Ellie Mednick has always been putting on a show. Whether re-creating movie musicals as a kid in Canada or as executive director of the Lark Theater, the longtime San Rafael resident has found ways ...

Baeza added live broadcasts, and the Lark limped along until she died suddenly in 2012. The board then hired Ellie Mednick, who had been a producer and marketing director at the Marin Theatre Company.

The first of what may be a recurring bout of live shows on the Lark Theater’s compact stage — assuming producer Ellie Mednick has her way — “Side by Side by Sondheim” is a 90-minute, ...