opening at Mercury Theater on March 6 – local director Michael Fontaine is in his element, even if it is only his second time directing one of England’s wittiest playwrights. Fontaine, a member of the Mercury Theater…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago   (362+ words) Some say directing is 90% casting. In the case of Leslie Nielsen as Lt. Frank Drebin, it was more like 110%. You can’t say the same for Neeson in “The Naked Gun.” He’s plenty game; commitment isn’t the issue. But in this…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (322+ words) Marin Shakespeare Company’s 2026 season will feature a new take on one of Shakespeare’s most famous comedies, a stage adaptation of a classic children’s story and much more. The season kicks off with “La Comedia of Errors,” Lydia G. Garcia and…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago   (728+ words) No longer the hungry young comic kicking down doors at comedy clubs, Hannibal Buress has seen his audience evolve over the years. “I’m getting folks that say, ‘I watched you with my dad when I was a kid, and this…...

6+ mon, 10+ hour ago   (294+ words) Former American Conservatory Theater Artistic Director Carey Perloff is returning to Marin Theatre to helm a production of “The Cherry Orchard.” The director of Marin Theatre’s production of “Waste” last season, Perloff hopes to bring a new interpretation of Anton…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago   (625+ words) It’s not often we get to pay tribute, in full, to our giants while they’re still with us. But in “Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!” Judd Apatow dutifully and affectionately celebrates the laugh-filled life of a comedy legend who’s…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (641+ words) By ANDREW DALTON, Associated Press Entertainment Writer In her earliest jokes she suggested stars in the room might be in the Epstein Files and took a shot at CBS, the network airing the show. “There are so many A-listers, and…...